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Volunteer group urges Norwalk to add trail signage, market North Coast Inland Trail to draw tourists

3221106 · May 7, 2025
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A representative of Firelands Rails to Trails urged council to install standard trail signs and coordinate with the visitors bureau to attract bicyclists and hikers who, he said, bring out-of-county and international tourism.

Joe Manty, a volunteer with Firelands Rails to Trails, told Norwalk City Council that simple signage and cross-marketing can increase trail tourists who stop and spend money in Norwalk.

Manty said the North Coast Inland Trail segment that serves the area stretches from Lorraine to Toledo and is managed by several entities; he described plans to add standard blue-and-green trail signs and noted that Ottawa County…

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