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We're in Cheasty Greenspace

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on Beacon Hill in Seattle.

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It's a 33 to 43 acre forest,

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depending on who you ask.

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We're working on restoration and trail building in here.

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The forest was covered in ivy and blackberry.

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We're replanting conifer

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ferns and salal and Oregon grape.

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That's been the work of the community.

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And we need more green space.

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We need more accessible space.

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We're looking for ways to reimagine the space

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and to invite more people

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to recreate in their own backyard.

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So 2011 we proposed mountain biking.

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It's a pilot program with the city of Seattle,

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where if this goes successfully,

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we can build some more of these

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throughout Seattle.

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A place designed, built

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and made for the community.

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Oh, perfect.

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Yeah, yeah.

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Where, when someone gets off work

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they can do some laps.

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Some kids in neighborhood

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can do some laps after school

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and keep them active.

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Give them a place to volunteer

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to build something in their community.

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To be a part of it.

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We've gone through public process.

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We've heard voices

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with different perspectives on this project.

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This is too invasive as it were, into the space,

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really, to the exclusive use of

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of mountain bikers.

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We have issues about safety,

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preserving the wetlands

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and the impact on wildlife and other things.

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Green spaces

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should be lightly used, lightly traveled.

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Once you put a bunch of people

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or cut a bunch of trails

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or or develop an area, it's not going to go back.

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What we do know

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is that restoration is needed here.

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We know that people need connection to nature

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to live a healthy lifestyle.

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And when you have a resource

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like a forest right here in the city,

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it makes sense to open it up

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and make it as accessible as possible.

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The first phase of trails that we're opening here

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are going to be two mountain bike trails,

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descent trails that connect to a shared use trail

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to climb back up.

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(relaxing music)

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There's some rollers, stuff to

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get a of speed going downhill

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but not progressively

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jumping and ripping down a hill.

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But now we've made for four feet wide

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walking trails

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for bikes, for hikers, for people to walk their dogs

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throughout the whole park

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and keep them separate from the downhill trail.

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(music is building)

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So one of the aims for these trails

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is to make it accessible

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to the most amount of riders.

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So we want people who have never mountain biked before,

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we want them to be able to come here and feel

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okay about riding these trails.

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What kind of stuff might be on a trail,

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do you think that you'd want to lift

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your wheel over? Yes.
- Sticks

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Sticks. What else?

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So if you can get kids

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stoked on bikes at a young age,

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that carries over into life. Yeah.

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We're going to be partnering

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with the Rainier Vista Boys and Girls Club to do some camps

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at the new Cheasty Hill trails.

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It gives kids a great

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opportunity to find a new passion

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that is a little bit outside

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the realm of traditional athletics.

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- All right,

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let's come over and talk about the ramp

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for a second.

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Into something that's positive,

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good for their health.

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Being outdoors.

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They're going to peddle, peddle, peddle.

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We'll do our best

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to stand up in our pouncing Puma position.

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[Ed Ewing] What's going to activate

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the space is youth programing.

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And it's more than just mountain biking.

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It's environmental stewardship,

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you know, trail building.

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Just getting students out in their

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in nature in their community

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and where they might not have access to this.

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I did it!

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Let's head up to the trails.

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[Ed Ewing] You plant the seed.

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Well, hopefully the students will ask,

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what else is out there?

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It's not about is hardness.

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And it's more
- it's more of funness.

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It's like scary, but really, really fun.

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Everybody ready?

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Let's do our best to think about our s'mores braking.

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Here goes nothing... help me.

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We'll teach them

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all the different skills from cornering

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to wheel lifts

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to get over obstacles on the trail,

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to how to climb up a trail,

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how to go down a trail safely,

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how to use your brakes

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correctly will give them all that foundation.

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And to use this

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not just for this community,

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but to study how this can work

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in other communities,

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especially kids that have low access to nature.

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Did she fall? Yeah.

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It scared me Damara.
- My pants are all dirty.

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Damara are you okay?

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I think it's really fun.

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Welcome to the grand opening of the Cheasty trails.

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There has been over 5000 volunteers

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that have helped build this place.

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It's not just about the bike trails.

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It's about leaving the park

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and the area

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better than when we even got it in the

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first place.

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Three, two, one...

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Because we all know that

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the way we preserve something is by using it.

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This trail is really gonna encourage

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people to come in, see the space, use the space,

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and that's how you get people to commit

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to making it better and preserving it.

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Yeah!

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Our hope is that as these trails open, as more

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and more people use them,

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and enjoy it,

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they'll really see that it's a positive thing for everyone.