Acknowledgements

From the very beginning, through an incredible combination of circumstances, we’ve been lucky enough to work with key people who believed in us and our project.
We’d like to express our gratitude to these very special people (in alphabetical order, so as not to make anyone jealous):

• Marie-Andrée Alarie, International Promotion Manager, Québec Authentique, a true fairy godmother of Marcheur des Bois;
• Kathleen Chagnon, Tourism and Cultural Development Advisor, Matawinie RCM, who demystified the Previsio and Projet A tools for us;
• Pascal Gauthier, ing. f. MBA, Business Advisor – Forestry Component, MRC de Matawinie, who patiently guided us through every step of the grant application process;
• Karine Gélinas, Press Relations Delegate, Tourisme Mauricie, Québec Authentique, who never ceases to bring us new visitors;
• David Lapointe, director of regional parks for the Matawinie RCM, who enables Marcheur des Bois to carry out its activities on the territory;
• Hélène Marchand, our friend and mentor from the start, an inexhaustible source of contacts!

Thanks to the Fonds régions et ruralité of the Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l’Habitation and to the MRC de Matawinie for its Signature innovation program “Révolution verte en Matawinie: des racines à la cime”, to the steering committee responsible for examining our project, and to the MRC council for awarding us the grant enabling us to implement our project.