Today we're presenting an episode from the Active Towns podcast! They discuss the transformation of a 5,000-acre stripped-out area of iron ore mines into a gold mine of opportunity and a community-wide activity asset that supports both a culture of activity and economic vibrancy for the small towns in the area.

Episode summary 00:00 | Intro 01:00 | Cold Open 02:49 | Start of the episode 05:34 | Overview of the property 11:50 | Intro of the initial Cuyuna team 17:34 | Size of the property 19:23 | Timeline of buildout 20:42 | Economic Impact on the communities 23:37 | Cuyuna website 28:46 | Family-friendly orientation 31:00 | All abilities facilities 34:01 | Women and girl riders rock in Cuyuna 40:43 | Paddlesports and other activities 44:58 | Active culture transformation 49:21 | Final thoughts 51:57 | Outro Images

Show notes

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Helpful Links (note that some may include affiliate links to help me support the channel): – Cuyuna website – Ride The Range

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Credits: All video and audio production by John Simmerman

Music: Epidemic Sound

Resources used during the production of this episode: – My awesome recording platform is Ecamm – Adobe Creative Cloud Suite

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Background: Hi Everyone, my name is John Simmerman.

I'm a health promotion professional with over 30 years of experience and my area of concentration has evolved into a specialization of how the built environment influences human behavior related to active living and especially active mobility.

In 2012 I launched the non-profit Advocates for Healthy Communities as an effort to help promote and create healthy, active places.

Since that time, I've been exploring, documenting, and profiling established, emerging, and aspiring Active Towns wherever they might be, in order to produce high-quality multimedia content to help inspire the creation of more safe and inviting, environments that promote a "Culture of Activity" for "All Ages & Abilities."

My Active Towns suite of channels feature my original video and audio content and reflections, including a selection of podcast episodes and short films profiling the positive and inspiring efforts happening around the world as I am able to experience and document them.

Thanks for tuning in; I hope you have found this content helpful.

Creative Commons License: Attributions, Non-Commercial, No Derivatives, 2022

Advocates for Healthy Communities, Inc. is a nonprofit 501c3 organization (EIN 45-3802508) dedicated to helping communities create a Culture of Activity. To donate, click here.