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Trail Networks in the San Joaquin Valley: Providing Healthy & Active Transportation Choices

Thursday, December 3, 2009 from 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM (PT)

Hanford, CA

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Event Details

Multi-purpose public trails can provide safe and healthy transportation choices. Depending on where trails are located, they can be used by pedestrians and bicyclists to commute to work or school, run errands, or recreate.  The workshop will explore opportunities to link San Joaquin Valley resources with trails, focusing on what is needed to plan and build trails to your community.  Information on trail plans and projects in progress will be provided and future opportunities discussed. Presenters from the San Joaquin Valley will also share insight into how to provide trails along existing and former rail lines, and other linear corridors. The workshop will end with an optional field trip to a nearby site of a potential trail project from 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

 

The workshop is for anyone interested in providing healthy and active choices in the San Joaquin Valley. The event is free but you must register by December 1, seating is limited. Lunch provided.


Agenda

8:30 am       Registration Opens

9:00 am       Welcome

9:10 am       What's Health Got to Do With It

                       Paul Zykofsky, Local Government Commission

9:30 am       The Role of Trail Networks in the San Joaquin Valley

                       Mark Keppler, The Maddy Institute

10:30 am     Opportunities: Rails-to-Trails & Rails-with-Trails

                        Laura Cohen and Steve Schweigerdt, Rails-to-Trails Conservancy

11:30 am     Networking Lunch

12:00 pm     Trail Design Considerations

                            Randy Anderson, Alta Design/Land People

12:40 pm     Strategies for Working with the Railroad and Irrigation

                   Districts & Other Partners

                       Stanley Nass, Management Consultant

                       John Wright, City and Regional Planner

1:20 pm      Discussion on Existing Projects & Plans: Cross-jurisdiction

                  Opporunities

                       Scott Clark, Local Government Commission

                       Lee Ayres, TreeTOPS

                       Group Discussion

2:00 pm      Final Thoughts

2:15 pm      Optional Site Visit

3:30 pm      Site Visit Ends


When & Where



Veteran's Memorial Building
401 North Irwin Street
Hanford, CA 93230

Thursday, December 3, 2009 from 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM (PT)


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