A bridge across...

Leadership San Marcos Class of 2019 partners with SMGA to create ADA-accessible bridge in Purgatory Natural Area

Back in 1998, San Marcos looked quite different from how it looks now. Some shops on the Square stood vacant, several of the university buildings that define the skyline hadn’t been built, and San Marcos had yet to secure most of the natural areas it possesses today.

Over the last twenty years, the San Marcos Greenbelt Alliance – with assistance from a National Parks Service grant – has been piecing together land in sweeps and parcels to create the Greater San Marcos Greenbelt Loop, a trail system that will eventually encompass the city.