By Rachel Goodman
In this segment of Talk of the Bay, Rachel Anne Goodman talks with Sally Arnold, board chair of Friends of the Rail and Trail, a nonprofit advocating for public use of the recently acquired rail line in Santa Cruz County between Watsonville and Davenport. Their new project, Coast Connect just had its kickoff.
Sally Arnold has been a Santa Cruz resident since 1976. She is a retired public school teacher and community activist. She is a the board chair of Santa Cruz County Friends of the Rail and Trail, member of Sierra Club Transportation Committee, the working group of Campaign for Sustainable Transportation, and the Bicycle Advisory Committee to the Regional Transportation Commission. She is excited about the potential of the Coast Connect vision to unite various community groups, businesses, and individuals around a positive vision for our county.
