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New App Aims To Bolster The Outdoors And Tourism In Guilford County

88.5 WFDD - Public Radio For The Piedmont | By Keri Brown

Published July 10, 2019 at 3:14 PM EDT

Local leaders gathered at the Piedmont Environmental Center in High Point on Wednesday to unveil the new app. It was a joint project between the cities and county parks departments and Greensboro’s Information Technology department, which designed the app. Photo courtesy of Amanda Lehmert with the City of Greensboro.

There's a new tool to help people explore recreational opportunities in Guilford County.

Piedmont Discovery is a free mobile application that will allow residents and visitors to find parks, greenways, and other amenities near them. City leaders in Greensboro, High Point, and Guilford County teamed up for the project.

App users can search for parks or trails nearest to them, find directions, and connect with local parks department websites for more details about each location. The app also lets users explore trails based on their difficulty and terrain.

“We want opportunities for individuals to improve their physical and mental wellbeing,” says Shawna Tillery, Planning and Project Development Division Manager with Greensboro's Parks and Recreation Department. “We want residents to have a closer connection to nature and a greater sense of community by having an application that really gives them all of the opportunities that are available to them locally.”

The app only provides information for sites in Guilford County, but Tillery says in the future, organizers hope to work with other communities to increase its regional span.

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Keri Brown is a multi-award winning reporter and host at 88.5 WFDD. She has been honored with two regional Edward R. Murrow awards for her stories about coal ash, and was named the 2015 radio reporter of the year by the Radio Television Digital News Association of the Carolinas (RTDNAC).Although she covers a variety of topics, her beats are environmental and education reporting.Keri comes to the Triad from West Virginia Public Broadcasting, where she served as the Chief Bureau Reporter for the Northern Panhandle. She produced stories for the state's Public Television and Radio programs and was honored by the West Virginia Associated Press Broadcasters Association for her feature and enterprise reporting.She also served as an adjunct instructor at Wheeling Jesuit University and Bethany College in West Virginia. She worked with the Center for Educational Technologies in Wheeling, WV, and other NASA centers across the country to develop several stories about the use of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) concepts in the classroom.Keri's journalism career began at WTRF-TV 7 in Wheeling. She worked in several roles at the station, including the head assignment editor. She also was a field producer and assignment manager at WPGH-TV Fox 53 in Pittsburgh.Keri is a graduate of Ohio University. When she's not in the studio or working on a story, she enjoys watching college football with her family, cooking, and traveling.Keri is always looking for another great story idea, so please share them with her. You can follow her on Twitter @kerib_news.

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New App Aims To Bolster The Outdoors And Tourism In Guilford County

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