The Gnomist: A heartwarming video about how trails bind a community together

This heartwarming video shows how community trails help create the ties that bind communities and neighbors together--how they help build families, friendships and deal with loss. The story happened on the Tomahawk Creek Trail in the Kansas City metro area.  The video by Overland Park filmmaker Sharon Liese was distributed by Great Big Story/CNN Films:

"I didn't really like it here at first--but then, we discovered the forest.  I can't feel sad here."

"We would go on the trail kind of as a distraction at times when grief became too overwhelming. We need to get outside, we need to get fresh air.  It just felt magical . . . "

Lots more about the Firefly Forest on this blog.

Supporting complete connected trail networks across Missouri and into our neighboring states is one of the top goals of MoBikeFed's Vision for Bicycling and Walking in Missouri. We band together with our members, supporters, and many allies to support these trails because we know they help create the kind of community connections that this movie shows.

Your ongoing membership and generous financial support helps turn our Vision into reality!