Thursday, May 17^th

TIME

Event Description

Location

8:00-6:00 pm

Walkable Communities - Pearisburg

Pearisburg

3:00-10:00 pm

City of Radford Outdoors and Downtown Experience

Radford

Friday, May 18^th

TIME

Event Description

Location

8:00-9:00 am

Registration

Heth Ballroom

9:00-9:15am

Introduction and Welcome

Heth Ballroom

9:15-10:15 am

Green Infrastructure Keynote Speaker: Chuck Flink

Heth Ballroom

10:15-10:30 am

Break

10:30-11:30 am

Economic Impacts of Recreation, Business Development Assistance Programs, Local Entrepreneur

Perspective- Virginia Tourism Corporation, Tangent Outfitters

Heth Ballroom

11:30-12:15 pm

Russ Baxter

Heth Ballroom

12:15-1:00 pm

Lunch continues with Active Living by Design (12:15-12:40)

Heth Ballroom

1:00-1:45 pm

Management Structures of Multi-Jurisdictional Trails-Donnie Underwood

Heth Ballroom

1:45-2:30 pm 

Trail Management & Economic Development-Karen Firehock

Heth Ballroom

2:30 -2:45 pm

Break

2:45-3:00 p.m.

Overview of Concurrent Sessions of VA Programs that Fund or Promote Green Infrastructure/ Trail Development / Implementation

Heth Ballroom

Concurrent Sessions:

Room A:

Room B:

Room C:

 3:00 -3:35 pm

DOF- Urban and Community Forest Program

DGIF- River Access Program

VDOT

 3:40 -4:15 pm

NPS- Rivers and Trails Programs

EPA- Environmental Finance Center

Active Living by Design / Part 2

 4:20 -4:55 pm

DCR- Recreational Trails Program

Bike Walk VA

Safe Routes to School

5:00-5:15 pm

Closing Remarks and Announcements

6:30-10:00 pm

Crooked Road Music Trail/ BBQ Selu Social

Saturday, May 19^th

TIME

Event Description

Location

8:00-9:00 am

Registration

Heth Ballroom

9:00-9:30 am

Congressman Boucher’s Deputy Chief of Staff Laura Lee

Heth Ballroom

Resources for Community Groups

Trail Implementation Topics

Water Trail Topics

Green Infrastructure Topics

9:30-10:05 am

The Role of the Citizen Group

Recreational Access and Active Rail Lines

Riverside Camping and Recreation Site Management

Green Infrastructure: A Strategic Approach to Natural Resource Planning

10:10-10:45 am

Promotional Strategies that Work

Linking Transportation Planning and Green Infrastructure

10:45-11:00 am

Break

11:00-11:45 am

Safe Routes to School Program

Planning, Organizing and Implementing a Trail from Start to Finish

Managing Riverside Trails, Unsurfaced Roads, and River Accesses. Sightseeing Workshop Along the New River

  Financing Your Green Infrastructure Priorities

11:45-12:30 pm

Trail Development: Land Acquisition, Easements, and Landowner Liability Issues for all Recreational Infrastructure

12:30-1:30 pm

Lunch and Closing Remarks