Cleveland’s trail systems were a topic of conversation this week at a nationwide summit which took place Downtown.

The Trail Nation Summit, hosted by the Rails to Trails Conservancy, provided masterclasses centered around marketing, mapping and overcoming barriers to trail connectivity for rural, suburban and urban stakeholders across the country.

"This gathering of people is about how to make the connections in that network," Rails to Trails Senior Director of Programming Eric Oberg said. "How do we make our trails in these places connect to each other so that they can maximize their full potential?"

During the summit, attendees toured several of Cleveland's trail systems, which were a major factor in selecting Cleveland as the host city, Oberg said.

"Whether it's the Towpath or the l

See Full Page