Bluegrass Trails & Greenways Summit, 2016August 19, 2016
Lancaster Grand Theatre,
117 Lancaster Ave.
Lancaster KY 40444
Berea and Madison County Trails Berea and Madison County Trails Berea and Madison County Trails Berea and Madison County Trails InitiativeInitiativeInitiativeInitiative
Peter H. Hackbert, Berea College Peter H. Hackbert, Berea College Peter H. Hackbert, Berea College Peter H. Hackbert, Berea College
Appalachian Community Appalachian Community Appalachian Community Appalachian Community Economic Development Economic Development Economic Development Economic Development ModelModelModelModel
Traditional ED Strategy / Tool
Alternative ED Strategy / Tool
CD Capacity Building Strategy / Tool
Economic
Development
Approaches
Economic
Outcomes
Other
Outcomes
Direct, Short-term
Indirect, Long-term
• Industrial development
• Business retention / expansion
• Workforce development
• Tourism
• Entrepreneurship
• Downtown development
• Arts / Creative economy
• Cluster-based development
• Residential development
• Transportation
• Broadband / Internet / Social Media
• ED finance
• Philanthropy
• Strategic planning
• Leadership development
• Organizational development
1. Recruit firms from the
outside
2. Strengthen/expand
existing firms
3. Promote development of
new firms
• jobs
• firms
• prosperity
• wealth
• social
• environmental
• civic
Appalachian Appalachian Appalachian Appalachian Community Economic Development Community Economic Development Community Economic Development Community Economic Development ModelModelModelModel
Traditional ED Strategy / Tool
Alternative ED Strategy / Tool
CD Capacity Building Strategy / Tool
Economic
Development
Approaches
Economic
Outcomes
Other
Outcomes
Direct, Short-term
Indirect, Long-term
• Industrial development
• Business retention / expansion
• Workforce development
• Tourism
• Entrepreneurship
• Downtown development
• Arts / Creative economy
• Cluster-based development
• Residential development
• Transportation
• Broadband / Internet / Social Media
• ED finance
• Philanthropy
• Strategic planning
• Leadership development
• Organizational development
1. Recruit firms from the
outside
2. Strengthen/expand
existing firms
3. Promote development of
new firms
• jobs
• firms
• prosperity
• wealth
• social
• environmental
• civic
THE CHALLENGE: DESIGN AN EXPERIENCE THAT COULD ADD TO THE COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES
Source: 2007 Comprehensive Eastern Kentucky Adventure Tourism Plan, Dallas TX, Pro Consulting
Drive Time Analysis
150,000
visits
1,000 full
time jobs
$75 million
new
revenuejobs
Hidden are “old Appalachian problems” persistent over the last 100 years - an inadequate tax base, a low-wage economy, environmental abuse, civic fraud, political corruption, absentee landownership, and corporate irresponsibility. These weaken the region and limit resident lives. The loss of traditional values and culture, moreover, threatened to destroy those things that had made the region distinct.
problems persistent over the last 100 years - an inadequate tax base, a low-wage economy, environmental abuse, civic fraud, political corruption, absentee landownership, and corporate irresponsibility.
Central Appalachia
Western North Carolina ResultsWestern North Carolina Results
Facades RedoneBuildings RenovationsNet Increase in BusinessesVolunteers Hours$ Raised LocallyPrivate / Public Investment
6910351
103,641$ 182,000$ 13.9M
Recognizing OpportunitiesRecognizing OpportunitiesRecognizing OpportunitiesRecognizing Opportunities
Entrepreneurship for the Public Good. Cohort12. Elizabeth Heller. “Personal Observations. Berea, KY. 1 July, 2015.8/19/2016 Summer 2015 Elizabeth Heller
Team Photo; Buckhorn Lake State Resort. June 25, 2015
Mapping Cultural Assets at Buckhorn Lake State Resort
problems persistent over the last 100 years - an inadequate tax base, a low-wage economy, environmental abuse, civic fraud, political corruption, absentee landownership, and corporate irresponsibility.
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EPG students experience rock climbing at Torrent Falls in Wolfe County, KY
Zip-lining, hiking, and rock climbing
August 19, 2016 EPG Cohort 12 Final Portfolio by Minashsha Zareel Lamisa 37
EPG Cohort 12 Members with TransAmerican Trail Bikers “The Renegades”, from US, and Sebastien and Wouter, from Belgium. 3 June 2015.
Selfie with the European TransAmerican Cyclists .
Abingdon is similar to Berea
Entrepreneurship for the Public Good Program. Cohort 12. Trailblazers “Personal Observations.” ,Abingdon, VA. Jun 2015.
Most Significant EventMost Significant EventMost Significant EventMost Significant Event
Entrepreneurship for the Public Good Program. Cohort 12. Guinevere Beirne “Personal Observations.” Damascus, Va. May 2015.
