Explore how trails influence many aspects of quality of life as we explore the catalytic impact of trails through the Triple Bottom Line of People, Planet, and Profit.
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February 11, 2021
10:00 AM to 11:30 AM (Pacific Time) {more time zones}
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Leveraging trails and increasing access to the outdoors are becoming increasingly important community strategies that are helping fast growing tech centers, struggling rustbelt cities, and rural and gateway communities remain relevant in today's highly competitive knowledge economy. Explore how trails influence many aspects of quality of life that today's creative businesses and workforce seek when they consider where to locate. This webinar will explore the catalytic impact of trails through the Triple Bottom Line of People, Planet, and Profit.
Christie will discuss how they want people to get out and explore a new park or trail in their community that they may not have been to before (there over 150 parks in the city) and also to experience a new fitness opportunity. The mission of Get Fit St. Pete is to build a culture of health in their city by making the healthy choice the easy choice through a collaborative, community effort. The program offers eight fitness classes each month in parks throughout our city. Fitness professionals from across the city donate one hour each month to instruct a class in the parks, and in exchange they highlight their businesses as Healthy St. Pete partners.
Laurene will discuss one of the projects they are currently assisting with which includes trail restoration through their Urban Youth Corp for the State Botanical Garden of Georgia. The State Botanical Garden of Georgia has had a long standing vision to celebrate the best in southern horticulture, natural heritage, and culture through excellence in gardening displays and stewardship of healthy natural eco-systems. Balancing funding to maintain formalized garden structures as well as expanding the nature trails that wind through the serene areas adjacent to the gardens demonstrates a commitment to preserving uncommon features such as: heath bluffs, amphibolite geology, floodplain forests, and Piedmont prairie restoration areas because of the vital the roles they play in biodiversity and community wellness.
Silas will discuss the role trails play from the perspective of an economic development professional, which is often different than how we as trail professionals view them. He will share some practical suggestions for how you can attract the attention—and hopefully, the partnership—of economic officials in your community.
Amy will help facilitate the discussion and share some best practices of healthy trail towns.
This webinar qualifies as a Health, Safety, and Welfare (HSW) course (via LA CES).
Amy Camp, Founder and Owner, Cycle Forward
Amy Camp founded Cycle Forward in 2013 with the plan to help communities better connect to and benefit from their trails. She is a trails and tourism consultant, a placemaker, and a certified coach. She helped to launch the nationally recognized Trail Town Program® in 2007. She has since offered her consulting services throughout Appalachia, the Rust Belt, and other locations in the U.S. and Canada. Her book, Deciding on Trails: 7 Practices of Healthy Trail Towns, was published in December 2020. Amy served on the Board of American Trails from 2012-17, acting as Board Secretary and Chair of the Hulet Hornbeck Emerging Leaders Scholarship Program. She is an Associate Certified Coach through the International Coach Federation and firmly believes that her coaching certification makes her a better consultant. Amy lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where she first grew to love communities and began her work to help improve them.
Christie Bruner, Community Engagement Supervisor, Healthy St. Pete, St. Petersburg Parks & Recreation
Christie Bruner has a vested interest in health and wellness initiatives in the community and has more than 20 years of experience with sports and fitness for both children and adults. She enjoys combining her passion for wellness and her knowledge of fitness in the role of Community Engagement Supervisor with Healthy St. Pete and the City of St. Petersburg. Christie’s mission is to educate families and communities about the importance of a healthy, active lifestyle. She excels at inspiring individuals and groups to make healthy lifestyle choices and empowering them to continue these habits in the future. Christie believes that relationship building and establishing powerful, mutually beneficial partnerships is key to creating health equity in our community. Christie is a former NCAA All-American swimmer and an avid runner. She has three daughters and has been married to Dusty for 17 years. She regularly volunteers in the community and has been instrumental on the local level in Pinellas County as well as the state level bringing awareness to healthy school issues.
Laurene Hamilton, VP of Programs, Greening Youth Foundation
As an environmental champion, Laurene has worked both at the State and local level protecting Georgia’s natural resources while focusing on sustainability. In the private sector, she assisted in the implementation of the Cox Enterprises' waste minimization and sustainability goals. She is most proud of her current role as VP of Programs at Greening Youth Foundation. This organization's bevy of work and commitment to excellence speaks to both her professional and personal leadership goals and passions for engaging and encouraging youth towards environmental careers. Ensuring the succession of under-served/under-represented groups in the green industry is an investment she is driven to make as a way of “paying-it-forward" for the advantageous opportunities paved for herself during her career journey.
Laurene takes pride in promoting respect for both the natural and built environments and the importance of integrating all aspects of sustainability within our system. Her personal volunteer efforts also center on advocating green and healthy initiatives in the primary education system; thereby instilling these values into the next generation.
Laurene Beverly Hamilton holds an undergraduate BS from Tennessee State University in Agricultural Science and Business and an MS in Sustainability and Environmental Science from the University of Georgia.
Silas Chamberlin, PhD, Vice President for Economic Development, York County Economic Alliance
Silas Chamberlin, PhD, is vice president for economic development at the York County Economic Alliance. Silas previously served as CEO of Downtown Inc, executive director of the Schuylkill River National Heritage Area, and in regional leadership roles with DCNR and the Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor. Fostering the development of trails and their stewardship has been a defining aspect of his career. Silas’s book, On the Trail: A History of American Hiking was published by Yale University Press in 2016, and his research on rail trails has been published by Landscape Architecture Magazine and other national publications. In 2015, Silas received a state trail advocacy award from American Trails, for his work to advance trails in Pennsylvania. He holds a PhD in environmental history from Lehigh University, and certificate in real estate development from Cornell University.
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