Dave “Coolio” Schulz Creating Community through Missouri with Trails and Bike Parks #92

Trail EAffect Episode 92 with Dave “Coolio” Schulz

Creating Community through Missouri with Trails and Bike Parks

The Back Story Dave
Creating GORC Gravity
Dave’s knowledge picked up in previous careers
The Hack to speed up the trail project process
Helping Communities learn how to spend money on themselves
Diving into this process through projects completed
- Eureka Mountain Bike Park
- Famous Failure / Lessons learned
- Seeking land that works for trails but nothing else
- Stabilizing the hillside with trails
Encountering Resistance with Trail Projects
- Exploding Toilets…
Ironton / Shepard Mountain Project
Looking at data from Ironton, and what Trails have done for the community
- Rewriting school curriculum
- Getting more kids on Mountain Bikes
- School Scholarship programs
- Rebuilding the downtown area of Ironton
- Doubling the size of restaurants
- Adding more restaurants
- New retail shops
- New Campgrounds
- Millions in investment into the community
- Creating Jobs
Shuttle Service at Shepard Mtn
- Coolio’s Climb
How E-Bikes have changed Dave’s life, and allows him to ride again
Building out Trails in St Joseph, MO
- The potential and opportunity in St. Joseph, MO.
- Selecting a trail building company for the project
- 5 million invested into the bike park and trails initially
The Triangle of Trails and Trail Communities in MO
State Officials taking note of the Trail Development
How State Laws were changed to favor bike parks and other outdoor activities to make Missouri more welcoming as a state
Grant Opportunities, and working on expanding this next
Sharing information with other communities to expand access and connect the right people with the right builders
Rebuilding Middle America through Trails
Charles / Kinetic Park
- Redbull Pumptrack Worlds and how it’s change lives
Changing the Region through Trails with top level events
Griffin Bike Park
- The Griffin Bike Park Story according to Dave
- How Griffin Bike Park is a Brand
- Warrior Trail At Griffin Bike Park
- Seth from Back Yard Trail Builds
- Riding with Mr. & Mrs. Griffin
- Riding the trail across the lake
Closing Comments
- Changing the conversation
Swimming Pools
- Least Utilized relative other park features
- Cost & Liability
- He had to go here…
Trail Maintenance
After Conversation, Conversation
- Sharing Knowledge
- Coolio’s Climb Challenge
- How E-Bikes have changed Dave’s Life
- Hating on E-Bikes Discussion
- Adaptive / Universal Trail Design talk