Trail EAffect

Scott Linnenburger Designing and Building the Iron Range Destination Mountain Bike Trail Systems #87


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Trail EAffect Episode 87 Scott Linnenburger Designing and Building the Iron Range Destination Mountain Bike Trail Systems

  • How Scott got involved with the Iron Range Destination Mountain Bike Trail Systems: Tioga Trails, Redhead Bike Park, and Giants Ridge Bike Park
  • How Mining Tax income helped fund this project
  • Fencing around the Mining and legal access that needed to be changed to allow trails in the mining zones
  • How trails create “repeat customers” for communities
  • Redhead, and tackling some of the challenges, and convincing the community about how trails can make a positive difference in the community. Especially with the rapid project development pace
  • Diversity of economic value for a community
  • What it took from a planning perspective to flag these three trail systems & get them ready for building
  • Getting to plan, design and project manage the entire project
  • Getting into the Planning and Construction details for Tioga Trails in Grand Rapids / Cohasset area
  • Getting into the Planning and Construction details for Redhead Bike Park in Chisholm, MN
  • Getting into the Planning and Construction details for Giants Ridge Bike Park
  • What it took to project manage a project of this size with the number of trail building companies and their staff
  • Lessons and take aways that Scott learned through this project
    • Ask More Questions and get the history for each site
  • How projects like this are viable in other communities as well
  • The importance of planning trail systems
  • What makes a great trail community in Scott’s opinion
  • Closing comments and words of wisdom from Scott Linnenburger
  • Links discussed in the show:

    Kay-Linn Enterprises: https://www.kay-linn.com/

    Tioga Trails & Recreation Area: https://tiogarecreation.com/

    Redhead Bike Park: https://www.goredhead.com/

    Giants Ridge Bike Park: https://www.giantsridge.com/

     

    This Podcast has been edited and produced by Evolution Trail Services

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