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it might help us to advise you if you provide screenshots of your nomination, including the rejection reasons. trails and walking paths that don’t have signs are much harder to get accepted, but not impossible. this one may be more difficult because the surface just looks like a regular sidewalk.
I don’t think I will be able to help with these. Without a sign labelling them as anything special, they look like sidewalks to me. Convenient, yes but just infrastructure, and not a great destination for exercise, exploration, or being social, the three pillars of criteria for a wayspot.
If you have any links calling these trails or promoting these as greenways or a civic project or something like that, we can talk more.
Or maybe someone else will have a different viewpoint and be able to suggest something.
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Hi @PKMNAgentCTB
Welcome to the forum 
You have only shown the main photos and the rejection reasons of your other rejected nominations. From that I’d reject “vista” and “jeanine” for the photo (too dark). The trail marker sign I’d reject for being not distinct (that is not a trail marker sign but it could be used as an anchor for a trail but the naming stays wrong). For “Amanda” the orientation of your dark photo seems a bit off.
That’s in addition to what Cyndie already have said.
A trail needs to be back uped somehow (signs or links). If you’re able to find anything official do add it.
Hello @PKMNAgentCTB
I can see why you are feeling frustrated by the rejections.
I have had a look at the area and see that it is a modern estate with roads curving round to create maximum use of the area whilst creating some privacy, and also preventing straight through routes. The pavements alongside the roads are quite narrow.
So I can see why the planners also included foot/cycle paths to enable pedestrians to take shorter more pleasant walks. The lovely park does seem to be the focus of these paths.
I’ve marked up the paths so we can see the context better. I think the actual streetview at the junction of Beck and Amanda is the location of the Amanda lane Trail. This is a simple short passageway it is not a trail. I wonder if the Jeanine trail is the other short passageway that is alongside the park? It’s hard to tell because of the photo quality.
The darker paths I’ve marked are what I presume to be Knox (east-west) and Vista (north -south). They are not what I would describe as trails, but alternatives to the pavements, which is probably why there is no signage.
I can see there is potential if these were in an official walking loop with the signage to encourage people to walk a loop of a certain distance. Perhaps this is something you can raise in your local community as a project to encourage healthy lifestyles?
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Hi
That is awkward that another group look after the Vista part. Ideally it would be part of an exercise trail. A proper exercise route should cover a reasonable distance - 20 mins of brisk pace walking is often cited as a good exercise target so perhaps see what would work. A figure of 8 centering on the park??? Personally I wouldn’t consider the straight line Knox one as far enough and any loop would involve walking past peoples houses on the narrow pavement so not ideal.
If that doesnt seem feasible then perhaps a couple of info boards about the health benefits of walking would be good. Any signage would need to be official and focus on the describing the route Knox circuit, distance , target time walking, target time jogging. A link to a webpage with wider information would also be good.
More than anything its about starting up discussions in your local community to enhance the area.
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Maybe it translated wrong but to enchance the area? Asking city hall or the playing community? What make it official?