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Greenways - Connecting Business, Health and the Outdoors
October 22, 2009
TENTATIVE AGENDA GREENWAYS CONFERENCE
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| 8:30 - 9:00 AM | REGISTRATION | |
| 9:00 - 9:20 AM |
WELCOME - Lexington Mayor Randy Halfacre
INTRODUCTION - Representative Nikkie Hailey |
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Benefits of
Greenways |
9:20 - 10:00 AM |
TRAIL LEADERS ARE HEALTH LEADERS Richard Jackson, MD MPH Professor and Chair, Environmental Health Services UCLA School of Public Health |
| 10:00 - 10:20 AM | BREAK /EXHIBITORS | |
| 10:20 - 11:00 AM |
ECONOMIC BENEFITS Charles Flink - Founder/President, Greenways, Inc. |
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| 11:00 - 11:30 AM |
CONSERVATION BENEFITS Mary Kay Murray, APEX Company |
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| 11:30 - 1:10 PM |
CATERED LUNCH & SPEAKERS
Sponsor Presentations GET OUT & WALK AROUND Virginia Hylton Park - Creek Walk - Stormwater Virginia Hylton Park - History Walk Town History - Main Street Women's Collegiate Institute |
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Success Stories We did it, you can too! |
1:10 - 1:40 PM |
FUNDING STRATEGIES FOR GREENWAYS / TRAILS
Will Abberger, Director of Conservation Vision Program, Trust for Public Lands |
| 1:40 - 5:00 PM |
SERIES OF SHORT PRESENTATIONS & ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS Cathy Ruff - Director, Charleston County Greenbelts Director What You Can do With Half a Penny Referendum Funding for Greenway Programs Brian Graham - Greenway Planner, City of Greenville The Urban Greenway - Close-to-Home, Close-to-Work Access Bill Steele - Ann Springs Close Greenway, Fort Mill, SC Private Greenway Open for Public Use Mike Dawson - CEO, River Alliance, Three Rivers Greenway Oswald Nager - Urban Land Planner, River Alliance Multi-Jurisdictional River Front Greenway Jim Edwards - VP, External Affairs for the SC Horsemen's Council An Equine Perspective Charles Flink - Founder/President, Greenways, Inc Internationally Renowned Leading Authority on Greenway & Green Infrastructure Systems |
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| 3:00 - 3:20 PM | BREAK / EXHIBITORS | |
| 5:00 PM | FINAL WORDS / CLOSING |