{"id":15807,"date":"2021-01-05T06:14:26","date_gmt":"2021-01-05T14:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/?p=15807"},"modified":"2023-10-18T19:59:03","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T02:59:03","slug":"indy-to-chicago-first-leg-of-nbg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2021\/01\/05\/indy-to-chicago-first-leg-of-nbg\/","title":{"rendered":"Marking Indy to Chicago &#8211; first Leg of NBG"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<h2 id=\"mile\">NBG Mile Markers<\/h2>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"15770\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2021\/01\/04\/indy-nbg-hub\/screen-shot-2020-12-30-at-9-20-03-am\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screen-Shot-2020-12-30-at-9.20.03-AM.png?fit=318%2C321&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"318,321\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screen Shot 2020-12-30 at 9.20.03 AM\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screen-Shot-2020-12-30-at-9.20.03-AM.png?fit=318%2C321&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15770 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screen-Shot-2020-12-30-at-9.20.03-AM.png?resize=318%2C321\" alt=\"\" width=\"318\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screen-Shot-2020-12-30-at-9.20.03-AM.png?w=318&amp;ssl=1 318w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screen-Shot-2020-12-30-at-9.20.03-AM.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 318px) 100vw, 318px\" \/><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Since most of our route across this Nation will take place on back roads, especially once its travelers move between America\u2019s more densely populated cities and towns, NBG Mile Markers will mark the way. Set at one-mile increments, these will let cyclists know where they stand on our route. To find out what services, attractions and points of interest are close by, all they will have to do is use their phones to key in the mile marker in question.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">In 1928, the Lincoln Highway people, commissioned Boy Scout troops to place 3,000 markers along every mile of America\u2019s first coast-to-coast road (2,436 markers were actually placed). 220 pounds of concrete, reinforced with steel rebar, they were built as a memory to Abraham Lincoln. A rectangular head on top of a hexagonal shaped post, the markers featured the Lincoln Highway logo, a bronze medallion and arrows to indicate the route of the memorial highway.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Besides marking the way, NBG Mile Markers will also provide the National Bicycle Greenway with a revenue stream (discussed below and in our NBG financials). And a way to make sure these passages are kept tidy. <strong>At 10-mile increments, along the roadside, these markers will change from a nondescript 2-foot tall, black and green metal post with a number on it<\/strong>, to a 4-foot tall concrete pillar that bears a sponsor logo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Our first leg\u00a0 will travel through a mix of bike paths and bypassed US highways in Indiana on\u00a0 <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.indianausbr35.com\">USBR 35 <\/a><\/strong>(<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Bicycle_Route_System\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>United States Bicycle Route System<\/b><\/span><\/a>). This corridor was completed for bicyclists in 2015 (AASHTO approved it for the Indiana Dept of Transportation and Adventure Cycling).\u00a0 Visit Indy, the Indianapolis Convention and Visitors Bureau, had begun to promote it when COVID-19 hit.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> Toward that end, we will put the job of designing the markers and then manufacture, permitting and placement out to <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2021\/02\/19\/landscape-designers-and-the-nbg\/\">landscape designers<\/a><\/strong> for bid. <span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">W<\/span><\/span>e look forward to being able to circulate a document that includes handsome graphic images for what these posts can look like as well as renderings that reflect the enhancements and upgrades that can associate with them. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Once the Request for Proposal that NBG Director, <a href=\"http:\/\/bikeroute.com\/martin-krieg\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Martin Krieg<\/b><\/span><\/a>, will generate comes back to us with hard numbers for marker placement, we will enter a fundraising campaign. To help us generate money, everything will be on the table from NBG membership drives to corporate sponsorships, checkout charity, NBG Day cash register sales, and even crowd funding initiatives (Kickstarter, Indiegogo, GoFundMe, etc).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Once posts do get placed, besides serving as markers for section upgrades\/enhancements, they will also become revenue generating tools. It will be at this level, that as each logo for them gets sold, a majority percentage will be earmarked for building out the Greenway that will result.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">Marking Indy to Chicago<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">162 Mile Markers plain (180 total miles minus 18 logos)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Graphic Design<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Fabrication Design<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Manufacture<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0$125\/unit\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 $20,250<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">18 Mile Markers (logo)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Graphic Design (for replaceable vinyl shrink wrap)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Fabrication Design<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Materials<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">4\u2019x4\u2019 Site Retention (Buy, Rent, Lease per jurisdiction parameters)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Manufacture<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">$3,000\/unit\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 $54,000<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Site prep\/installation (all 18 logo markers)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Emergency phone (where applicable)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Security camera (where applicable)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Solar cell (where applicable)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">$11,000\/site<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">$198,000<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Total\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0$272,250<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p8\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><b>Mile Marker Administration<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p8\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">An important part of the Indianapolis main NBG office, one person full time will augment, qualify and track each of our markers. This person will keep current the cross referencing a team will initially qualify<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>each marker with. It is here that each will have been outfitted with data points so users can look them up on their phones to see where they are at, and where services, landmarks and points of interest are in relation to each one. Since they will be equipped with solar powered cameras, damage or vandalism will be easy to spot and rectify from the home office.