Trail EAffect - "Episode 44 - The Knoxville Series #3 - Matthew Kellogg - E.D. of AMBC" (November 1, 2021 | #1408 | Host: Josh Blum)

November 1, 2021
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ABOUT THE EPISODE

Topics Covered in this Episode:

• 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
• 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)
  • I.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

RELATED SHOW NOTES

Windrock Bike Park: https://windrockbikepark.com/
Windrock Vlogs and Originals on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCywWFBO-Id8AapvmPMaEXtg/featured
Windrock on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/windrockbikepark/

Knoxville Trail Org 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/

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ABOUT TRAIL EAFFECT

Trails build community and Communities build trails. What came first you may ask… Host Josh Blum digs into the stories of how trails effect and affect the people and places we call home and those we might like to call home.

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ABOUT THE HOST

Josh Blum is a father and doer of stuff - paired with Advocate, Builder of Trails and Community. Originally from La Crosse WI, Josh has been enjoying the outdoors, trails, and mountain bikes since a young age. Always curious and learning about better ways to improve trail users’ experiences. Josh is employed by WisDOT, and is the owner / operator of Evolution Trail Services.