June 7 is National Trails Day®. Use the celebration to your advantage. It’s a great excuse to get outside and use the trails you love. And don’t forget the best part of the day…the reward. […] Continue Reading
Our Trail Towns
All fun…no homework at this old school
The Great Allegheny passage crosses over the Casselman River on a 226 foot long old RR bridge covered by a new wooden deck. That’s at Milepost 61 in the Trail Town of Confluence. From the […] Continue Reading
Funding Trail Town Businesses
We often get asked “What was the single most important thing you did that made your Trail Town Program® successful?” The answer is always the same, that we have money and the willingness to make […] Continue Reading
A congratulatory note from the President & CEO
The Great Allegheny Passage Conservancy (formally the Allegheny Trail Alliance) and Fourth Economy (an economic development consulting firm) deserve a standing ovation for their just released Economic Impact Report on the Great Allegheny Passage. If […] Continue Reading
2021 GAP Annual Economic Impact Report
The Progress Fund is pleased to share the most recent study on economic impact along the Great Allegheny Passage (GAP). According to Bryan Perry of Fourth Economy, “Tourism along the 150-mile Great Allegheny Passage drove […] Continue Reading
What you order speaks volumes
PART FOUR – If you joined our entrepreneurial summer series during week three (we hit the rafts, bikes, canoes, kayaks), you may still be hungry. This week, we’ll share a booth with some of the most innovative restaurateurs in the region, where they’ll try to read the minds of the dining public – an exercise which might go better with a nice Moscato.
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