Maine Physical Activity Nutrition and Healthy Weight Program
4th Annual Active Communities Conference
Walking, Biking, Physical Activity and the Built Environment
Linking Transportation, Economic Development, Health and People, to Improve the Quality of Maine Communities
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
On the beautiful Bowdoin College Campus, Downtown Brunswick
The Attached Brochure includes details on sessions and logistics for this no-cost conference! See the Conference at a Glance for breakout session location and times.
Brought to you by:
Maine Department of Transportation, Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Maine State Planning Office, Maine Department of Conservation, Maine Office of Community Development, Maine Development Foundation, Maine Office of Tourism, Maine Downtown Center, Bicycle Coalition of Maine, GrowSmart Maine, National Park Service, and the Maine Safe Routes to School Program
Keynote Speaker: Mark Fenton, A Renowned National Expert on Walking, Biking, Physical Activity and the Built Environment
Mark Fenton is one of the nations foremost experts and a recognized authority on public health issues and the need for community, environmental, and public-policy initiatives to encourage more walking and bicycling. He is the former editor-at-large of WALKING Magazine and former host of the PBS series America's Walking.
Sessions featuring Mark Fenton:
- Keynote address focusing on economic benefits of active communities
- Safe Routes to School: How to reach the unrealized promise
- 2 Outdoor Walking Audit Sessions
- Facilitated roundtable closing - Using the three P's to change your communities: Programs, Projects, and Policies
Plus these and other great indoor and outdoor sessions:
- Success Stories: Infrastructure Changes Transforming Communities: Come learn what Brunswick and Bath are doing to improve conditions for walking and bicycling, including challenges, successes and how they got things done!
Jim Upham, AICP, Director of Planning and Development, City of Bath
Tom Farrell, Director of Parks and Recreation, Town of Brunswick
Kris Hultgren, Town Planner, Town of Brunswick - Planning Quality Communities: Come learn specific examples of bicycle and pedestrian planning efforts aimed at improving the built environment for walking and biking, including municipal planning efforts.
Stephanie Slocum, Executive Director, Brunswick Downtown Association
Misty Gorski, Town Planner, Town of Waldoboro - Encouraging Active Transportation & Lifestyles: Be inspired by these local examples and success stories of physical activity encouragement programs, including the Maine Safe Routes to School Program, the Healthy Maine Partnerships, and other new, energizing, and creative initiatives from around the state.
Kristie LeBlanc, Physical Activity Program Coordinator, Somerset Heart Health/ Redington Fairview Hospital - Walking School Bus Pilot
Darcy Whittemore, Regional Manager, Maine Safe Routes to School Program
Sarah Cushman, Regional Manager, Maine Safe Routes to School Program - Recent Snapshots of Safe Routes to School in Maine
Doug Beck, Physical Activity Coordinator, Maine Physical Activity, Nutrition and Healthy Weight Program - Physical Activity Encouragement Programs - Safe Routes to School: How to Reach the Unrealized Promise. Mark Fenton will give a presentation and lead a discussion on the many opportunities that the concept of Safe Routes to School can bring to your community.
Mark Fenton - Health Impact Assessments: HIA can be used to evaluate objectively the potential health effects of a project or policy before it is built or implemented. Come learn about Health Impact Assessments and how they can help promote active community environments!
Rebecca Drewette-Card, President, Public Health Partners, LLC - Health Impact Assessments
Robert Ross, Scientific Director, Maine-Harvard Prevention Research Center and Research Associate Professor, University of New England - Funding your Project: Applications 101: What are organizations looking for when they decide which application to fund? Come find out what kind of funding opportunities there are and how to be successful.
Sally DelGreco DelGreco Strategic Partners - Funding Your Project: Applications 101
Mick Rogers, Manager of Grants and Community Recreation, Maine Department of Conservation
Deborah Johnson, Development Program Manager, Department of Economic and Community Development - Economic and Community Development: Come learn how three communities have significantly changed and continue to improve the local economic and community environment through changes to the built environment. See the process and economic results!
