19. Sauratown Trails Association 20. Bur-Mil Park
21. Land Trust North Carolina - conserves natural spaces and implements trail sys- tems currently one project is helping to close gaps in the Uwharrie trail system
22. Knight Brown Preserve in Stokesdale - managed by Piedmont Land Conser- vancy
23. Richardson-Taylor Preserve - in Northwest Greensboro
24. Cascades Preserve - Kernersville/Oak Ridge
25. MST - new mileage on the Eno, ex- pansion in Summerfield, Oak Ridge, Alamance and beyond
26. Atlantic Yadkin Greenway - expand- ing in Summerfield and Greensboro and beyond with the MST, according to the Director of the Greensboro City Parks and Recreation
27. Elkin Valley Trails Association ex- panding on the Blue Ridge Parkway, Stone Mountain and Pilot Mountain
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it gives you a great starting point to begin finding trails in our area. The next question we will briefly tackle is: what impact do trails have on our local economies and communities? The answer is, a huge im- pact. According to Wayne Kirkpatrick who has been a volunteer, board member and officer respectively since 2004 with Dan River Basin Association: “Trails that are sustainable and suitable for foot and bi- cycle traffic, safe routes to school, reducing carbon footprint for local travel to shop- ping, dining and theatre, river accesses for floating and fishing – creating these ameni- ties has fostered a sense of place for com- munities whose identity was lost when they were seemingly overnight no longer the leading sweat-shirt producer or furniture maker of the world. Improved citizen health through outdoor activities is an- other plus.” Also, Wayne weighs in on the eco- nomic impact on our communities: “Stud- ies across the country tout outdoor recre- ational amenities as vibrant components of economic development for localities. A North Carolina study can be viewed at (
http://www.ncparks.gov/sites/default/ files/ncparks/37/ExecSum.pdf). A similar
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report is available for Virginia at (http://
www.recpro.org/assets/Library/SCORPs/ va_scorp_ch_1-4_2013.pdf). There is a significant amount of data available that supports the positive impact of outdoor recreation on the economy from local to regional to state scale and beyond to country-wide. Included in these studies is information listing outdoor recreational amenities as a high priority for individuals, families or businesses when considering locating to an area.” Wade Walcutt, Dir. Of Parks and Rec- reaton for Greensboro states that “quality parks and recreation are cited as one of the top three reasons that business cite in re- location decisions in a number of studies.” He also says: “we have over 100 miles of trails in Greensboro alone so you do not have to travel 100 miles to experience 100 miles!”
So, there you have it, hiking is about
much more than hiking. It is about fostering wellness, physical and mental health, conserving natural spaces and so much more.
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