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An Opportunity for Historic Preservation, Active Living & - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
An Opportunity for Historic Preservation, Active Living & - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
An Opportunity for Historic Preservation, Active Living & Economic Development Commemorates campaign of 2,000 horse-mounted patriot militia men (some from over -the mountains) to Battle of Kings Mountain 1 st National Historic Trail
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1st National
Historic Trail east of the Mississippi
Only Historic
Trail in South Carolina
Covers 300+
miles through four states
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Commemorative Motorcade
Route
Non-motorized route – closely
follows the actual historic route (84 miles of trail on the ground)
Links 2 National Forests, 4
National Parks, several state parks, 15 counties and dozens
- f communities
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U.S. National Park Service
Cherokee County Chamber of Commerce
Cherokee County Recreation District
Gaffney Downtown Business Association
Appalachian Council of Governments
Overmountain Victory Trail Association
Carolina Thread Trail
HessAmerica
City of Gaffney
Town of Blacksburg
Ten at the Top
Eat Smart, Move More
Limestone College
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NC State conducted
economic impact study of OVNHT in 1995/96 Surveyed 2,815 trail users at 14 sites
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Trail users
spent on average $49.05 per day
Estimated
1,148,832 visits to 14 sites
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Just over $16 million in direct spending by
visitors from outside the 15 OVNHT counties
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Trail supports 521 jobs in the fifteen OVNHT counties
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Cherokee County Body Mass Index Project
Collaborative effort of Cherokee County School District and South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control
2016: Of the total of 1st, 3rd and 5th graders in the county, 92.6% (1850 of 1,997) were measured.
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Cherokee County Health Behavior Rankings
Cherokee County ranks 37th out of 46 counties in South Carolina in overall Health Behaviors
Cherokee County South Carolina Top U.S. Performers Adult Obesity 37% 32% 26% Physical Inactivity 31% 24% 19% Access to Physical Activity Opportunities 64% 71% 91%
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SC Recreational Trails Program (www.sctrails.net) U.S. National Park Service Carolina Thread Trail Federal Highway Administration – Millennium Trails
Program
Cherokee County Accommodations Tax Program City of Gaffney Town of Blacksburg OVT Association
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90+ percent of the OVNHT corridor passes through
private land holdings
Outreach to private landowners is key to long-term
access to land for trail development
OVNHT Landowner Outreach
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- Dr. Paul LeFrancois