How MTB Trails and Tourism can Help Struggling Communities [Podcast #246]

We talk about how SBTS trail work is impacting the local economy. Founder Greg Williams shares some of the strategies the group has used to bring various trail user groups together that are applicable in other communities facing similar challenges.

By Jeff Barber
April 13, 2020 Last Updated: February 23, 2021

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Greg Williams is the founder of the Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship, a non-profit group based in California that’s dedicated to the restoration, preservation, and enhancement of recreational trails. The group’s Connected Communities plan offers an innovative roadmap for bringing tourism through trails to former timber and mining towns.

We talk about how the group formed, and how their trail work is impacting the local economy. Greg shares some of the strategies the group has used to bring various trail user groups together that are applicable in other communities facing similar challenges. We also discuss the ways mountain bikers can help the trail communities they visit and how groups like the STBS measure success.

Learn more at sierratrails.org.

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