The Vera Cruz Kayak Launch Project is important in 3 main ways to our community.  First it creates a key access point along the Wabash River that splits the kayak trip in half between the improved kayak launch point at Linn Grove and the kayak launch point at the White Bridge (450 E).  This creates two easily achievable kayak trips along the Wabash River.  The trips being from Linn Grove to Vera Cruz, Vera Cruz to the White Bridge, White Bridge to Main Street Bridge, Main Street Bridge to Rose Rd. (Future Launch Point), and Rose Road to Markle. The second way this project is important to our community is that it promotes more people to interact with our waterways and the health of our local ecosystem.  Whether you are on the river to get exercise, to check out our communities natural beauty, or to go fishing being out in the water raises the awareness of water quality and land resource preservation.  The healthier the Wabash River is the more useful it is to our community as a resource.  Thirdly, this project will help to keep the recent growth in kayaking and recreation on the Wabash River that we have seen over the past couple years.  Providing another high quality access point along the Wabash River will make it easier and more enjoyable for more people to get to enjoy the sport of kayaking and the great resource that we have in the Wabash River.  Having this as a resource will act as a quality of life improvement for our community and a tourism driver for people who travel to enjoy using different rivers in Indiana.  Having an active waterway is a a great way to grow our community and utilize our natural resources.