Trail EAffect Episode 67 Erin Rushing of Trailblazers
- Erin Rushing Back Story
- The early years of trails and greenways in NW Arkansas
- The Transformation of Trailblazers
- Unique common areas in Bella Vista that allowed for trail building and access
- Greenway Extensions into Bella Vista
- How Trailblazers develops trails
- Building the Back 40 Trail System in Bella Vista, AR
- Diversity of Trail Experiences within the Back 40 with different builders
- 40 miles of trail built in 9 months
- The Ledges
- Lessons learned through building out trails in NW Arkansas
- More Green level trails needed
- Tuning up the existing system and making trails better in 2022
- Bicycle Playgrounds for kids in parks
- Famous Failure and what was learned
- Experimenting with trail surfaces
- Quick to react
- Building smaller systems – Larger / 10 to 12 miles to make a worthwhile trail system
- More Neighborhood connections in 2022
- What makes a great trail community according to Erin
- E Bikes in NW Arkansas
- Little Sugar as an E bike trail system
- Commuting to work via trails by E bike
- Closing Comments
Links:
Trailblazers: https://www.nwatrailblazers.com/
We Are ETHIC: https://weareethic.org/
OZ Trails: https://www.oztrails.com/
Professional Trail Builders Association: https://www.trailbuilders.org/
This Podcast has been edited and produced by Evolution Trail Services
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