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Miami Valley
Trails User Survey to be Conducted
Darke County Parks to participate in survey
The Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission (MVRPC) is partnering
with local park districts and citizen volunteers to conduct a
quadrennial Miami Valley Trails User Survey in September. Walkers,
runners, or cyclists using the designated Miami Valley Trails may
encounter volunteers counting trail users and requesting they take the
user survey. New this year is an online version of the survey users may
take using a smart phone. The volunteers will be able to assist survey
takers in getting to the survey via a website address or via a QR code.
Paper survey forms will also be available.
“We’re anticipating most people will choose to take the online survey
using their cell phones,” said MVRPC’s Executive Director, Brian O.
Martin, AICP. “The online survey will greatly reduce our data entry
time, and cut down on data entry errors. It will allow our staff to
start analyzing the data sooner,” he continued.
Trail users interested in taking the survey may go to:
www.mvrpc.org/trail-user-survey-2017 .
The survey seeks to find out who are trail users, when and how the
trails are being used, why people use the trails, and to measure the
economic activity that is generated from trail use. The survey results
will be released by MVRPC later this year. Past survey reports from
2009 and 2013 are available on MVRPC’s website, www.mvrpc.org.
In addition, the park districts use the results to plan programming and
maintenance activities along the trails. The results will be taken into
consideration as future marketing efforts are developed.
Darke County will be participating in this survey on the Darke County
Park District’s Tecumseh Trail at the St. Rt. 571 trail parking area
approximately one mile east of Greenville and at the trail behind the
Fire Department in Gettysburg, Ohio on Saturday, September 2 (rain
date-Sept 9) and Wednesday, September 6 (rain date-Sept 13) from 8am to
8 pm on both dates.
Established in 1964, the Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission
promotes collaboration among communities, stakeholders, and residents
to advance regional priorities. MVRPC is a forum and resource
where the Board of Directors identifies priorities and develops public
policy and collaborative strategies to improve quality of life
throughout the Miami Valley Region. MVRPC performs various
regional planning activities, including air quality, water quality,
transportation, land use, research and GIS. As the designated
Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), MVRPC is responsible for
transportation planning in Greene, Miami and Montgomery Counties and
parts of northern Warren County. MVRPC's areawide water quality
planning designation encompasses five (5) counties: Darke, Preble plus
the three MPO counties.
Detailed information about the Region’s trail system can be found at
www.miamivalleytrails.org. For more information about the Miami
Valley Regional Planning Commission, go to www.mvrpc.org or call
937.223.6323.
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