Economics and Beyond
Hosted in partnership with the National Recreation and Park Association, this webinar will include the economic benefits of trails and parks in your community, as well additional co-benefits of driving equity, social and climate resilience, health (physical and mental), etc.
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July 22, 2021
10:00 AM to 11:30 AM (Pacific Time) {more time zones}
Cost (RECORDING):
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Trails and parks are more than the sum of their economic impact, as well as the additional co-benefits of driving equity, social and climate resilience, health (physical and mental), etc. to one’s community. It is common to see case studies and anecdotal examples of the economic benefits to communities of parks, trails, and trail systems, however, there are many less tangible, but equally important, benefits to trails. This webinar will build upon the information provided in the updated "Trail Construction Costs, Risks, and Tips for Success" webinar to provide tools and demonstrate the process for including tangible and intangible benefits in calculating the return on investment for many different types of communities that invest in trails and parks. We will be joined by experts representing a wide spectrum of trails and parks from urban to rural settings, and from pedestrian to biking to motorized use.
This webinar will be a hybrid presentation that will include short presentations from each presenter, followed by a facilitated discussion on 4 hot topics in regards to this webinar topic. We will take an attendee question or two following each topic, if time allows, as well as holding Q&A at the end of the webinar.
Following each topic for discussion, the panelists will respond to a couple questions from webinar participants. Time pending, panelists will answer additional questions at the end of the webinar.
This webinar qualifies as a Health, Safety, and Welfare (HSW) course (via LA CES).
Urban Institute
MXE<->LAX
International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA)
Quantified Ventures
National Recreation and Park Association:
Mark Treskon, Senior Research Associate, Urban Institute
Washington, DC
Mark Treskon is a senior research associate in the Metropolitan Housing and Communities Policy Center at the Urban Institute. His research focuses on creative placemaking and equitable community development, affordable and subsidized housing programs and policies, regional demographic and economic change, and financial interventions for low-income consumers. Treskon has a bachelor's in geography from the University of Chicago, a master's in urban planning from the University of Toronto, and a PhD in sociology from New York University.
Kimberly Burrowes, Technical Assistance Manager, Urban Institute
Washington, DC
Kimberly Burrowes is a technical assistance manager in the Research to Action Lab at the Urban Institute. Burrowes’ research has focused on advancing racial equity in parks and public spaces, practices and policies for affordable housing solutions, and participatory engagement.
Burrowes thinks about how to provide an equity framing to local policy solutions for the built environment, using placemaking and community engagement tools. Within her technical assistance role, Burrowes works with local government agencies and nonprofits to build their capacity to tackle policy challenges. She has advised local agencies on the equity impacts of placemaking, community-based nonprofits focused on housing stability and equity, county-level criminal justice system agencies, and most recently, resident engagement approaches for municipalities exploring financial empowerment plans.
Before joining Urban, Burrowes worked with the urban development and disaster risk management unit at the World Bank, focusing on projects in the Caribbean and East Asia. Before that, she worked on affordable housing policy at the Massachusetts Housing Partnership in Boston and the Island Housing Trust on Martha’s Vineyard.
Burrowes has a BA in geography and international development and an MA in community development and urban planning from Clark University.
Mike Repyak, Director of Planning and Design, IMBA Trail Solutions
Boulder, Colorado
Mike was born and raised on bikes and skis in Wisconsin. He received his degree in Landscape Architecture from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, then headed west to live in Breckenridge, CO, to work as a mountain resort planner on projects throughout the worldwide ski industry. Currently, Mike and his wife are back to their Midwest roots, living in Madison, WI. Mike now applies his passion for outdoor recreation to trails-based projects via his role as Trail Solutions Director of Planning and Design. Mike has extensive experience in recreation focused design, natural surface trail planning and design, and mountain resort community planning. Mike brings a collaborative and iterative process approach to all of Trail Solutions projects and programs. His experience comes from years of leading master plan processes, public outreach plans, project stakeholder partnerships, federal/state/local permitting, and project implementation.
