The Vermont Trails and Greenways Council (VTGC) is excited to announce, along with five other partner organizations, the launch of the Vermont Trail Accessibility Hub, a collaborative initiative aimed at providing the resources and information needed to make Vermont’s trails more accessible to all individuals, including those with differences in physical mobility.
The Trail Accessibility Hub is one of the 51 projects that received funding from the Vermont Outdoor Recreation Economic Collaborative (VOREC) Community Grant Program, which recently announced more than $6 million in grants for Vermont’s outdoor recreation economy, including several focused on increasing Equity. Out of nearly 8,000 thousands of miles of trails and waterways in Vermont, only a small fraction are truly accessible for people with physical disabilities. The Hub plans to use its $644,000 award to promote outdoor equity.
Hub partners, including VTGC, the Upper Valley Trails Alliance (UVTA), Vermont Mountain Bike Association (VMBA), Northern Forest Canoe Trail (NFCT), Vermont Adaptive Ski & Sports (Vermont Adaptive), and Community Geographics will develop an online hub that will include comprehensive guidelines for designing and maintaining accessible trails, information on grants and funding opportunities, networking and training opportunities and related events, and resources for trail managers and organizations looking to assess their current trail networks.
For more information on the Trail Accessibility Hub, visit the Hub’s website.
