"No offense to the original designer, but the light-brown flyers are a little less than stimulating to the eye. Again, I'm not suggesting I have better ideas or talent, but seeing that stack of flyers just didn't make me want to pick 'em up."
>>Possibly so, but the new brochures are a vast improvement over the non-existent ones for the last several years. Some percentage of riders are actively seeking out local trail information, and our brochures fill that need, even if they aren't beautiful. Better to have something available this year than nothing, we can work on making them more attractive next year.
"As I've said before I think we also need to improve our signage at the trails."
>>There's always room for improvement. However, riders have to want to look at what's there or it just gets tuned out. Some aren't interested in being informed. My guess is that maps get looked at more than anything:
"I didn't learn about CORP until I rode blue mounds and noticed the acronym on the nice little maps that are there. "
>>Note that one of Bear's signs stating that CORP builds and maintains the trails has been in place for 3 years at Blue Mound at the trail head and he didn't mention seeing that.
>>The brochures are valuable to people who want to know what trails are available in the area, or perhaps are interested in getting involved. Trail maps are useful to riders who don't know a particular trail well. There's nothing wrong with having a sign that states who builds and maintains the trails, but it's not automatically going to connect with riders. I'm in favor of letting riders know who we are, but good signs cost and my guess is there is a greatly diminishing return on investment after the first few hundred dollars.
>>Blue Mound has a box at the trail head for maps and brochures. In years past when I've stuffed it, our materials always disappear.
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