Thursday, October 22 |
| 2:00 – 5:00 pm | Bike Outing led by Matthew Burczyk, Winston-Salem's Pedestrian and Bicycle Coordinator, and Roy Pender, one of the designers of the Winston-Salem Strollway. | Salem Creek Trail & Downtown Strollway |
| | This leisurely ride will start at Salem Lake Park. We'll ride the Salem Creek Trail for 4.5 miles and then connect to the Downtown Strollway for 1.2 miles. The round trip length is 11.4 miles. All riders must wear helmets. The event may be canceled due to rain. |
| 7:00 – 9:00 pm | Opening Reception | Stimmel Associates |
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Friday, October 23 |
| 6:00 am | Registration Opens | Embassy Suites/Grand Pavillion |
| 7:30 – 8:00 am | Continental Breakfast in Exhibit Hall | Embassy Suites/Grand Pavillion |
| 8:00 – 8:30 am | President Address | Tim Maloney, ASLA NCASLA President |
| | Winston-Salem Welcome | Council Member Vivian Burke Mayor Pro Tempore |
| | Welcome | Mindy Coe Arthur, ASLA NCASLA President-Elect |
| 8:30 - 9:30 am | Keynote Address: The Nature of Cities: Understanding the Real Sustainable Development | Don Rypkema |
| | In the United States the discussion of sustainable development has been monopolized by the environmental movement and so-called "green architects". The trouble is their definition is wrong and their focus is myopic. Real sustainable development is more than solar panels and waterless toilets. The core of real sustainable development includes downtowns, cultural landscapes and historic preservation. Landscape architects should take the lead in broadening this understanding. Donovan Rypkema is principal of PlaceEconomics, a Washington, D.C.-based real estate and economic development-consulting firm. The firm specializes in services to public and non-profit sector clients who are dealing with downtown and neighborhood commercial district revitalization and the reuse of historic structures. In 2004 Rypkema established Heritage Strategies International, a new firm created to provide similar services to world-wide clients. He also teaches a graduate course in preservation economics at the University of Pennsylvania. |
| 9:30 - 10:00 am | Break with Exhibitors | Grand Pavilion |
| 10:00 – 11:00 am | Educational Session A Transformational Investments: The Building of Urban Raleigh | Dan Howe, ASLA |
| | In the past 5 years Raleigh's downtown core has emerged from its past as a failed former retail center to become a premier example of urban design in North Carolina and a venue for international conferences, new world-class museums, music and entertainment events drawing in excess of 50,000 people. This presentation will describe the community's key design and investment decisions that made that possible. Daniel A. Howe, ASLA, AICP is a graduate of the MLA program at the College of Design, North Carolina State University in Raleigh. He also holds a Bachelor of City Planning Degree from the University of Virginia at Charlottesville, and has done graduate work at the Harvard University / MIT Joint Center for Urban Studies. For the past 23 years Dan has worked in varying capacities for the City of Raleigh, and is currently Assistant City Manager. He also rides his bicycle a lot and knows how to build hammered dulcimers. |
| 11:00 – 11:30 am | Break with Exhibitors | Grand Pavilion |
| 11:30 – 12:30 pm | Lunch | Grand Pavilion |
| 12:00 – 12:15 pm | North Carolina Board of Landscape Architects Update | |
| 12:15 – 12:30 pm | North Carolina APA Update | |
| 12:30 – 1:30 pm | 2009 Awards Presentation | |
| 1:30 – 2:00 pm | Break with Exhibitors | Grand Pavilion |
| 2:00 – 3:00 pm | Educational Session B | |
| | Designing Complete Streets in Urban Areas: Charlotte's Experience NCDOT Complete Streets Policy Update | Tracy Newsome Jim Westmoreland |
| | Charlotte has been applying Complete Street approaches on City projects for several years. By combining new processes with best practices in street design, Charlotte's Urban Street Design Guidelines are resulting in high-quality Complete Streets – streets that provide for the safety and comfort of motorists, pedestrians, bicyclists, and transit users. The NCDOT Board of Transportation adopted a new "Complete Street" policy in July 2009. The purpose of this presentation is to provide an overview of the policy, its impact on NCDOT and other stakeholders, and to review next steps to implement the policy. Tracy Newsome received B.S. and M.A. degrees in Geography from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and a Ph.D., also in Geography, from The Ohio State University. She joined the Charlotte Department of Transportation in 2000, where her