Dave “Coolio” Schulz Creating Community through Missouri with Trails and Bike Parks #92

Trail EAffect Episode 92 with Dave “Coolio” Schulz

Creating Community through Missouri with Trails and Bike Parks

• The Back Story Dave
• Creating GORC Gravity
• Dave’s knowledge picked up in previous careers
• The Hack to speed up the trail project process
• Helping Communities learn how to spend money on themselves
• Diving into this process through projects completed
  • Eureka Mountain Bike Park
  • Famous Failure / Lessons learned
  • Seeking land that works for trails but nothing else
  • Stabilizing the hillside with trails
• Encountering Resistance with Trail Projects
  • Exploding Toilets…
• Ironton / Shepard Mountain Project
• Looking at data from Ironton, and what Trails have done for the community
  • Rewriting school curriculum
  • Getting more kids on Mountain Bikes
  • School Scholarship programs
  • Rebuilding the downtown area of Ironton
  • Doubling the size of restaurants
  • Adding more restaurants
  • New retail shops
  • New Campgrounds
  • Millions in investment into the community
  • Creating Jobs
• Shuttle Service at Shepard Mtn
  • Coolio’s Climb
• How E-Bikes have changed Dave’s life, and allows him to ride again
• Building out Trails in St Joseph, MO
  • The potential and opportunity in St. Joseph, MO.
  • Selecting a trail building company for the project
  • 5 million invested into the bike park and trails initially
• The Triangle of Trails and Trail Communities in MO
• State Officials taking note of the Trail Development
• How State Laws were changed to favor bike parks and other outdoor activities to make Missouri more welcoming as a state
• Grant Opportunities, and working on expanding this next
• Sharing information with other communities to expand access and connect the right people with the right builders
• Rebuilding Middle America through Trails
• Charles / Kinetic Park
  • Redbull Pumptrack Worlds and how it’s change lives
• Changing the Region through Trails with top level events
• Griffin Bike Park
  • The Griffin Bike Park Story according to Dave
  • How Griffin Bike Park is a Brand
  • Warrior Trail At Griffin Bike Park
  • Seth from Back Yard Trail Builds
  • Riding with Mr. & Mrs. Griffin
  • Riding the trail across the lake
• Closing Comments
  • Changing the conversation
• Swimming Pools
  • Least Utilized relative other park features
  • Cost & Liability
  • He had to go here…
• Trail Maintenance
• After Conversation, Conversation
  • Sharing Knowledge
  • Coolio’s Climb Challenge
  • How E-Bikes have changed Dave’s Life
  • Hating on E-Bikes Discussion
  • Adaptive / Universal Trail Design talk

Links:

GORC Gravity: https://gorcgravity.com/

Eureka Bike Park: https://www.eureka.mo.us/Facilities/Facility/Details/Eureka-Mountain-Bike-Park-17

Shepard Mountain Bike Park: https://shepherdmountainmo.com/

Kinetic Park in St Charles, MO: https://www.sccmo.org/741/Kinetic-Park

2020 – Missouri’s Mountain Biking Revolution: https://terrain-mag.com/missouri-mountain-biking-growth-projects/

Missouri Business Alert Article: https://www.missouribusinessalert.com/industries/entertainment/a-growing-number-of-missouri-communities-are-opening-mountain-biking-parks-meet-a-trail-enthusiast/article_075a67fc-1cbb-11ed-8a15-8bed5ea020e7.html

Griffin Bike Park: https://griffinbikepark.com/

Back Yard Trail Builds: https://www.backyardtrailbuilds.com/

This Podcast has been edited and produced by Evolution Trail Services

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