Goals 2022/2023

Domain Coordinator:

Edwina Boose ()

Goal #1: Age Friendly Walkable Trails – 5 strategies:

• Review, revise and upgrade originally listed Most Walkable Trails to website. We will reprint and distribute rack cards in spring.
• We will add “hike safe tips” , along with Valley Pledge to web site with link on rack cards.
• We will connect with other outdoor organizations to ask for their input as well as encourage them to publish the Walkable Trails in their newsletters, website or Facebook page.
• We will work with National Trail Day clean up or Valley Pride Day to include the Walkable Trails.
• We will look into mapping the Walkable Trails to put on the website and perhaps develop an app.

Goal #2 Connect with county Recreation Departments to see if Age Friendly can be at the table. 2 strategies

• Attend a county wide meeting of the Recreation Directors to inform them About Outdoor Spaces and the MWVAFC.
• Collaborate and share information regarding initiatives.

Goal #3 Continue to support North Conway Rec Path and activities it might be used for – 2 strategies

• Offer to volunteer and provide PR for grand opening.
• Research the feasibility of initiatives such as www.portlandwheelers.org

Goal #4 Promote and support communities who have expressed an interest in creating nature interpretative and ADA compliant trails – 4 strategies

• Provide PR when grand opening of new Tin Mountain Trail occurs.
• Ossipee is collaborating with Green Mountain Conservation Group to design a nature interpretive trail, as well as upgrading an existing trail to be ADA compliant.
• Tamworth is interested in developing an ADA trail.
• Identify other communities who would like to develop these trails.