Downtowns & Trails

The Nature Economy Collaborative, supported by UNH Collaborative Research Excellence, is pleased to share a brand-new information brief on the communi...

Many communities have trails in close proximity to their downtowns/village centers/business districts. We share the opportunities and challenges of wo...

In May 2018, the team traveled on a train-the-trainer trip to Kentucky’s Trail Towns program. During the trip, the group visited and assessed four dif...

New Hampshire is fortunate to have many natural assets that support our quality of life and economic vibrancy. In a new info brief we share eight spec...

A story map is a web map that combines mapping with text, photos, multimedia and functionality to generate a stand-alone resource. Story maps use geog...

Many communities in New Hampshire and beyond, have natural assets such as trails that can be leveraged for economic vibrancy. In this fact sheet, the ...

Nature and access to natural assets can be important components of a downtown economy. In this new brief from the Nature Economy Collaborative, we det...

We recently completed a pilot of our Downtowns & Trails program in Bristol, NH.  This final report summarizes the work we've done with the co...

Over a series of months, we worked with the Hopkinton, New Hampshire community on how to better connect its trails with its business center, the Villa...

Over six months, from Sept. 2021-March 2022, we worked with the City of Keene on how to better connect two rail trails with their downtown businesses....