Deadline: 9-Nov-21
The Sunflower Foundation is offering Trail Champion Cohort to enhance the value of their trails. Priority will be given to proposals working to diversify their trail base of users, supporters and volunteers.
The opportunity is designed to expand your knowledge and connections so you can better champion the trails you love. The focus will be on budget-friendly, Do-It-Yourself (DIY) strategies to evaluate and demonstrate the value of trails and then create effective messaging for different stakeholders.
The course will also tackle the increasingly important issue of diversifying your trail base: users, supporters and volunteers.
Why should I participate?
- Curriculum for the Trail Champion Cohort will be designed and led by Harbinger Consultancy, a team nationally known for its integrated approach to community and economic development as those relate to people and places. This is a unique opportunity for Kansas Trail Champions to benefit from high-level expertise, hands-on coaching and valuable technical assistance in a course customized for the needs of the state. Course content will include:
- Tell the Economic Story of Your Trails Without Hiring an Economist
- Do-It-Yourself Visitor Surveys for Parks, Trails and the Towns that Serve Them
- Do-It-Yourself Trail Research You Can Start Right Away
- The course will also address the shared need to diversify the base of trail stakeholders, from users to supporters to volunteers.
- Finally, the cohort will connect Trail Champions across the state and encourage peer networking and sharing to advance collective goals.
- The Foundation is seeking community teams of 2-4 individuals from different sectors in your community / region that serve in some kind of stakeholder role in regards to local trails, including but not limited to:
- Economic / community development,
- Chambers of commerce; Tourism / visitor entities,
- Units of local government,
- Nonprofits with missions aligned to active, healthy living; quality of life; and / or equitable opportunities to access trails / green space.
- The Foundation is strongly encourage that each team member represent a different sector. One person on the team will need to serve as “lead” and primary liaison to Sunflower and Harbinger Consultancy.
For more information, visit http://www.sunflowerfoundation.org/grants/for_grant_seekers/current_grant_opportunities/grants