Colorado Springs is known for our natural open spaces and our extensive parks and trails. How do we preserve these areas? How do we can we take care of them and get more of them?
If you want to learn about some of the up-and-coming visions for the trail systems in Colorado Springs…If you want to better understand how our park maintenance is funded…If you want to learn how to get involved with protecting and maintaining our open space…If you want to learn more about the people who do this work in town, you’ll want to listen to this podcast!
For the past twenty-seven years the Trails and Open Space Coalition has worked to preserve open space and parks, and create a network of trails, bikeways and greenways for the Pikes Peak region. TOSC has roughly one thousand members, dozens of local partners, supports 20 regional Friends Groups and has been instrumental in preserving thousands of acres of open space plus creating hundreds of miles of trails. Susan is Executive Director of the Trails and Open Space Coalition.
Prior to joining TOSC in August of 2009, Susan was a television news journalist/weather anchor and worked in various TV Markets in Green Bay, Wi; Syracuse, NY; Pittsburgh, PA; Cleveland, Ohio and finally Colorado Springs at KOAA. During her years in Pittsburgh and Cleveland she did some fill-in weather anchoring for Good Morning America. She also developed a passion for environmental reporting and completed a graduate degree in Environmental Science and Management at Duquesne University.
Susan lives with her husband Bill and 10th grade daughter Elizabeth in Monument. You’ll often find them hiking in Red Open Canyon or North Cheyenne Canon.
Ideas and Topics Discussed in This Episode:
- Susan’s experience as a news and weather reporter nationwide
- First-hand advice to land your dream job – and succeed in it!
- History of the Trails and Open Space Coalition
- How we fund trails and parks in Colorado Springs
- What’s the Ring the Peak Trail vision?
- What is a park versus open space?
- How to volunteer for trail projects
- The Bike Colorado Springs group, the Bicycle Master Plan, upcoming improvements to bike trails, and envisioned expansions to our bike trails.
Links/Resources/Sponsors Mentioned:
- Trails and Open Space Coalition: www.trailsandopenspaces.org
- TOSC Facebook: www.facebook.com/TrailsAndOpenSpaceCoalition
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