Urban Trails in a (Former) Rust-Belt City
Two key projects in revitalizing Cleveland are the Centennial Trail Lake Link and the "Re-Connecting Cleveland: Pathways to Opportunity" TIGER grant project.
Presenters: Sara Byrnes Maier, Cleveland Metroparks; James Kastelic, Maxine Levin College of Urban Affairs at Cleveland State University
This presentation includes planning and consortium building efforts that provided the necessary interest and momentum for these projects; implementation and assembly of funding from philanthropic, local, state, and federal sources; and the realities of designing and building urban trails.
Why Trails Matter: Trails and Greenways Promote Health
posted Feb 1, 2024
Trails and greenways create healthy recreation and transportation opportunities by providing people of all ages with attractive, safe, accessible and low- or no-cost places to cycle, walk, hike, jog or skate.
STEP IT UP! The Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Promote Walking and Walkable Communities
posted Jan 22, 2024
The Call to Action provides strategies that communities can use to support walking, which we hope will result in long-lasting changes to improve the health and health care of Americans today and of the generations that follow.
Parks, Trails, and Health Workbook
posted Dec 29, 2023
Consider this workbook as a starting point. Every project is different. This workbook is intended as a guide to be adapted for specific situations.
posted Dec 29, 2023
Call it walking. Call it hiking. Seldom has something so much fun also turned out to be so good for us!
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