Annual Trail Forum Presentations

Click the boxes below to download pdf presentations from the 17th Annual Trail Forum.

Interested in other past presentations? Contact Bret Baronak.

Celebrating Trails

Bret Baronak, Director, Carolina Thread Trail

Innovative Methods for Utilizing Data: Predicting Active Mobility Volumes Combining Network Analysis including AI-optimization and Creating a Comprehensive and Defensible Economic Impact Analysis

Matt Weschler, PE, LEED AP, Studio Leader, LandDesign
Steve Bert, AICP, Program Manager, ITRE@NC State

Send It! Building Mecklenburg County’s First MTB Trails and Bicycle Parks Plan

Scott Curry, AICP, CNU-A, Associate Planner, Kittleson
Will Washam, Senior Planner, McAdams
Katie Daughtry, AICP, Greenway Planner, Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation
Craig Brickser, MSP, Community Trail Design, LLC

Navigating the Permitting Process – Conditional Letter of Map Revision (CLOMR): The Middle Fork Greenway at Tweetsie Railroad

Robert Billings, PE, PH, CFM, New River Engineering, PLLC

Creative Approaches to Bicycle and Pedestrian Provisions: Town of Matthews, Crestdale Heritage Multi-Use Path, Advisory Shoulder/On-Street Mural

Dana Stoogenke, AICP, Senior Transportation Planner, Town of Matthews, NC
Susan Habina Woolard, PE, Town Engineer, Town of Matthews, NC Kimberly Williams, Senior Planning Associate, Alta Planning and Design
Brittnay Brown, Project Manager, Carolina Thread Trail/Catawba Lands Conservancy

Building Trails while Building the Next Generation – Conservation Corps 101

Jessie Birckhead, Executive Director, Conservation Corps of North Carolina
Diquan Edmonds, Program Director, Conservation Corps of North Carolina

Keynote: Crossing Bridges, A Trek of Transition – What Biking Up the East Coast Taught Me About Life After 60

Lisa Watts, Author, Trail Advocate

Panel: Creeks, Trails and Community Stewart Creek Greenway and Stream Rehabilitation

Katie Daughtry, AICP, Greenway Planner, Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation
Brian Bennent, PLA, ASLA, Ground Control
Matthew Anderson, PE, D.WRE, Senior Water Resources Engineer, Charlotte- Mecklenburg Stormwater Services
Tori Golaszewski, PE, Greenways Manager, Kimley- Horn
Jamaal Kinard, Executive Director, Lakeview Neighborhood Alliance
Jake Maschoff, PE, Kimley-Horn
David Woodie, PE, Project Manager, Charlotte- Mecklenburg Stormwater Services

Keep Gastonia Beautiful: Community Engagement through Citizen-based Science

Julianne Lehman, Administrator, Keep Gastonia Beautiful
Julie Heath, Special Projects Coordinator, Keep Gastonia Beautiful
Andrew Bradley, Stormwater Utilities Watershed Manager, City of Gastonia

Trails to Equity: The East Greensboro Greenway Feasibility Study

Elizabeth Jernigan, AICP, CPRP, Greensboro Parks and Recreation
Will Washam, Senior Planner, McAdams
Christopher Normile, Bicycle and Pedestrian Planner, McAdams