Rodney Lynch, Community Development Director, Town of Rockland
Greg Tansley, City Planner, City of Biddeford
Bob Hamblen, Planning Director, City of Saco - Framing Your Message for Decision Makers: Hear from a veteran city manager and experienced public health advocate on how to be persuasive for real change in your community.
Carol Kelly, Managing Director, Pivot Point, Inc
John Bubier, City Manager, City of Biddeford - An Introduction to the Built Environment. What is the built environment and who is working on it Maine? What is an Active Community Environment Team and why do you want one? How does a bike and pedestrian committee fit into your community planning efforts?
Jonathan LaBonte, Executive Director, Androscoggin Land Trust - Active Communities Conference From the landscape in… Active Community Environment Teams
Roxanne Eflin, Executive Director, Maine Downtown Center - An Introduction to the Built Environment - Engineering Options for Improving the Community Environment: Come learn very specific options for improving the pedestrian and bicycle community environment including low cost, short term, and long term options.
Steve Landry, Assistant State Traffic Engineer, Maine DOT
Nancy Grant, Executive Director, Bicycle Coalition of Maine - Brunswick Maine Street Station: Mixed-Use and Multi-Modal: This session will visit Brunswick Maine Street Station, an exciting new development in downtown Brunswick. Come see how a mix of uses (offices, restaurants, residences and a hotel) combine with a mix of public transportation modes (rail, intercity bus and local transit) to expand the local economy and the range of active transportation options.
Brian Dancause, Business Development and Support Specialist, Town of Brunswick - Topsham/Brunswick Riverwalk: This site walk will include an overview of the restoration of a beautiful historic pedestrian bridge and current and upcoming construction of a bicycle and pedestrian riverside connection linking neighborhoods and downtowns.
Nancy Randolph, Just Write Books and Save our Swinging Bridge - Outdoor Walking Audit Session: Using walkabouts as a community engagement tool.
Mark Fenton - Bicycle Audit: This session is a bicycle tour of facilities in Brunswick and Topsham, including bike lanes and the Androscoggin River Bike and Pedestrian Path.
Jim Tasse, Maine Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Education Program
Tony Barrett, East Coast Greenway Alliance
Conference Agenda
7:30 Registration - Thorne Hall - Exhibits and Continental Breakfast
8:00 Welcome and Presentation -Thorne Hall
"Active Community Environment's Importance to the Health of Maine's People,"
David Crawford, Maine Physical Activity, Nutrition and Healthy Weight Program, Maine CDC
9:00 Keynote Address - Thorne Hall
"Building Sticky Communities for Economic, Environmental and Public Health,"
Mark Fenton, a renowned national expert
10:45 Breakout Sessions I - Searles Hall - Workshops and Outdoor Seminars
11:45 Lunch and Presentation
- Thorne Hall
"The Processes to Improve Your Community,"
Dan Stewart, Quality Community Program, Maine DOT
1:30 Breakout Sessions II - Searles Hall - Workshops and Outdoor Seminars
2:45 Breakout Sessions III - Searles Hall - Workshops and Outdoor Seminars
4:00 Closing Session & Raffle - Thorne Hall
"Using the Three P's to Change your Communities: Programs, Projects and Policies,"
Mark Fenton; a facilitated roundtable discussion on bringing positive change back home.
NOTE: Participants must walk between buildings on campus to attend various conference events. Please wear comfortable shoes and dress for the weather
And don't miss The Annual Bicycle Coalition of Maine Benefit Pizza Party 5:00 - 9:00 pm at Flatbread Co., 72 Commercial St., Portland, ME
For more information please download the conference brochure
For a Bowdoin College campus map please click here
Active Transportation Options:
Carpool: Go Maine has a fantastic new "single trip" option on their website. Use it to find other conference attendees willing to carpool.
Bicycling: Bike commuting options are available by parking at one of the local Park and Ride lots located in Topsham (approx. 3 miles to campus), Bath (approx. 8.5 miles to campus), or Freeport (north lot approx. 12 miles to campus).
Visit http://www.exploremaine.org/parkandride/index.htm for directions to Park and Ride lots. Bike racks are available at Thorne Hall/Coles Tower.