Canal Towns Program Plugs Businesses into the Enormous Potential of Trail Tourism

by Jake Lynch, Rails To Trails

"When coal mining died and the railroads left, a lot of the towns really struggled. What the trail has done has brought that transportation corridor back to them. And it's actually helped to sustain businesses and revitalize the downtowns."

— Bill Atkinson, Maryland Department of Planning

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