efforts focus on developing policies and plans that integrate land use and transportation. Most of her current efforts are devoted to developing and implementing Charlotte's guidelines for context-based, Complete Streets. Jim Westmoreland is the Deputy Secretary for Transit for the North Carolina Department of Transportation and is responsible for the department's five multimodal divisions: Aviation, Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation, Ferry, Public Transportation and Rail. He also serves as the central point of contact for transportation initiatives involving the Global TransPark, North Carolina Railroad and the Ports Authority. Prior to joining the department in March 2009, Westmoreland had been with the city of Greensboro since June 1996, most recently as assistant city manager. He served as director of the Greensboro Department of Transportation for nearly 10 years, overseeing the city's public transportation, engineering, operations, planning and business/parking divisions. He previously worked for NCDOT from 1991 to 1996 as the state signing engineer and urban traffic engineer. He currently serves as chair of the advisory council for the Institute for Transportation Research and Education at N.C. State University and as vice president of the southern district of the Institute of Transportation Engineers. From 1996 to 2008, he served as chair of the Technical Coordinating Committee for the Greensboro Urban Area Metropolitan Planning Organization. A registered professional engineer, Westmoreland holds a Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering from N.C. State University. |
| 3:00 – 4:00 pm | Educational Session C | Grand Pavilion |
| | NCSU Stormwater Research & Impacts on BMP Design | Bill Hunt |
| | NC State University's Biological and Agricultural Engineering Department continues to conduct Applied research in the field of stormwater management. Much of this research has led to design changes of various stormwater management practices, including bioretention, permeable pavement, Water harvesting systems, and level spreader – vegetated filter strip systems. This presentation will review the research and consequent changes made to BMP design. Dr. William F. Hunt ("Bill") is actively involved with Best Management Practices (BMP) research in the Biological and Agricultural Engineering Department and is the leader of the Stormwater Engineering Research Group. He is an Associate Professor and Extension Specialist and an active member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE), where he has many committee leadership roles. |
| 4:00 – 4:45 pm | Break with Exhibitors | |
| 4:45 – 6:00 pm | Panel Discussion | Grand Pavilion |
| | Greenways/Community Connectivity Panel | Facilitator: Chuck Flink |
| | Panelists will discuss success stories and challenges communities face in planning and building greenways. | Dan Besse Winston-Salem Council Member Randi Gates Carolina Thread Trail Iona Thomas Stewart Engineering Dabney Sanders Action Greensboro |
| | | Dan Besse is an attorney serving his second term on the Winston-Salem City Council. His current private practice focuses on environmental policy. He has more than 20 years experience serving on state environmental boards and commissions, including the N.C. Environmental Management Commission and N.C. Coastal Resources Commission. | | Ann Browning comes to Catawba Lands Conservancy as Carolina Thread Trail Project Director from a 23 year career at Bank of America. She was a founding partner of the bank's private equity investment arm, Banc of America Capital Investors, and spent the last half of her career making and managing private equity investments. She served on a number of corporate boards on behalf of the bank. Ann is a Davidson College graduate and currently serves on Davidson's Board of Trustees. She received an MBA from the Kenan-Flagler School at UNC-Chapel Hill. | | Iona L. Thomas, AICP manages Stewart's Greenway Design Group and is proud to also chair the North Carolina State Committee of the East Coast Greenway. She is a passionate supporter of greenways and believes they play an important role in economic development, creating healthy communities, providing alternate modes of transportation and connecting people with nature. | | Dabney Sanders has worked at Action Greensboro as a special consultant since 2003. She has a B.S. in natural resources from the University of the South at Sewanee and has worked extensively in project management, fundraising, volunteer coordination and special event planning as both a professional and volunteer. | |
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