'Volunteers'

For roughly two years, a blown-out trail bridge on Christiansen Forest Preserve’s woodland loop restricted access to a portion of the park. A project that would require engineering and consume considerable work hours, it simply hadn’t yet made its way to the top of Story County Conservation’s (SCC) project list. That is, until Ross Naylor, owner of local construction business Renomads, saw an opportunity for his business to collaborate with SCC and solve this problem – in memory of a special hiking partner.