Most Significant Event: Meeting with Damascus Small Business Owners
OpportunityOpportunityOpportunityOpportunityMost Significant Event: Meeting with Small
Business Owners
How did we test these assumptions?Most Significant Event: Meeting with Kentucky Trail
Town Small Business Owners
EPG students listen to Shad Baker, UK Extension Agent in Letcher County, a catalyst of the Whitesburg Trail Town
EPG students listen to Shad Baker, UK Extension
Agent in Letcher County, a catalyst of the
Whitesburg Trail Town
Pitching the Merchants to Raise their hands
Entrepreneurship for the Public Good. Cohort12. Elizabeth Heller. “Personal Observations. Berea, KY. 1 July, 2015.8/19/2016 Summer 2015 Elizabeth Heller
Pictured in the photo (From Left to right) At the table. Dr. Louisa Summers (EKU), Paul Wright (MACED), Joan Beck, V. Kathy Hamblin, (Madison County Berea Branch
Services Supervisor), Adam Walker (owner of BC&T), Lou Deluca (Rotary Club) In the back row:
Far left (Clara Ruplinger,(EPG student), Ishwar Agarwal (EPG student), Harry M. Tsiagbe (EPG Student), Glen Dandeneau (Berea College Forest Service), Peter Hackbert (Director of the EPG Program), John Payne (Madison County Berea Branch Youth Services Assistant),
City of Berea Trail Town Committee Merchants’ Committee: “raising hands to volunteer
to serve” on the Merchant’s, Volunteer and Signage Committees, May 21, 2015
4 Worksheet A - Usage of Trail by Month and User WorksheetESTIMATED # of YEARLY USERS
TRAIL SYSTEMS JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEPT OCT NOV DEC
Cyclist Trails and Loops
1 TransAmercan Bike Trail 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 3 3 3 2 1 3,000
2 Peytontown Loop Trail 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 3 3 3 2 1 1,500
3 Red Lick Valley Artisan Loop Trail 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 3 3 3 2 1 1,000
4 African American Heritage Loop Trail1 1 2 2 3 3 4 3 3 3 2 1 300
5 Anglin Fall Bike Trail 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 3 3 3 2 1 400
6 Indian Fort Bike Trail 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 3 3 3 2 1 1,300
7 County Stores Trail -
8 Martins Trail -
9 BeeBee White Trail 1 2 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 2 1 1 4,500
10 Mayde-Menelaus Trail 1 2 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 2 1 1 1,000
11 Peggy Flats 1 2 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 2 1 1 600
12 Lackey Airport Trail 1 2 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 2 1 1 500
13 County Airport - John Ballard Trail 1 2 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 2 1 1 500
14 Hagen's Mill Trail 1 2 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 2 1 1 500
15 KY 21 Moran Summit Loop1 2 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 2 1 1 300
16 Paint Lick Trail1 2 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 2 1 1 250
17 Poosey Ridge /KY River Trail1 2 2 3 4 4 3 2 2 1 250
Hiking Trails
18 Boone Trace Trail 1 2 2 2 3 4 3 2 1 100
19 Central Kentucky Route 1 2 2 2 3 3 4 4 3 1 200
20 Indian Fort Hiking Trail 1 1 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 2 1 5,000
21 Ellipse Trail
1 1 2 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 2 1 7,000
22 Cross County Hiking Trails 1 1 2 3 4 3 3 3 4 3 2 1 2,000
23 Artisan Center Hiking Trails 1 1 2 2 2 3 4 4 3 3 2 1 1,000
24 City Park Trail 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 3 3 2 1 6,000
Mountain Biking System
25 S-Tree Trail 1 2 3 3 4 4 3 3 2 1 300
26 Turkeyfoot Trail 1 2 3 3 4 4 3 3 2 1 300
Bike Hike Trail System
27 Indian Fort Bike Hike Trail 1 2 2 2 4 3 3 4 3 1 500
28 Anglin Falls Bike Hike Trail 1 2 2 2 4 3 3 4 3 1 500
Water Trails System
29 Silver Creek (seasonal) 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 100
30 Owsley Reservoir 1 2 2 3 3 4 3 2 1 300
Other Trail Systems
31 Bluegrass Bike Trail 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 3 3 3 2 1 100
Multi-use Trail to Indian Fort
Indian Fort Trail Anglin Falls Trail
Entrepreneurship for the Public Good. Cohort12. Elizabeth Heller. “Personal Observations. Berea, KY. 1 July, 2015.8/19/2016 Summer 2015 Elizabeth Heller
Road Route to Anglin Falls
Entrepreneurship for the Public Good. Cohort12. Elizabeth Heller. “Personal Observations. Berea, KY. 1 July, 2015.8/19/2016 Summer 2015 Elizabeth Heller
We could reframing recreational tourism as an enabler of a healthy place-making outcome not just an economic tool for economic development
City of Berea Trail Town 2016-17 Timeline
Trail Town
Certification
Trail Town
Committee
Formation
State Trail
Town
Application
Trail Town
Program
Feasibility
Revised Berea
Championship
Race Series
New Berea Endurance Event
Series
June ’14 Feb ‘15 Dec ‘15 June ‘16 Nov ‘16 Jan ’17 June ‘17
Findings:10 Findings:10 Findings:10 Findings:10 Factors that contribute to successFactors that contribute to successFactors that contribute to successFactors that contribute to success
We ( ) and the City of Berea Trail Town Committee We ( ) and the City of Berea Trail Town Committee We ( ) and the City of Berea Trail Town Committee We ( ) and the City of Berea Trail Town Committee believe that aligning cultural assets and natural believe that aligning cultural assets and natural believe that aligning cultural assets and natural believe that aligning cultural assets and natural resources can increase:resources can increase:resources can increase:resources can increase:
1. The health and wellness of ALL Berea residents
2. The preservation and expand the cultural assets that make Berea a “special place to live?”
3. Attracting out-of-towners to enjoy our heritage, cultural assets and trail system provide both social value and economic development.