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Recreation Committee reviews site plans for trailhead

By CHARITY SMITH

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BESSEMER — The Bessemer Recreation Committee took a field trip across the street last week to the site of the city’s new Iron Belle trailhead, to be located behind city hall.

City manager Charly Loper and council member Terry Kryshak spray painted outlines on the grass of where the pavilion and bike park would be located for the recreation committee to review.

Loper said the plans had been shifted slightly to the right of city hall because of the steep incline of the hill behind the building. The size of the bike park was also decreased, she said, bec...