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

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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