Economics of Trails Webinars

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Projecting the Economic Impact of Future Trails: DIY Forecasting Tools for Communities

November 06, 2025

This webinar focuses on practical, do-it-yourself ways to project the future economic significance and impact of new, expanded, or enhanced trail systems— even when little to no trail user data exists.

Helping Communities Tell Their Outdoor Recreation Economic Story

September 11, 2025

Learn how the Wisconsin Office of Outdoor Recreation developed a written guide and implemented a program that equips communities and organizations to collect and analyze data necessary to calculate their economic impact.

Economic Benefits (and More) of Horse Trails in the American Economy

July 17, 2025

Learn about considerations on how your community can leverage the horse community to advocate for investments in the space that can get you the ROI needed.

Economic Benefits of Mountain Biking in the U.S.

May 15, 2025

This webinar will present the findings from a study conducted to better understand the economic benefits of mountain biking in the U.S. and will also identify potential challenges that outdoor recreation communities face regarding increased visitation and suggests considerations and re-sources to mitigate them.

Connecting Recreational Benefits with Transmission Corridors

March 20, 2025

Researchers will share their findings, including case studies and best practices, and discuss how co-locating recreational amenities alongside transmission infrastructure can enhance community well-being, generate sustainable economic growth, and improve local wildlife habitat and ecosystems.

Making the Case for Tourism-Oriented Mountain Bike and Adaptive Recreation

March 13, 2025

This presentation provides an overview of an economic impact analysis for an accessible tourism-oriented mountain bike trail network in Tennessee’s State Park system.

Innovative Development of a Year-Round, Destination Trail System in a Rural Area

December 12, 2024

Learn about one organization’s innovative approach to building and maintaining a trail system that serves as a model for communities around the country.

Three Ways to Estimate the Economic Impact of Trails and Outdoor Recreation

June 13, 2024

This webinar will introduce you to three ways to use research and data to estimate the economic effects of trails and outdoor recreation, plus provide an overview of how to quantify several other types of economic benefits.

Trails Are Rural Economic Drivers

February 22, 2024

This webinar will discuss many of the transformational results of a community investing fully in trails, give real-world examples of the benefits derived including and beyond tourism, and take a hard look at some of the pitfalls many communities experience in this transformational process of embracing trails

Mainstreet to Mountaintop

February 02, 2023

An overview of the methodology and results of the Continental Divide Trail Coalition’s (CDTC) 2022 Small Business Survey as well as CDTC’s Colorado Economic Impact Report released.

Trails for Us: How Trails Benefit Local Communities

July 21, 2022

Learn how trails benefit local communities and how you can make the case for yours.

Residential Real Estate and Rail-Trails

April 28, 2022

In this session you’ll learn about the on the ground reality of getting places, neighborhoods, and communities to “YES” on the idea of a trail. AND you’ll learn the conversations and experiences of house sales near to rail trails.

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