By Rick Brandon in August, 2006
The trail has been extended on the north end as far as Buerkle Road in White Bear Lake and will be extended on the south end into the Bruce Vento Sanctuary by year's end.
By Rick Brandon in June, 2003
"This trail has been renamed the Bruce Vento Trail in honor of the late enviromentalist Congressman. Starting from a parking lot at East 7th Street and Payne Avenue, the trail goes under a stone arch bridge with an unusual spiral-patterned stonework. Here it goes through Swede Hollow -- an historic area once occupied by succeeding groups of immigrants. It then passes by the old Hamm's Brewery.
Next comes an industrial area (some of the 3M Companies' earlier plants) before curving north to pass by Lake Phalen. Here the trail crosses the Gateway State Trail. The trail then continues through suburban Maplewood before ending at St. John's Hospital.
There are hopes of continuing the trail north from here through White Bear Lake all the way to the Anoka County line."