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Danny Twilley of the Brad and Alys Smith Outdoor Economic Development Collaborative at West Virginia University #100


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Trail EAffect Episode 100 with Danny Twilley of the Brad and Alys Smith Outdoor Economic Development Collaborative at West Virginia University

This is Part 1 of a 4 Part Series featuring the Brad and Alys Smith Outdoor Economic Development Collaborative

  • Danny Twilley Backstory
  • Stacking Outdoor Experiences
  • Outdoor Recreation Transforming People and Place
  • The Bailey’s Trail System Backstory in Athens County Ohio
  • Becoming part of the IMBA Trail Labs Presenters Team
  • How Danny ended up at West Virginia University Backstory
  • Side Topic – Back to Bailey’s Trail System
  • Creating the Brad and Alys Smith Outdoor Economic Development Collaborative
    • Born out of an idea at the 2019 Snowshoe WV World Cup Event
  • Selling the vision through a data driven approach and presentation
  • Asset Mapping and how they used data see how West Virginia compares to other outdoor recreation communities
  • Danny attending a presentation by Brad Smith, the CEO of Intuit at the time
  • Tulsa, OK and Outdoor Recreation, and how that lead to Danny digging deeper
    • What Tulsa Remote was doing
  • Learning and leveraging the Remote Worker Concept
    • Looking at other states similar to West Virginia and learning / creating the narrative on the West Virginia Advantage
  • Pressure testing the concept of Remote Work
  • The first meeting / presentation to Brad Smith
  • The gift of 25 million dollars from Brad and Alys Smith
  • Building out the Brad and Alys Smith Outdoor Economic Development Collaborative through the core of COVID – 2020 / 2021
  • Partnering with the West Virginia Department of Tourism
  • Creating Ascend West Virginia
  • Tourism is the Red Carpet to Residency
    • Creating Ambassadors for the state
  • The West Virginia Advantage: Valuable, Rare and Hard to Imitate
  • Really digging deep into community data, and a complete holistic approach on this
    • Ground Truthing this by actually talking to the residents of the communities
  • Trails – the arteries of Outdoor Recreation that can be built unlike other outdoor recreation assets
  • Putting trails in within a mile of every house in Morgantown, WV
  • The reason for hiring an expert in trail development for the team such as Rich Edwards
  • The reason for hiring Andy Williamson his understanding of non-profits, communities and outdoor recreation
  • The importance of a good Trail Plan / Design in unlocking funding for trail building
  • Closing Comments and teasers for Parts 2, 3 and 4 of this series
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    Links:

    Brad and Alys Smith Outdoor Economic Development Collaborative:  https://oedc.wvu.edu/

    Dr. Danny Twilley Bio: https://oedc.wvu.edu/about-us/meet-the-team/danny-twilley

    Brad D. Smith: https://braddsmith.com/

    Ascend West Virginia: https://ascendwv.com/

     

    Bailey’s Trail System: https://baileystrailsystem.org/

     

     

    This Podcast has been edited and produced by Evolution Trail Services

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