1. Building Support for Trail Projects

2. Trail Builder’s Personality Traits Patience Patience

3. Trail Builder’s Personality Traits Persistence Dedication focus Persistence Dedication focus

4. Trail Builder’s Personality Traits optimistic flexibile optimistic flexibile

5. Trail Builder’s Personality Traits inquisitive Problem-solver inquisitive Problem-solver

6. Making friends & allies have a vision Share a vision have a vision Share a vision

7. Have a vision is it big enough Is it too big is it big enough Is it too big

8. Share a vision what’s in it for me? Aligning goals & objectives what’s in it for me? Aligning goals & objectives

9. Share a vision selling a legacy Recruiting a team selling a legacy Recruiting a team

10. Targetting difference - makers leaders Politics Business Foundations Residents media leaders Politics Business Foundations Residents media

11. Fighting foes n.i.m.b.y. Ignorance Facts don’t matter Tourists Love ‘em/ hate ‘em n.i.m.b.y. Ignorance Facts don’t matter Tourists Love ‘em/ hate ‘em

12. Fighting foes facts support trails Property values rise Investments rise Security increases facts support trails Property values rise Investments rise Security increases

13. Fighting foes trail user profile College educated High income earner Involved in community trail user profile College educated High income earner Involved in community

14. Fighting foes ego It’s a “we” thing ego It’s a “we” thing

15. planning necessary overdone

16. Funding sources Federal transportation Federal earmarks State capital State – clean ohio Private – corporation Private – foundations Tif & bid

17. Good projects will not fail due to lack of funds.