Erin Rushing of Trailblazers in Bentonville, AR (#67)

Trail EAffect Episode 67 Erin Rushing of Trailblazers

• Erin Rushing Back Story
• The early years of trails and greenways in NW Arkansas
  • Razorback Greenway
• The Transformation of Trailblazers
  • Unique common areas in Bella Vista that allowed for trail building and access
  • Greenway Extensions into Bella Vista
• How Trailblazers develops trails
• Building the Back 40 Trail System in Bella Vista, AR
  • Diversity of Trail Experiences within the Back 40 with different builders
  • 40 miles of trail built in 9 months
  • The Ledges
• Lessons learned through building out trails in NW Arkansas
  • More Green level trails needed
  • Tuning up the existing system and making trails better in 2022
• Bicycle Playgrounds for kids in parks
• Famous Failure and what was learned
  • Experimenting with trail surfaces
  • Quick to react
  • Building smaller systems – Larger / 10 to 12 miles to make a worthwhile trail system
• More Neighborhood connections in 2022
• What makes a great trail community according to Erin
• E Bikes in NW Arkansas
  • Little Sugar as an E bike trail system
  • Commuting to work via trails by E bike
• Closing Comments

Links:

Trailblazers: https://www.nwatrailblazers.com/

We Are ETHIC: https://weareethic.org/

OZ Trails: https://www.oztrails.com/

Professional Trail Builders Association: https://www.trailbuilders.org/

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