Cities, Towns, & Counties for Trails

VIRTUAL WORKSHOPS

A&Y Greenway | Guilford County

The Great Trails State Coalition is bringing a series of virtual presentations with content from the 2024 Great Trails State Conference to our Cities, Towns and Counties for Trails Working Group meetings, for the benefit of communities across the state.

Scroll down to see upcoming presentations and register for the sessions that interest you. More sessions may be added!

 

Looking for a recording? Jump to our section of recorded past presentations:

 January 22, 2025

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Using Visitation Statistics to Show Economic Impact

Beth Heile, Burke River Trail Association

 

February 5, 2025

Osprey Trail GSO

Trail Safety: An Overview of Greensboro’s Rescue Marker Program

Elizabeth Jernigan, Greensboro Parks & Recreation

Andy Jones, Greensboro Fire Department

 February 19, 2025

White Oak Creek Greenway

Resurrecting White Oak Creek Greenway with Strategic Partnerships

Paul Kuhn, Town of Cary

Jason Philbin, PermaTrak

Jeff Moore, Kimley-Horne

 

March 12, 2025

AARP Walk Audit

AARP Walk Audit

Carol Hoover, AARP Volunteer

April 2, 2025

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Telling the Story with Trail Data

Jane Love, Carolina Thread Trail

Steve Bert, NCSU

 

April 30, 2025

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Trails of All Types

Will Washam and Jeromy Wegrzyn, McAdams

May 14, 2025

Chuck Flink Greenway

Green Infrastructure, Soft Surface Trails, and Nature Preserves

Chuck Flink, Greenways, Inc.

June 11, 2025

Saxapahaw Island Park Loop Trail_Piedmont Legacy Trails

Why Trails are Important in My Community: Hear From Local Elected Officials

Sig Hutchinson, former Wake County Commissioner

Hope Haywood, Randolph County Commissioner

Maureen Copelof, Mayor, Town of Brevard

Amy Ryan, Mayor Pro-Tem, Town of Chapel Hill

July 9, 2025

Carter Falls Elkin

Building Visitor itineraries Based Around your Trails

Simon Jones and Carol Kline, Uplift Tourism

August 20, 2025

Aerial view of Black Balsam Knob in the Pisgah National Forest, near the Blue Ridge Parkway.

Trails: An Outdoor Economy's Essential Element

Allison Smith, Made x Mountains

Recordings of Past Presentations

NCICL Race

The Power of Youth Driven Trail Advocacy

Brian Russell, Chelle Frost, Leonard Vanhoose

North Carolina Interscholastic Cycling League

 

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Greensboro Downtown Greenway: Public Private Partnerships for Success & Impact

Dabney Sanders, Action Greensboro

Chelsea Phipps, Greensboro Parks & Recreation

 

Ashley Ladd Trail | Yadkin County