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WEBVTT REPORTER: NO ONE PAYS GRACETHORNTON, WILBUR HICKS AND THEIRCREW TO PICK UP TRASH AFTERTHEIR DAILY 6 MILE WALK.THEY DO IT FOR THEIR COMMUNITY.>> PEOPLE DON'T FEEL A PART OF ACOMMUNITY.IF PEOPLE FEEL LIKE PART OF ACOMMUNITY THEY'LL ACT MORERESPONSIBLE.REPORTER: IT'S A GAP INCOMMUNITY THAT ONE GROUP HOPESTHEY CAN FILL.>> THERE'S NO WAY TO GET FROMONE TRAIL TO ANOTHER AND A LOTOF NEIGHBORHOODS ARE LEFT OUT OFTHE BENEFIT OF TRAILS IN THECITY.REPORTER: RAILS TO TRAILS ISLEADING A COALITION THAT, AMONGOTHERS, INCLUDES BIKEMORE ANDTHE CITY'S PARKS AND RECDEPARTMENT, THEY HOPE TO CHANGETHATTHE LIGHT GREEN SHOWS THEEXISTING TRAILS, THE OTHERCOLORS REPRESENT EITHER ANOPPORTUNITY OR WHAT'S PROGRESS.FOR EXAMPLE, CONNECTING THEGWYNNS FALLS TRAIL AND LEAKINPARK TO THE JONES FALLS TRAILAND DRUID HILL PARK, EVENCONTINUING THROUGH TO THE EASTAND HERRING RUN.>> IT'LL CONNECT THE COMMUNITIESALL TOGETHER.AS A COMMUNITY, AS ANEIGHBORHOOD, AS A PEOPL>> THAT'S HOW WE MET EACH OTHERJUST BY WALKING.>> CREATING A SENSE OF COMMUNITYIS VERY IMPORTANT.>> BY FILLING IN THOSE GAPS ANDUSING THE EXISTING TRAIL NETWORKTHAT THE CITY HAS YOU CAN CREATETHIS WORLD CLASS 35 MILE TRAILNETWORK THAT ALL OF BALTIMOREWOULD BENEFIT FROM.REPORTER: AND WHILE JIM BROWNADMITS SOME CORRIDORS MAY TAKELONGER TO FILL THAN OTHERS ATHEY GO AFTER MORE FUNDING, HEALSO SAYS IT COULD START BEING A

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One coalition in the city hopes to make one big backyard for Baltimore. No one pays Grace Thornton, Wilbur Hicks and their crew to pick up trash after their daily six-mile walk. They said that they do it for their community. Download the WBAL app. “People don't feel a part of a community,” Hicks, a city resident, said. “If people feel like part of a community they'll act more responsibly.” It is a gap in community that one group hopes it can fill. "There's no way to get from one trail to another and a lot of neighborhoods are left out of the benefit of trails in the city,” Brown, manager of trail development for the Rails to Trails Conservancy, said. Rails to Trails is leading a coalition that, among others, includes Bikemore and the city's Parks and Rec Department, which hopes to change that. “It'll connect the communities all together as a community, as a neighborhood, as a people,” Thornton said. “We befriended one another by walking here daily. That's how we met each other just by walking.” “Creating a sense of community is very important,” Hicks said. "By filling in those gaps and using the existing trail network that the city has, you can create this world-class 35-mile trail network that all of Baltimore would benefit from,” Brown said. Brown admits some corridors may take longer to fill than others as they go after more funding. He added that it could start being a reality in as soon as a year. "In a few years when all the trails are connected and we have this world-class trail network Baltimore is going to have this shared backyard,” Brown said. For more information on the initiative, tap here. Also on WBALTV.com: