Middlesborough, Kentucky - This southeastern Kentucky community is one of a handful of communities in the U.S. and internationally to apply for and receive two free complimentary signs from Walk [Your City]. The first sign was placed at 17th and Ashbury Ave and directs people to the Centennial Park in front of City Hall, just a few blocks away. A QR code on the sign navigates people from one location to the other.
The mission of Walk [Your City] is "Getting More Feet on the Street™!" Now that the initial signs have been sent out and are being installed, people from communities all over the U.S. are welcome to get their own signs for a small fee through this easy to use web-based service.
Around the same time the Walk [Your City] sign went up, a trailhead sign for the Middlesborough Canal Walk was installed a few feet away near the 17th Street bridge. This sign is a companion to a similar one at the other end of the trail on Cumberland Ave. It directs walkers and bikers along the one-mile Canal Walk. Eventually the vision is to connect the downtown with the nearby Cumberland Gap National Historical Park via the Canal Walk and through recreating a portion of the Boone Trace that went along the Yellow Creek.
Want to see more signs like this go up in Middlesborough? Tell us where you think they should go on Twitter @DDMBoro or Facebook.com/DDMBoro. We'll do our best to make it happen!
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