Annual Trail Forum Presentations

Click the boxes below to download pdf presentations from the 18th Annual Trail Forum.

Interested in other past presentations? Contact Bret Baronak.

Celebrating Trails (Pt. 1)

Bret Baronak, Director, Carolina Thread Trail

Celebrating Trails (Pt. 2)

Bret Baronak, Director, Carolina Thread Trail

The Textile Crescent: From Idea to Funding – An Example of Making a Project Truly Shovel-Ready Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Embrace Praxis

Sam Davis, Project Manager, Upstate Greenways and Trails Alliance (UGATA)

Trail Surfacing

Matt Malone, Principal & Chief Encouragement Officer, Nature Trail

To Boardwalk or Not? Design Challenges within Environmentally Sensitive Areas

Juan Morales, PE, Program Manager & Civil Engineering Lead, Pond & Company
Alex Darr, Principal and Discipline Director of Environmental Services, Pond & Company
Jason V. Philbin, PE, M.ASCE, President, PermaTrak North America

Engaging the Untapped Community of “Not-Your-Typical” Hikers for the Benefit of Trails

Whitney Harris Wallace, Author & Trail Advocate

The Saluda Grade Trail: Connecting the SC Upstate to the NC Mountains along 31 Miles of Scenic Rail Trail

Kristin Cozza, Trails and Greenways Manager, Conserving Carolina
Teresa Buckwalter, RLA, Senior Landscape Architect, McAdams

The Ups and Downs of Trail Development

Frank Maguire, Principal, Small Mountain Trails

Keynote: Lessons from Listening on the Trail

Susan Trautman, Former CEO, Great Rivers Greenway

Building Beyond the Trail: Lessons in Trail-Side Destinations & Amenities in Spartanburg County, SC

Leith McLeod, Trails Project Manager, Play, Advocate, Live Well (PAL)

Pathways to Partnership: Key Lessons from Collaborative Trail Projects

Roberta Moore, Senior Field Representative, Southeast Region, The Conservation Fund
Amanda Byrum, Senior Field Representative, North Carolina, The Conservation Fund

Moving the Needle through Public Engagement

Carol Hoover, Chair, Winston-Salem Bicycle/Pedestrian/Active Mobility Advisory Committee
Hunter Staszak, Administrator, Winston-Salem Area Transportation Planning Organization
Palmer McIntyre, Director, Great Trails State Coalition