Use the self-guided toolkit
Inspired by our River Town Review Program, the National Park Service has developed a national self-guided toolkit for conducting River Town Reviews. It’s an invaluable resource that we’re using as we provide free planning assistance to river towns.
Previous River Town Reviews
In 2020, a team of outdoor recreation planners, local volunteers, and community leaders, began working to complete River Town Reviews for 14 Ohio River communities, providing each with objective observations, assessments, and recommendations related to enhancing their outdoor recreation resources and tourism. As the team visited these towns up and down the Ohio, they found energized people and wonderful things already happening. From new trails and skate parks to a local entrepreneur running a kayak operation, literally through a hole in a wall and even a goat named Fred; from master plans embracing change to local main street programs beautifying and revitalizing historic downtowns. The team found these and a multitude of outdoor recreation opportunities as well, leaving them assured that the area can become a destination for outdoor recreation-based tourism.
