The current Great Outdoors Guide system features a variety of outdoor activities, organizations and sites throughout southwestern Pennsylvania.  The goal of the project is to promote the incredible natural resources in the region and to encourage people to take advantage of the many opportunities available to enjoy our surroundings.

This project represents a new approach for the integration of traditional web sites and information sharing with the GO Guide.  Visitors to the GO Guide will be able to seamlessly search for information.  They can navigate to all of the information directly from participating organizations' web sites.

Venture Outdoor's vision is to create a regional information asset in southwestern Pennsylvania that will allow area organizations to dynamically create, combine and retrieve vital information, regardless of its original location.  The benefits to the region are both tactically significant and strategically transformational.

By breaking through some of the technical barriers that inhibit collaboration, the GO Guide initiative is providing a catalyst for a cultural transformation in the region.  Organizations are realizing synergies that go far beyond merely sharing information.  Additionally, the GO Guide utilizes an architecture that will allow for dramatic improvements in the way we collect and disseminate information in the future.

In order to fulfill this potential and critical role as the outdoor recreation campaign's portal, it will be necessary for the GO Guide to be enhanced beyond its original more limited use.

With NetSquared funds, we will expand the purpose of the GO Guide to bring about much greater use and value to the public.

WHAT WE NEED:

To expand the scope of the Great Outdoors Guide, we need $15,000 to enhance its infrastructure, design a user friendly interface, and support custom programming from 3 Rivers Connect.

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