Economics of Trails Webinars

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Three Ways to Estimate the Economic Impact of Trails and Outdoor Recreation

Upcoming: June 13, 2024

This webinar will introduce you to three ways to use research and data to estimate the economic effects of trails and outdoor recreation, plus provide an overview of how to quantify several other types of economic benefits.

Trails Are Rural Economic Drivers

February 22, 2024

This webinar will discuss many of the transformational results of a community investing fully in trails, give real-world examples of the benefits derived including and beyond tourism, and take a hard look at some of the pitfalls many communities experience in this transformational process of embracing trails

Mainstreet to Mountaintop

February 02, 2023

An overview of the methodology and results of the Continental Divide Trail Coalition’s (CDTC) 2022 Small Business Survey as well as CDTC’s Colorado Economic Impact Report released.

Trails for Us: How Trails Benefit Local Communities

July 21, 2022

Learn how trails benefit local communities and how you can make the case for yours.

Residential Real Estate and Rail-Trails

April 28, 2022

In this session you’ll learn about the on the ground reality of getting places, neighborhoods, and communities to “YES” on the idea of a trail. AND you’ll learn the conversations and experiences of house sales near to rail trails.

Revitalizing Rural Economies and Strengthening Main Streets Through Trails

April 14, 2022

This webinar will discuss the Recreation Economy for Rural Communities (RERC) program. You'll also hear from one of ten community partners who received RERC assistance in its pilot round in 2021.

Return on Investment of Trails and Parks

July 22, 2021

Hosted in partnership with the National Recreation and Park Association, this webinar will include the economic benefits of trails and parks in your community, as well additional co-benefits of driving equity, social and climate resilience, health (physical and mental), etc.

The Catalytic Impact of Trails

February 11, 2021

Explore how trails influence many aspects of quality of life as we explore the catalytic impact of trails through the Triple Bottom Line of People, Planet, and Profit.

Sustainable Advantage: Outdoor Recreation and Rural Community Development in California

June 30, 2020

This webinar will summarize the main findings from multiple interviews on the dynamics with state and local stakeholders in government, business, and nonprofit who work in rural communities on outdoor recreation.

Leveraging Outdoor Recreation to Revitalize Rural Economies

June 02, 2020

Together rural communities, land managers, agencies, and counties are creating a vision to leverage the power of outdoor recreation to strengthen main street revitalization, contributing to stewardship of public lands and creating new opportunities for prosperity.

Trail Towns - Leveraging Trails for Community and Economic Development

March 21, 2019

Take an in depth look at Trail Towns through programs in Kentucky and Michigan. Learn how community partners work to implement economic development, recreation and quality of life planning through Trail Towns.

Leveraging People and Places: Trails as Economic Development

June 28, 2018

This webinar will discuss urban trails and what cities are doing to provide economic development opportunities for the properties that lie along former industrial corridors.