Routes and Blues Festival
Thu, 08/08/2013
- Tue, 08/13/2013
Routes and Blues Festival
Routes and Blues is a locally-focused
initiative that aims to bring community members of the Shuswap
area together with guests from surrounding communities and
outside the region to celebrate music and aspects of the local
culture and the natural environment.
The engaging experiences Routes and Blues offers focus on
creating sustainable economic gains for communities and respect
for their natural surroundings.
Routes and Blues is a 7 day event which will run from August 8
through 13, 2013. The first 6 days consist of a concert and
community meal, a hike organized by the Shuswap Trail Alliance
and local attractions and tourism activities.
For more information about the concert line-up, hall location,
and the planned hikes, please visit www.routesandblues.ca
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Fully updated Shuswap Trails.com goes live
Posted: October 24th 2012
Fully updated ShuswapTrails.com goes live
The Shuswap, British Columbia – Find your trail - online! The
fully updated ShuswapTrails.com goes live this week thanks to a
huge team effort of partners. The region’s go-to location for
all hiking, mountain biking, cycling, snowshoeing, skiing, and
equestrian greenway trails just got even better.
The ShuswapTrails.com website now boasts integrated Google maps,
trail bulletin postings, downloadable Google Earth and GPS
files, printable information pages, and a reporting link for
trail users to provide real-time updates on conditions and send
in photographs. As well, all the written trail postings match
the Shuswap Trail Guide developed in partnership with Shuswap
Tourism. “This is becoming the central data bank of trails
throughout the Shuswap,” says Carmen Massey with the Shuswap
Trail Alliance, acknowledging it’s a work in progress that now
needs community input.
The original ShuswapTrails.com website was created by local
trail champion, Jim Maybee (Trailheads Cycle and Ski), who
designed and managed the original Shuswap Trails website in
partnership with Skookum Cycle and Ski and other area trail
users. Thanks to early funding through the Shuswap Trail
Alliance, Jim was able to update the website, but the dynamic
nature of trail conditions made it hard to post new information
on a weekly basis. New web programming tools have changed that.
The new ShuswapTrails.com site was made possible with a Shuswap
Community Foundation grant through the Browne Johnson Legacy
Fund, Services Canada’s Summer Jobs and the Job Creation
Partnership programs, Erica Lahoda and the team at Lynx
Technology Solutions, Raptor Integration Inc., and Steve McKenna
at Canadian Photoscene, who developed the new Shuswap Trail
Alliance branding designs. Thanks to their contributions a new
data management system has been implemented.
Trail Alliance partner, Susanna Nicholson, worked through the
winter of 2011 under the Services Canada Job Creation
Partnership to fully revise and update the Shuswap Trail Guide
information ready for publication. And then Sam Frese, a second
year engineering student at UBC, was hired via a Federal Canada
Summer Jobs program grant. He uploaded all the new trail guide
content and trail maps this summer. “It’s awesome to hear the
website is going live,” says Frese reflecting on the hours of
detail it takes to assemble maps and accurate information. “I
look forward to being able to use it for myself next summer!!”
“Now we need everyone to try it out,” says Carmen. “Go find a
trail, explore it, and give us feedback – and be sure to thank
all the partners who continue to make this happen!” Carmen
invites anyone with information updates to send them to
trailreport@shuswaptrails.com. The same email address can be
used to report maintenance issues out on any greenway trail
throughout the region.
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