{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Active Towns","title":"Cuyuna Trails: Small Town Vibrancy w/ Aaron Hautala (video available)","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3057,"description":"In this episode, I reconnect with Aaron Hautala of Cuyuna, MN, for a fascinating conversation about their transformation of a 5,000-acre stripped-out area of iron ore mines into a goldmine of opportunity and a community-wide activity asset that is supporting both a culture of activity and economic vibrancy.\nWatch the video version of this episode to get the full effect.\nLanding page for the episode\nHelpful Links (note that some may include affiliate links to help me support the channel):\n- Cuyuna website\n- Ride The Range\nFour Easy Steps to Support My Efforts:\n1. Become an Active Towns Ambassador by \"Buying Me a Coffee\" or by pledging as little as $1 per month on Patreon\n2. If you enjoyed this episode, please give it a \"thumbs up,\" leave a review on Apple Podcasts, and share it with a friend.\n3. Subscribe to the podcast on your preferred listening platform and the Active Towns YouTube Channel\n4. Pick up some Active Towns #StreetsAreForPeople Merch at my store\nCredits:\nAll video and audio production by John Simmerman\nMusic:\nEpidemic Sound\nResources used during the production of this episode:\n- My awesome recording platform is Ecamm\n- Adobe Creative Cloud Suite\nFor more information about my Active Towns effort or to follow along, please visit my links below:\n- Website\n- Twitter\n- Newsletter\n- Podcast landing pages\n- Facebook\n- Instagram\nBackground:\nHi Everyone, my name is John Simmerman.\nI’m a health promotion professional with over 30 years of experience and my area of concentration has evolved into a specialization of how the built environment influences human behavior related to active living and especially active mobility.\nIn 2012 I launched the non-profit Advocates for Healthy Communities as an effort to help promote and create healthy, active places.\nSince that time, I've been exploring, documenting, and profiling established, emerging, and aspiring Active Towns wherever they might be, in order to produce high-quality multimedia content to help inspire the...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/Tkybtmzf0KYuip-R8cMTYcCT6L7ETI0NTQv5EY_NCCI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzgwNjcvMTY0NTE5/MDIxMi1hcnR3b3Jr/LmpwZw.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}