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The location for the first of a series of public meetings to discuss local opinions on trail towns has been changed. The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford and the Allegheny National Forest Visitors Bureau have teamed together to gauge local interest in developing the area into a “hot spot" for trail activities. The first meeting – set for 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 4 – will now be held in the Mukaiyama University Room in the Frame-Westerberg Commons Building at Pitt-Bradford. Other meetings will be held at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 11, at the Two Mile Inn, 3434 Route 155, Port Allegany; 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 18, at the Kane Community Center, 46 Fraley St., Kane, for a combined Kane/Mount Jewett meeting; and 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 25, at the Jefferson DeFrees Family Center, 267 Second Ave., Warren. All meetings are open to the public. The Pitt-Bradford research team is led by students in Dr. William Schumann’s Applied Anthropology course being offered this fall. Schumann can be reached at (81...

The Allegheny National Forest Visitors Bureau and students from the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford will be holding a series of town hall meetings to gauge local opinions on developing the area into a “hot spot” for trail activities. The first meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 4, in Room 121 of Blaisdell Hall on Pitt-Bradford campus. All meetings are open to the public. The Pitt-Bradford research team is led by students in Dr. William Schumann’s Applied Anthropology course being offered this fall. The surveys and discussions from these meetings will provide data about public opinion and local capacities for trail-centered economic development. The researchers are also examining other successful trail town models in the Appalachian region. Other meetings will be held at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 11, at the Desert Rose Café, 13124 Route 59 in Smethport; 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 18, at the Kane Community Center, 46 Fraley St., Kane, for a combined Kane/Mount Jewett meeting; and 7 p...