Seth Brown, Director, Forestry and Land Use
Washington, DC
Seth’s background includes serving 5 years in the US Army as a platoon leader, convoy commander in Afghanistan, and a General’s Aide-de-camp. In graduate school, he worked with the Economic Bureau of the Department of State and at The Reinvestment Fund, a Community Development Financial Institution in Philadelphia. Driven by a desire to solve complex problems, he joined Quantified Ventures in 2017 to improve the health of people, communities, and the planet by unlocking capital for outcomes-based solutions. Seth leads the Forestry and Land Use practice, integrating rural economic development, outdoor recreation infrastructure, and conservation in a way that enables land managers, private landowners, conservationists, and governments to take on ambitious projects to better protect and share their resources. In his spare time, you can find Seth hiking, fly fishing, or heading out for live music.
Sara Daleiden, Director
Los Angeles, CA and Milwaukee, WI
Sara Daleiden facilitates civic engagement within developing landscapes, exercising arts and cultural exchange strategies based in over two decades of experience. With headquarters in Los Angeles and Milwaukee, her initiatives including MKE<->LAX encourage local cultures to value neighborhoods, public space, civic art, social entrepreneurship and racial and gender equity. Sara has consulted on organizational and leadership development, real estate development, and economic development, as well as strategy, facilitation and evaluation for numerous nonprofits, for profits and government bodies.
In Milwaukee, Sara focuses on translating a Rust Belt legacy city with a radial urban planning history into a trail network of active and inviting spaces for any neighbor. She believes trails can be places for neighbors of different racial representation to gather, in a city where a history of racial segregation can still be a felt experience on a daily basis. She collaborates with the City of Milwaukee and other civic leaders on the Beerline Trail Neighborhood Development Project, HomeWorks: Bronzeville and The Milwaukee Method of Creative Placemaking. Sara wrote an essay about the Beerline Trail in the Black Landscapes Matter book edited by Walter Hood and Grace Mitchell Tada and published by University of Virginia Press. She contributed to the recently published Urban Institute report Embedding Equity in Placemaking: An Examination of the Milwaukee Method of Creative Placemaking in Practice.
Duane Taylor, Executive Director, National Off-Highway Vehicle Conservation Council (NOHVCC)
Great Falls, Montana
Duane Taylor became the National Off-Highway Vehicle Conservation Council’s (NOHVCC) Executive Director in 2017. NOHVCC is a not-for-profit educational organization that promotes the safe and responsible use of OHVs, including ATVs, ROVs, dirt bikes and 4WD trucks. Using a network of State Partners, it develops and provides a wide spectrum of programs, materials and information, or “tools,” to OHV clubs, associations, agencies and individuals across the U.S. and Canada. Taylor has worked in the powersport industry since 2005. Prior to joining NOHVCC, Taylor was director of federal affairs for the Motorcycle Industry Council (MIC), Specialty Vehicle Institute of America (SVIA), Recreational Off-Highway Vehicle Association (ROHVA), and Motorcycle Safety Foundation (MSF). His responsibilities included managing federal lobbying activities for the associations; developing and communicating industry policy positions to the U.S. Congress, federal agencies, and partners; researching and commenting on legislation and regulatory actions that impact the powersports industry; and, creating and facilitating relationships with public and private sector partners that serve to advance industry goals. He is a life-long motorcyclist and is certified as an ATV Safety Institute (ASI) RiderCourse Instructor, and ROHVA DriverCoach.
Rachel Banner, Director of Park Access, National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA)
Seattle, WA
Rachel Banner is the Director of Park Access at the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA), where she oversees the organization strategy to ensure fair and just access to high quality parks and green space, recreation facilities, youth sports and programs that create healthy, resilient and economically vibrant communities. Through her work at NRPA and prior positions, Rachel has extensive experience in developing strategies and partnerships to advance health and equity through systems-level change. Rachel received her Master’s in Public Health from Tufts University and her BS in Exercise Science from Elon University, both focused on health equity, chronic disease prevention and the built environment.
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