2019 conference archive |​ municipal friday - new this year!

Introducing, Municipal Friday.  The MassTrails Conference is offering Friday sessions with content geared toward municipal trail planners and project managers. Two sessions will be offered. Join us for both; or select one session and enjoy one of our Field Trips taking place the same day.  See below for an overview of the day which includes a Morning Session from 9:00 - 11:00AM and an Afternoon Session from 12:30 – 4:30PM.  Even though these sessions are jam packed with information relevant to municipal employees, it is not required that participants be employed by a municipality to attend. 

​There is no fee for Municipal Friday sessions, but space is limited so sign up soon if you hope to attend!  This will be a casual, open networking and information gathering opportunity for municipal trail planners and the people / groups which support this important work. See below for an overview of the expected schedule and presentations.  

*Please note: Lunch will not be provided, but there are ample dining options within the vicinity and at the hotel itself.

Friday, November 1, 2019

Municipal Friday AM 
friday, november 1, 2019 | 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM (half day, morning) 

  • Grant Writing for Trails Projects: ELLEN GUGEL - Grants & More - This session will provide an overview and tips and tricks for writing and submitting a successful grant application.  Ellen, a grant professional with twenty years of nonprofit management and fundraising experience, will guide participants through steps towards developing a solid, fundable grant proposal and ask the tough questions that help to create proposals that get funded, stay funded, and are aligned with the grant funder’s mission and priorities.  Participants will leave the class understanding how to research, write about and develop their specific project.    
  • ​Trails Funding In Massachusetts:  A quick glance at various funding opportunities for municipal trail projects in Massachusetts, including MassTrails grants, other public and private sources. 
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LOCATION: DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel, 99 Erdman Way, Leominster, MA 01453
LOGISTICS: Lunch not included

COST: ​$0
CAPACITY: 50
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Municipal Friday PM
friday, november 1, 2019 | 12:30 PM - 4:30 PM (half day, afternoon) 

  • Three Communities, Three Trails:  TABITHA HARKIN - City of New Bedford; Charlie Creagh - Alta Planning + Design; DON BURN - Westborough Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee - Three different case studies of trail planning within and among multiple municipalities will be presented including New Bedford’s Blue Lane, New York State’s Empire State Trail and the Boroughs Loop Trail in Massachusetts.  These will be presented from the perspective of a municipal planner, a consultant and a volunteer trail advocate respectively.  Participants will learn how three very different trail networks came to be, and the challenges and triumphs encountered by all of the partners involved. 
  • Montachusett Regional Trails Coalition:  MEMBERS OF THE MONTACHUSETT REGIONAL TRAILS COALITION - This group will present on their work recruiting cities and towns in the Montachusett Region to view trails as critical recreation infrastructure and to promote connectivity within and between communities and to work towards a regional vision for trails. 
  • A Statewide Massachusetts Map, Region by Region:  MEMBERS OF THE MONTACHUSETT REGIONAL TRAILS COALITION - The final discussion of the day will include MRTC’s description of their work developing a regional trails map, and invite a discussion on how other regions are working towards this or have completed similar work, and how efforts can be combined to create consistency in process and product on a statewide level.  

LOCATION: DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel, 99 Erdman Way, Leominster, MA 01453
LOGISTICS: Lunch not included

COST: ​$0
CAPACITY: 50
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Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation
The MassTrails Conference is funded through the Recreational Trails Program / MassTrails, a grant program supporting trail and trail-related facility construction and enhancement projects across the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.