1. CLEVELAND METROPARKS TRAILS APP
A web based application providing an easy way to navigate trails and discover healthy outdoor amenities from your phone or other device

2. CLEVELAND METROPARKS TRAILS APP
Find amenities & trails
Used by law enforcement
10,000+ downloads
Open source app
Useful for all trail users
Quote from Ranger Chief:
“First of all, it’s our MAP!  We no longer issue hard copy map binders to our newest staff.  We do most everything electronically. I find myself using the app to spot boundary lines.  Just last week I found it to be a blessing when I was standing in someone’s back yard facing a possible encroachment.  My cell phone immediately told me otherwise.  A few years ago, I would have had to call for a survey.”
Trails App- won silver
Keeping up with the times, Cleveland Metroparks and partner Southwest General Hospital are providing us all with a modern and easy way to experience and navigate our Cleveland Metropark system. In a world where so many people, especially the younger generation, expect to access information from a mobile device, this application makes finding trails and amenities of interest just a click away. Paperless is more sustainable. Information is more current. And, that glove compartment in your car can once again be used for gloves rather than maps and brochures. Congratulations Cleveland Metroparks and Southwest General Hospital!
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3. CLEVELAND METROPARKS TRAILS VOLUNTEER PROGRAM
Monitor trails daily
Build and repair
Tweet opening/closing days to the web site
Play an important role in research and trail design

4. CLEVELAND METROPARKS TRAILS VOLUNTEER PROGRAM
Social media ambassadors
Won gold
Skin in the game! When it comes to trails, there's no better way to drive the "demand side" of the equation than to get the users deeply involved. Cleveland Metroparks has done just that with their Trails Volunteer Program. Volunteers help build, maintain, and monitor mountain bike trails. Of greater significance, volunteers help create a “trails culture” among park users. They have a stake in protecting the trails and are active on social media in sharing the rules, educating about trail etiquette and trail management techniques. The program is transferable and already being adopted by other park systems in our region. Congratulations Cleveland Metroparks and your volunteers!
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5. BURNING RIVER 100 TRAILS FUNDRAISING
Engages volunteers and employees
Raised $11K in 2015!
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6. BURNING RIVER 100 TRAILS FUNDRAISING
Burning River 100 Fundraising won silver
Putting their money where their FEET are, Western Reserve Racing motivates runners to not only race, but to give back to our parks. Runners are encouraged to raise funds, individually or as a team, and designate which park system shall receive these funds. In 2015, this program raised $11,000 for Cleveland Metroparks alone! Thank you, Western Reserve Racing, your program and your participants for both using and sustaining the great trails in our parks. Congratulations Western Reserve Racing!
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7. CLEVELAND FOUNDATION CENTENNIAL TRAIL
Partnering
Persistence
Social Equity
Commitment to connecting Lake Erie to the Towpath
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8. For bringing together the wide array of partners and players; For the persistence to endure the sliding Irishtown Bend and engaging the federal partners associated with it; For designing for inclusion of the hidden, underserved residents of CMHA in the Flats; and for the commitment to connect Lake Erie with the Towpath, our network's primary trail spine, the Showcase Panel is please to grant the Platinum Standard Recognition - Signature Project of the 2016 Trails Showcase. Congratulations Cleveland Metroparks and partners LAND Studio, Trust for Public Land, Palmer Engineering, J.D. Construction and the Cleveland Foundation!