Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #90FY0001

Walton County Geopark Bike Trail

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Requester:

Kassy Keyes

Organization:

Walton County Commission

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project Title:

Walton County Geopark Bike Trail

Date Submitted:

2/9/01 3:01:55 PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sponsors:

Charlie Clary

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Statewide Interest:

to complete a trail that attracts tourist to the beauty of the area

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recipient:

Walton County Board of County Commissioners

Contact:

Commissioner Van Ness Butler

 

P.O. Box 689

Contact Phone:

(850) 231-6266

 

 

DeFuniak Springs 32435

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Counties:

Walton

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Service Area:

Government Entity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project Description:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Walton Geopark Bike Trail is located along 26 miles of coastal corridor in south Walton County.  It is a multi-use greenway/bicycle/pedestrian trail designed to link over 20,000 acres of state owned parkes and forest together with existing greenways and trails, the surrounding communities and educational historical resources.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Measurable Outcome Anticipated:

 

 

 

 

 

Increased public use adn enjoyment of state resources in area.  Increased nature based tourism.  Increased economic benefits.  Outcomes could be measured by bed tax collections and polling of tourists

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amount requested from the State for this project this year:

$1,900,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total cost of the project:

$2,400,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Request has been made to fund:

Construction

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Type of funding match:

Local

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Cash Amount:

$500,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Was this project previously funded by the State?

 

No

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is future-year funding likely to be requested?

 

No

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request?

 

No

 

Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget?

No

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is there a documented need for this project?

 

Yes

 

 

Documentation:

FDEP's Connecting Florida's Communties with Greenways and Trails

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?

Unknown