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Greenway Symposium

Join us for this 4th annual regional workshop hosted by Great Rivers Greenway!

WHEN: Wednesday, November 6, 2019, 8am-3:30pm

WHERE: Maryland Heights Community Center (2300 McKelvey Road, St. Louis, MO 63043)

WHO SHOULD ATTEND:

Parks and Recreation Professionals and Related Fields Including Directors and Operations Staff
Public Works Staff Managing Public Spaces
Public Administrators and Managers
Municipal Staff Involved in Community Outreach and Engagement
Private Firms Involved in Park Planning and Care

SESSION TOPICS:

Designing with Nature for Personal Safety in Parks
Moving People Around: Tips for Wayfinding Signs in Your Parks
A Seat at the Picnic Table: Community Engagement for Parks
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Planning
Conservation Planning Tools for Public Land Management
Community Center Facility Tour or Fee Fee Greenway Interpretive Tour

COST: Free and lunch will be provided!

REGISTRATION: Required – fill out the form below

Limited number of seats available, so sign up today!

Take the Fee Fee Greenway to get to the 2019 Greenway Symposium!

Greenway Symposium 2019 Registration

Name*
First Last
Email*
Organization
Title
Number of Additional Attendees from Your Organization
Name of Additional Attendee 1
First Last
Additional Attendee 1 Email
Name of Additional Attendee 2
First Last
Additional Attendee 2 Email
Name of Additional Attendee 3
First Last
Additional Attendee 3 Email
What do you and your organization do to ensure personal safety in your parks? (check all that apply)
- Security/rangers/police frequently in parks
- Security/rangers/police that drive through occasionally, but not always visible
- Contract with a private security firm that is onsite most of the time
- Security cameras at/in facilities
- Design elements to reduce crime and provide a sense of safety
- Routine safety training for park personnel
- Signs warning visitors of risks
- Don't have a plan to address safety but would like to
- Don't need to worry about safety or security
- Other
Other (please specify)
How do you engage community members in the planning, design, or construction of parks in your community? (check all that apply)
- Inform (you provide them with information)
- Consult (you ask for their feedback)
- Involve (you work directly with them to make sure their concerns and desires are understood and considered)
- Collaborate (you make decisions together)
- Empower (community members make final decisions)
- We don't engage community members
- Other
Other (please specify)
How do you attract a diverse workforce? (check all that apply)
- We don't attract a diverse workforce
- Strong network of partner organizations/agencies that help spread the word when we have job openings
- Contract with a firm that helps find a diverse applicant pool
- Hold open interview sessions at places where people frequently visit
- Post on our website and send emails to our friends/colleagues/partner agencies
- Advertise in the newspaper
- Use job boards through professional organizations (i.e. MO Parks and Recreation Association)
- Use an online job posting website (i.e. Monster)
- Other
Other (please specify)
What types of conservation practices/projects has your organization had success with? (check all that apply)
- Conservation Planning
- Habitat Restoration (woodland, prairie, riparian, etc.)
- Stormwater Management
- Incorporation of Native Plants into the Landscape
- Other
Other (please specify)
What barriers or challenges are preventing your organization from undertaking conservation projects? (check all that apply)
- Budget
- Staff Knowledge and Training
- Organizational Will
- Other
Other (please specify)
Anything else you'd like to tell us?

Click the links below to view the presentations from the 2018 Greenway Symposium.

Opening Remarks – Great Rivers Greenway and University of Missouri – St. Louis Staff
Where We’ve Been and Where We Can Go: A Brief History of STL and the Path to Equity – Rachel D’Souza-Siebert
The Importance of Public Space for Promoting Physical Activity in Under-Resourced Populations: The Case of Trojan Park – Dr. Diana Parra Perez
Diversity and Inclusion in Parks and Recreation Programming – Dr. Timothy Makubuya
Setting the Standard for Greenway Design – Ben Grossman and Kevin Corwin

Click the links below to view the presentations from the 2017 Greenway Symposium.

Greenway Updates – Great Rivers Greenway Staff
Pollinator Research – Dr. Gerard Camillo, Saint Louis University Department of Biology
Landscape Care – Ted Spaid, CLARB, ASLA, SWT Design
Role of Parks in Public Health – Dr. Sonja Wilhelm Stanis, University of Missouri School of Natural Resources

MISSION: Great Rivers Greenway makes the St. Louis region a more vibrant place to live, work and play by developing a network of greenways.

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