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November 1, 2021 61 mins

November 1, 2021
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ABOUT THE EPISODE

Topics Covered in this Episode:

  • Matthew Kellogg Backstory
  • The Appalachian Mountain Bike Club Background
  • Restarting the Club with a new agenda and aligning with SORBA and IMBA
  • How a trip to Kingdom Trails inspired a greater vision for Knoxville
  • Collaborative process with public and private land owners and managers
  • How the Bell Built Grant Campaign really put Baker Creek and the Urban Wilderness on the map
  • How a Plan / Master Plan can spring board trail building
    • How plans leverage grant funding 
    • How plans offer a road map to the future
    • How plans provide building in phases
    • Building progression into trails
  • A Breakdown of the various trail systems around the Knoxville region
    • Urban Wilderness (40 or so miles of trails)
    • Ijams Nature Center
    • The State of Tennessee – Forks of the River
    • Private Lands (about 25 private land owners) – MOU Breakdown for owners
    • County Land
    • Hastie Park
    • View Park
    • Baker Creek Preserve
    • Stanley Lippencott
    • Fort Dickerson
    • Sharps Ridge (used to reduce undesirable activity in the area)
    • I.C. King
    • Concord Park
    • Lake Norris / Loyston Point
    • Clinch Valley Trail Alliance / Haw Ridge
    • Cherokee National Forest (future project)
    • Big South Fork (NPS land)
  • The Secret Sauce for a diversity of different trails and trail types
  • Vee Hollow
  • Famous AMBC Failures
  • The mix of Professional Trail Builders with Volunteer Builders and the importance of this mix
  • Trail Champions
  • The #SoNoLimo Story
  • Closing Comments

RELATED SHOW NOTES

Windrock Bike Park: https://windrockbikepark.com/
Windrock Vlogs and Originals on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCywWFBO-Id8AapvmPMaEXtg/featured
Windrock on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/windrockbikepark/

Knoxville Trail Org Links:
Appalachian Mountain Bike Club (AMBC): www.ambcknox.org
AMBC Fall Fest: https://fallfest.ambcknox.org/
AMBC Kona Bike Raffle (Drawing 11/6/21): https://ambcknox.org/raffle/

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