"A lot of these trails have been conceptual, but a lot of them have already gone through Feasibility and PDE studies," Friends of Lake County Trails chairman Mike Stephens said during the meeting. "That's what we're trying to do — get all these trails eligible for state funding, in addition to having a permanent funding source locally." In November 2019, Lake 100, the Chamber Alliance and the League of Cities held a meeting on multi-use trails. Soon after, Lake 100, an organization focused on economic development, started a trails committee. From there, the Friends of Lake County Trails group was born, and its Facebook page, facebook.com/FOLCT, was created.