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Marker Fabrication, Placement &amp; Security<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span class=\"s3\">2,835 Mile Markers <\/span><span class=\"s8\">plain (3,150 total miles minus 315 logos)<\/span><span class=\"s3\"><br \/>\n<\/span>Graphic Design<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Fabrication Design<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Manufacture<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">$125\/unit (2,835)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0$354,475<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span class=\"s3\">315 Mile Markers (logo)<br \/>\nGraphic Design <\/span><span class=\"s9\">(for replaceable vinyl shrink wrap)<\/span><span class=\"s3\"><br \/>\nFabrication Design<br \/>\nMaterials<br \/>\n4\u2019x4\u2019 Site Retention <\/span><span class=\"s10\">(Buy, Rent, Lease per jurisdiction parameters)<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"s3\">Manufacture<br \/>\n<\/span>$3,000\/unit (315)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0$945,000<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Site prep\/installation (all 315 logo markers)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Emergency phone <span class=\"s6\">(where applicable)<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Security camera <span class=\"s11\">(where applicable)<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"s3\">Solar cell <\/span><span class=\"s8\">(where applicable)<br \/>\n<\/span>$11,000\/site (315)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 $3,465,000<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Misc<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 $<\/span><span class=\"s3\">235,525<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><b>Total<\/b><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <b>$5,000,000<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><b>Coast to Coast Marker Schedule<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">For the purposes of conversation, we feel the job of determining the placements for our mile markers from coast to coast can be done per this schedule &#8211;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>Beg<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 No. <span class=\"s2\"><sup>1\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/sup><\/span>No. <\/span><span class=\"s2\"><sup>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/sup><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span class=\"s3\">Leg<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span class=\"s3\">Const<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span class=\"s3\">Markers<\/span><\/span><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Poles<\/span> \u00a0<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span class=\"s3\">Notes<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Indy-C\u2019go <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>4\/23 <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\">18<\/span><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 162\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s5\">On USBR 35 w\/Mayors&#8217; Ride<\/span><span class=\"s1\"><br \/>\n<\/span>Indy-Cincy<span class=\"s1\"> <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\">8\/24 <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>11<\/span><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a099\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s5\">Starts NY St\/Pennsy Trail<br \/>\n<\/span>Cincy-Pgh<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>4\/25 <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>60\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 540<span class=\"s1\"><br \/>\n<\/span>C\u2019go-<span class=\"s6\">SF<\/span><span class=\"s1\"> <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span><\/span>5\/26<span class=\"s1\"> <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span class=\"s3\">226\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s3\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span class=\"s3\">2034<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Total<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><strong>315<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 2835<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span class=\"s2\"><sup>1<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/sup><\/span>One logo marker every 10 miles<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><b>Mile Marker Logo salesperson(s)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The actual cost figure we get back will allow us to bring on direct commission salespeople to sell logos for the 315 mile markers (one every ten miles) that will be available for such messaging. Armed with three dimensional computer renderings and\/or physical models from the designer, they will have something in hand to professionally circulate this level of our vision. Using $5 million as a guide, if these logos were to sell for the amounts noted, all of the markers would be paid for in the number of years detailed per this schedule:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Annual <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span class=\"s1\">Fee <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Years<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">3,968 4 <span class=\"s2\">(3968 x 315 markers x 4 years = 4,999,680)<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">1,984 8 <span class=\"s3\">(1984 x 315 x 8 = 4,998,680)<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">992 16 <span class=\"s3\">(992 x 350 x 16 = 4,998,680)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Armed with the authority of markers on the ground from one coast to the other, we will then work to turn this route into a national asset that will one day become Car Free.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NBG Mile Markers Since most of our route across this Nation will take place on back roads, especially once its&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2021\/01\/05\/indy-to-chicago-first-leg-of-nbg\/\">read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,83,123,87],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chicago","category-indianapolis","category-nbg-business-plan","category-sf-dc-route"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3VuuR-46X","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15601,"url":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2020\/10\/28\/nbg-mile-markers\/","url_meta":{"origin":15807,"position":0},"title":"NBG Mile Markers","author":"awakeagainmartin@gmail.com","date":"October 28, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"This is what we've spent the last few days building into the P&L financials (design, manufacture, placement, sales expense, permit fees, advertising revenues, etc.) at the National Bicycle Greenway business plan: NBG Mile Markers Since most of our route across this Nation will take place on back roads, especially once\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;NBG Business Plan&quot;","block_context":{"text":"NBG Business Plan","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/category\/nbg-business-plan\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-01-05-at-8.27.14-AM.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":15617,"url":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2020\/12\/07\/nbg-business-plan-overview\/","url_meta":{"origin":15807,"position":1},"title":"NBG Business Plan Overview (draft)","author":"awakeagainmartin@gmail.com","date":"December 7, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 In order to demonstrate that the National Bicycle Greenway is for all Americans, we long have needed to do this from a central location. 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