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Local Businessman Pursues Rail-Trail Potential in Rural Virginia

Posted 03/20/12 by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy in Building Trails | Tagged with Local Organizing, Tourism and Economic Stimulus

There is exciting news coming out of southwest Virginia, with energy building for a rail-trail to capture some of that region’s growing outdoor recreation market.

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A True Story of Liberty and Transportation in Vermont

Posted 02/18/12 by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy in America's Trails, Trail Use | Tagged with Case Studies, Facts and FIgures, Tourism and Economic Stimulus, Vermont, Walkability and Bikeability

Rails-to-Trails Conservancy's (RTC) new report on walking and biking in small town and rural America, Active Transportation Beyond Urban Centers, has really struck a chord with members across the country, and transformed the political debate about where the demand really is for walking and biking infrastructure.

Down East Sunrise Trail, completed in 2

Path to Prosperity in Downeast Maine

Posted 06/02/11 by Mark Cheater in America's Trails | Tagged with Maine, Tourism , Tourism and Economic Stimulus

As a child, Bill Robinson used to ride his bike out to watch trains rumble slowly by on Maine Central Railroad's Calais Branch line, which bisected his family's property in northeastern Maine. Today, Robinson—now 39—has a new way of greeting traffic through his land: he's built a cozy, watertight wooden shelter, picnic tables and two campsites next to the former rail line, which was recently reborn as the 85-mile Down East Sunrise Trail.

Trail Group Looks Beyond the Trail in Quest to Encourage Neighborhood Revitalization

Posted 10/29/09 by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy in Building Trails | Tagged with Art, Louisiana, Signage and Amenities, Tourism and Economic Stimulus, Urban Pathways

While trails bring many benefits to the neighborhoods they traverse, they do not act in isolation. Neighborhood revitalization requires allied groups working on a variety of different projects.

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