The Freedom Challenge Urban Eco Competition is designed to accomplish a number of concepts:

   * Team Building, the essence of people working together.
   * Enlighten and bring awareness to the importance of the Ohio River as a recreational and ecological resource in this region
   * To express ourselves as free thinking individuals and to compete together for the fun and excitement of the challenge
   * To bring awareness to the Ohio River as a means of transportation and escape to freedom for thousands of slaves.

   The Freedom challenge consists of a raft race across the Ohio River from James Taylor Park to the public landing. Your team will then begin a 3-mile run up to Mt. Adams around the Playhouse in the Park and back down to Sawyer Point Park. In the park your team will be challenged by a United States Marine type obstacle course. After completing the obstacle, your team will race your raft back to James Taylor Park for the finish.

The cost for the Freedom Challenge this year is $500.00 per team.