Welcome to the 7 th Trail Forum Thank you for supporting the Carolina Thread Trail!
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Thanks to our Session Leaders! Alta Planning Alpine Towers International Benesch / Site Solutions City of Goldsboro City of Travelers Rest Darrohn Engineering Elkin Valley Trails Association Greenville County Parks, Recreation & Tourism HR&A J.M. Teague Traffic Engineering Lancaster County LandDesign Lucy Crown Consulting NC Rail-Trails PermaTrak Main Street Pickens/Pickens Revitalization Association Stewart Wickcraft Company
Raffle Prizes and Attendance Gifts At the end of session #4, please take a moment to fill out the event survey for a chance to win one of four prizes: REI gear and a Trailheads membership! Your feedback is important to us! Thorlo has offered a free pair of Thorlos for each attendee of today s forum. Redeemable online. Instructions are located on the blue Thorlo card in your folder.
Agenda 9:00 Welcome & Introduction 9:30 10:30 Session #1 10:30 11:00 Break 11:00 12:00 Session #2 Lunch A time for networking 1:30 2:30 Session #3 2:30 3:00 Break 3:00 4:00 Session #4 4:00 4:25 Wrap Up & Raffle (stay in your last session room for survey and raffle)
The Carolina Thread Trail Team Thanks You! Rebecca McKee Margaret Brantley Vanessa Gorr Anna Simpson Alesia DiCosola Randi Gates Sharon Wilson Tom Okel Matt Covington Travis Morehead Karl Froelich Philip Blumenthal
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail! Ralph Waldo Emerson
TRAILS support: Cleaner Environment Healthier People and Communities Stronger Economy
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About 200 tires and 1,500 pounds of miscellaneous trash were removed during one cleanup! Nation Ford Greenway 10 Fort Mill, York County, SC
11 Seven Oaks Preserve Trail Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden in Gaston County
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13 Catawba Government Center Trail built by volunteers and Scouts
14 12 Mile Creek Corridor Lancaster County, SC
15 Roger F. Snyder Greenway Albemarle, NC
It s going to only be ours while we re alive.why not share it and let other people enjoy it too? We want everybody to enjoy the river, because it s not ours. Jim and Mary Little of Midland, NC 16 Riverbend Farm Trail Midland, NC
17 Hector H. Henry Greenway - Moss Creek Concord, NC
Wandering Around Lincoln Co-WALC Leadership Making Trails Happen Passion & Successes Trails Plan Committed Group Steady Media Thread Trail Staff Scheduled Meetings Economic Development City/County Staff Engaged Landowners Corporate Support Personal Contact Elected Officials
Thanks to our Private Funders Allen Family Foundation Bank of America BlueCross BlueShield NC Blum, Inc. Blumenthal Family & Foundation Carolinas Healthcare Systems David Belk Cannon Foundation Duke Energy Glenn Foundation Foundation For The Carolinas Gaston Co. Community Foundation Leslie Marshall Weisiger Foundation Lowe s Foundation REI Wells Fargo Women s Impact Fund Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation
Congratulations Grant Recipients! Catawba County City of Statesville Catawba Lands Conservancy - Catawba Springs Preserve Town of Cornelius Catawba Lands Conservancy - R.Y. McAden Takeout Village of Misenheimer City of Kannapolis TOTAL = $375,500 in 2014
Trails are great financial investments! Jobs Created Revenues from Tourist Spending Increased Property Values New Businesses
Travelers Rest, SC reborn with Swamp Rabbit Trail Over 36 new businesses Repurposed storefronts Over 450,000 users annually to the trail Connected to Greenville, SC Hosting over 30 races and events per year
24 Elkin Valley Trails Elkin, NC
Damascus, VA Pop 981 Trail Town USA Over 100,000 Visitors/year 34 Miles long Within 8 miles of Creeper 10 Bike Rental / Provision Companies 9 B&Bs 5 National Hotel Chains 27 Restaurants Damascus, VA Revitalized by Virginia Creeper Trail
Great Trails State in NC s 25 Year Vision Investing in Solutions Expand Bicycle and Pedestrian Network Statewide Mountains to Sea Trail Carolina Thread Trail East Coast Greenway NC Trails : A Path Forward for Economic Growth and Job Creation in NC
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