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Walk the Loop with Drew Thrasher ENCORE CONVERSATION

March 8, 2024Uncategorizeddrew thrasher, southpark, The Loop, urban hikecarolinaoutdoors

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Segment 2, March 9th 2024

ENCORE CONVERSATION

The SouthPark area is known as the second largest business district in Charlotte behind Uptown. At the turn of the century if was part of a 3,000-acre farm owned by former North Carolina governor Cameron Morrison. Since then it has become a shopping and entertainment destination, office & residential area & the home of the SouthPark Mall It is also the home to our Carolina Outdoor sponsor, The local outdoor outfitter, where the outdoors is always in fashion, Jesse Brown’s. Continue reading Walk the Loop with Drew Thrasher ENCORE CONVERSATION →

Walk in the Park in the SouthPark Community with Drew Thrasher

February 1, 2024Uncategorizeddrew thrasher, southpark, The Loop, urban hike, walk in the parkcarolinaoutdoors

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Segment 3, 2024

The SouthPark area is known as the second largest business district in Charlotte behind Uptown. At the turn of the century if was part of a 3,000-acre farm owned by former North Carolina governor Cameron Morrison. Since then it has become a shopping and entertainment destination, office & residential area & the home of the SouthPark Mall It is also the home to our Carolina Outdoor sponsor, The local outdoor outfitter, where the outdoors is always in fashion, Jesse Brown’s. Continue reading Walk in the Park in the SouthPark Community with Drew Thrasher →

Backlot Trail Opens Trail Connections in Charlotte with Drew Thrasher

October 20, 2023UncategorizedBacklot Traill, drew thrasher, span, The Loopcarolinaoutdoors

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Segment 3, October 21st, 2023

Trails are important to a community in a tons of different ways. They provide a connection to nature & landscapes, they help protect green spaces & animals, they provide a place for exercise, & they provide access to places of history & heritage that we may not otherwise have.

Charlotte’s trail system is expanding & here host Bill Bartee speaks with Drew Thrasher, board member of SPAN & founder of Charlotte’s Urban Hike.

Here you’ll learn more about:

NC”s Year of the Trail in 2023, so with the state promoting the thousands of miles of trails in the state.
The Ongoing Networking & Connection of Trails in the SouthPark area of Charlotte.
What the trail systems of The Loop, the X-Clt Trail, the Carolina Thread Trail,& the Backlot Trail have in common.
The 1024 Ribbon Cutting Celebrating a 0.3 mile section of the Backlot Trail coming up.
Why is such a short section so important?
What’s allowed? Bikes, Walk, Electric?