Matthew Kellogg Executive Director of AMBC Part 3 of the Knoxville Series (#44)

Trail EAffect Episode 44 Matthew Kellogg E.D. of AMBC – The Knoxville Series Part 3

This episode first aired on November 1st, 2021 on Mountain Bike Radio

Topics Covered:

• 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
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• 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)
  • 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

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/

Stan’s No Tubes Intersections – Knoxville: https://www.notubes.com/stories/intersections-knoxville

Devil’s Race Track PR: https://www.pinkbike.com/news/tennessee-opens-the-bell-built-devils-racetrack-2016.html

Eastbound and Down Knoxville: https://www.pinkbike.com/news/east-bound-and-down-knoxville-tennessee-2016.html

SORBA: https://sorba.org/

Trailforks: https://www.trailforks.com/region/knoxville/

 

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