Wednesday, February 18, 2009 – Topic: Acquiring Money and Land for Parks and Trails, @ JP Coughlin Center
Discussion Outline – (1 page, 60 KB)
DNR publication -“Guide for development of local comprehensive outdoor recreation plans” — see Appendix F (pdf, 309KBf)
DNR publication – “Funding for Wisconsin trails” (pdf, 592 KB)
Brown County Planning Department Publication – “Recreation Trails, Crime and Property Values: Brown County’s Mountain-Bay Trail and the Proposed Fox River Trail” (pdf, 3,106 KB)
Fox River Trail Study, Brown County – (pdf, 279 KB)
American Trails Resources and Library link – several studies on the impacts of trails on neighborhoods, home and property values, safety, perceptions, liability and quality of life can be found at this site.
Greenways, Inc website – cites benefits of greenways and trails, including a citation of the Brown County study
National Park Service document about economic impacts of protecting trails, rivers and greenways
Fox Cities Greenways -our local greenways, trails and parks advocacy group in the Fox Valley
Community Examples (where apporpriate, contact the board or planning commission for further information)
- Town of Menasha Five-Year Parks and Open Space Plan (2011-2015)
- Town of Algoma- has a Master Plan for their Steinhilber Wetland Site, designed by JJR, Madison
- Jefferson County Open Space Plan – link to a page where you can download chapters of their open space plan
- Town of Clayton, Town of Rushford and Town of Menasha(and perhaps others) have provisions in their subdivision ordinance to provide for or mandate trails
- City of Neenah -bike trails link, and access to other Fox Cities trail maps
- Stevens Point- Green Circle Trail link
If you would like a hard copy set of any of these resources please contact me directly at cneiswender@co.winnebago.wi.us
