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Conference Information

Event Fee

•  Registration $150
•   Registration Closes October 6th

Event Fee includes 1 dinner, 2 breakfasts, 1 lunch, beer/wine and  hors d'oeuvres during social hours, all mobile workshops and conference sessions

Payment Options:

• Check made out to PCF
• Call in a credit card payment (803)771-0870
• Credit card payment through PayPal

Lodging

Spartanburg Marriott at Renaissance Park  299 N Church St, Spartanburg, SC 29306

Discounted Rate: $89/night  Call: (800)327-6465

To receive the discounted rate, please mention that you are with the Palmetto Conservation Room Block.  The reservation cut-off date is September 22nd, after this date the discounted rate is not guaranteed.  

Conference Agenda

Wednesday, October 13

3:00pm                 Registration Starts

4:00-5:15pm       Swamp Rabbit Trail

5:15-5:45pm        Break- Beer and Wine on the lawn

5:45-8:00pm       Dinner and Keynote Speaker, Bob Powell- Assistant Professor Clemson University Trails and Greenways: Architecture for a Sustainable Future

 Thursday, October 14

7:00-8:15am       Registration, Continental breakfast

8:30-9:45am       Concurrent Sessions

• Case Study: The Forks Area Trail System
• So you want to convert a Railroad Bed to a Trail
• Planning, Partnerships, and Overcoming Hurdles
• If we build it, will they ride? Bicycle and Pedestrian Counts that Count

10:00-12:00pm  Mobile Workshops

• Managing an Urban Forest for Recreation - The Cottonwood Trail
• Urban Rails to Trails - Mary Black and the Palmetto Trail
• Glendale Bike Tour

12:00-1:30pm     Lunch at GOLS with guest speaker Chuck Flink, President of Greenways, Inc.

1:45-3:45pm       Mobile Workshops

• Multi-use Trails at Croft State Natural Area
• Mill Village Rail Trails of Inman and Lyman
• Guided Kayak Trip

4:00-5:15pm       Concurrent Sessions

• Case Study: Virginia Creeper Trail & Eco-tourism
• It's a wet state: Building trail bridges that last
• Funding Options for Trail Building
• Making Trail Connections

5:30-7:00pm       Social hour and Success stories with Beer, Wine, and Hors d'oeuvres

                                 Open Gym: Test your skills on the GOLS indoor climbing wall

Friday, October 15

7:00-8:00am       Continental breakfast

8:00-9:00am       Blue Trails: Innovative Tools and Messaging Strategies for Protecting Riverside Land

9:00-10:15am      Glendale-Pacolet Blueway

0:30-11:45am     Tour of Glendale Shoals

 

For  session descriptions, please click here.

 

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