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obviously, development of the complete 130 mile trail. With completion, the true <br />economic benefits can be realized from sizeable increases in use. The longer the trail, the <br />further people will drive to use it. <br />All of this has been accomplished through volunteer efforts, led by Earl Erikson, and <br />assisted by hundreds of interested and committed citizens. But it has become too big for <br />one volunteer to oversee. An Executive Director is needed to coordinate all the moving <br />parts of this enormous project. The right person would speed up this process of <br />development and accelerate regional and multi -state promotion of the use of the trail. <br />This fund - raising project has a goal of a three -year commitment of $100,000 /per year for <br />a total of $300,000. We are asking for $10,000 from the City of Paris for three years <br />towards the cost of an Executor Director and office. <br />Describe how your project will benefit the City of Paris and its citizens: Paris stands to benefit greatly by <br />the success of the Executive Director's work. By accelerating the efforts to develop the <br />full 130 mile trail, greatly expanding publicity of the trail and its events, and being <br />successful in obtaining designation as a State Park, Paris will become an even stronger <br />tourist destination for access to the trail. This translates into more tax revenue from <br />increased tourism as well as increased revenue for business owners along or near the trail. <br />List other sources of funding for this project and the amounts: The fund drive is in three parts. The <br />first part is asking towns and counties along the trail to commit to a three -year <br />contribution which is happening this summer. The commitments from Paris and other <br />communities along the trail will be the seed money for the launch of the second and third <br />parts of the Drive. <br />City of Paris Revised 5/22/2015 <br />