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CONTEXT: ALASKA'S OUTDOOR RECREATION ECONOMY
• Nationally: Sleeping giant of the US economy
+$459Billion to US GDP
• Alaska: Outdoor Recreation = 3.6% of GDP
surpassed only by Montana, Vermont and Hawaii
• OR jobs increasing: T 18.4% in AK in 2021 .
third highest rate of growth in the nation
• 6/10 Alaskans live here because of outdoor rec
• Trails are good investments : for every $1
spent on public open space, a $5.31 ROI
2015 Economic Study in the
Mat-Su
CONTEXT: GROWTH POST-COVID
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• Outdoor Recreation on the rise pre-COVI D
• 2020 was the greatest single year increase in
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Outdoor Recreation nationally
• Trail use doubled during the pandemic
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increased 50% from 2019 to 2022
. • Most analysis shows this growth to be "sticky"
as in these new patterns of use are here to stay
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Overview (concept)
Long Trail Corridor
Es4sung&Recommended Alignments
•••• Gzps,Concepts.Projects,&Interim
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ramps/off ramps" T,keetna
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• "Goldilocks Factor" - wild but not too wild
�` • Flexible - 4-season/multi-use route (a braided
system" of trails)
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• Mat-Su Borough Assembly
• Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly
• City of Palmer r
• Denali Borough Assembly
• Anchorage Assembly
• City of Nenana
• City of Seward
• Girdwood Board of Supervisors
• Alaska Travel Industry Association (ATIA)
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• Explore Fairbanks
• Mat-Su Convention & Visitors Bureau 7f
• Visit Anchorage
• Kenai Peninsula Economic Development District
Fa�,'`anks_
PLANNING - Alaska Long Trail Coalition and
Regional. Working Groups
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PLANNING - Alaska Long Trail Workbook
www.alaska-traiIs.org/workbook-draft
Regional Chapters
Kenai, Anchorage, Mat-Su,
IDenali and Fairbanks
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Learn more and stay in touch!
mariyammedovaya@alaska-trails.org
ALASKA www.alaska-trails.org
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