Thanks for joining us at the 9th Annual
Piedmont Legacy Trails Summit
The Piedmont Legacy Trails Mini Summit 2024 was a sold-out success! It featured presentations on leveraging funding opportunities, advocacy, and other tactics to bring your trails to the next level. We hope you enjoyed connecting with other trail professionals and advocates from the Piedmont Triad area and beyond.
During lunch we presented this year’s Legacy Awards to 4 outstanding trail advocates for significant commitment to creating trails and working for enhanced trail recreation in the Piedmont Triad
This year’s summit was a “mini” half-day event in an effort to streamline the many conferences this year.
Mark your calendars for September 11-13th for the state-wide Great Trails State Conference in Winston Salem, NC.
Questions? Email Abby Draut at adraut@piedmontland.org
Schedule & Presentations
8:30 - 9:00am
Coffee, Registration, and Networking
9:00-9:30am
Welcome & Updates
9:30-10:45am
Panel: Navigating the Funding Frontier
Dave Head, Planning Program Manager, NC Division of Parks & Recreation Dave.head@ncparks.gov
Trey Fouche, Central North Region Consultant, Recreation Resource Services, NC State jfouche2@ncsu.edu
Dawn Charaba, Executive Director, Reidsville Area Foundation dcharaba@rafoundation.org
Kelly Garvin, Assistant Director, Winston-Salem Department of Transportation kellym@cityofws.org
Adam Shull, Assistant Regional Planning Director at Piedmont Triad Regional Council ashull@ptrc.org
Resources
10:45-11:00am
Break
11:00-11:30am
Educational Trails
Tony McGee, Landscape Architect, Economic Development Specialist, RoundRock Design tony@roundrockdesignnc.com
Resources
There were many un-answered questions from Tony's presentation. Once we get the question responses they will be posted here!
11:30-12:00pm
Panel: Learning From Past Mistakes
Nolan Carter, Trails & Open Space Coordinator, Alamance Parks and Haw River Trail Coordinator nolan.carter@alamance-nc.com
Daniel White, Director of Surry County Parks & Recreation whiteda@co.surry.nc.us
Jake Easter, Forsyth Off road Biking Association, Founder jake@beersngears.com
Resources
Maybe Slido didn't work, maybe everyone was excited for lunch, or the presenters answered all of your questions- either way, there were not any questions on the slido to have answered- as promised!
12:00-1:30pm
2024 Legacy Award Recipients
2023
Mike Simpson
Retired, Greensboro Parks & Recreation
Hope Haywood
Randolph County Commissioner
Andrew Sam
Friends of Alamance Parks & Alamance Mountains-to-Sea Trail Crew Leader
Winston-Salem Greenways
Outstanding Trail Project in Winston-Salem
2022
Mary Joan Pugh
Randolph County Trails Coordinator
Mark Gatehouse
Piedmont Fat Tire Society
Harry Clapp
North Carolina Rails-to-Trails Volunteer
Yadkin River Park
Outstanding Trail Project in Davidson County
2019
Greg Yahn
MST Crew Leader, Guilford and Alamance Counties
Haw River Trail
Outstanding Trail Project in Alamance County
2018
Roger Bardsley
Retired, Guilford County Planning
Elkin Valley Trails Association
Outstanding Trail Organization in Surry County
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What is Piedmont Legacy Trails?
Piedmont Legacy Trails is the trails collective in the Piedmont Triad whose primary goal is to highlight our natural places, connect trail efforts, and give voice to regional trail interests for the the benefit of our communities.
Explore Past Summits
On March 10th, 2023, we learned about best practices, exciting projects across the region, and connected with other professionals who are advancing trail development, ending with an optional trail field trip. Our keynote speaker Gary Vernon, Senior Program officer for Steuart and Tom’s personal foundation and is considered one of the leading experts in developing mountain bike trail systems, overseeing design and construction of over 600 miles of world class mountain bike trails and growing. His work includes the Oz Trails region of Northwest Arkansas as well as the Arkansas State Parks Monument Trail projects. In 2019 he was the recipient of the American Trails Chairman award for advancing trail design and changing the landscape for trail systems.
In 2022, the Summit hosted 4 virtual session: Engaging Volunteers, State & Regional Trail Planning, Innovative Strategies for Funding, and Case Studies of Effective Partnerships for Trails. The Summit also featured 4 field trips to trails in the Piedmont Triad. All sessions were recorded and can be watched on our YouTube Channel.
Held virtually, the 2021 Summit hosted sessions on Trail Funding, Community Health & Trails, Trails & Economic Development, and Trail Design & Building. The Summit also featured 4 field trips to trails in the Piedmont Triad. All sessions were recorded and can be watched on our YouTube Channel.
Due to the COVID 19 Pandemic, in 2020 the Summit was postponed and became a Virtual Conversation Series in the Fall. Recordings of sessions about The Greenway Imperative, Trail Tourism, Trail Advocacy, and Equity on Trails. All sessions were recorded and can be watched on our YouTube Channel.
