The Texas Forest Trail Region is bustling with opportunities for our partners and friends. Mark your calendar to join us for these upcoming workshops in the Forest Trail Region. All posted events are open to the public, but usually require an advance response to attend.
Next workshop: September 16, 2010
2010-11 Workshop Series Schedule
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Sept 16, 2010
Huntsville
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Lunch and Learn: Strengthening Trail Corridors through Expanded Heritage Interpretation
Speaker: Renowned landscape architect Roy Mann
Location: The Historic Wynne Home Arts Center
1428 Eleventh Street
Huntsville, TX 77340
Date/Time: Thursday, September 16, 2010
Lunch and Learn: 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Forest Trail Board Meeting: 1:00 p.m.
About the speaker: Roy Mann has worked in 27 states & for 9 federal agencies and consulted on waterfront, urban, & landscape/environmental projects in Argentina, Canada, Jordan, & Mexico; on planning/design for riverfront/coastal parks & nature preserves, urban centers, greenways/trails, ecotourism/heritage tourism & interpretive centers, focal areas (sculpture gardens, theaters, residences).
Notable projects include: Erie Canal Heritage Waterfront: Buffalo, NY; Indianapolis' Indiana Central Canal; Oklahoma City's Bricktown Canal; Austin's Umlauf Sculpture Garden; Virginia Beach's Back Bay; Garland, TX' Spring Creek Forest Preserve; Midland, TX' Playa Wildlife Preserve; Baton Rouge's pedestrian-friendly/music-stage-furnished levee; Covington, KY's floodgate access between downtown & Ohio River parkland; safety/security & dredged material island manuals for USACoE; scenic resource reports for NOAA, FWS, NPS, BLM; Boston's Charles River Basin & Emerald Necklace Rehabilitation Plan: & Santa Fe County's Open Space and Trails Master Plan.
He holds a masters in landscape architecture (Harvard GSD); researched European river cities on a Fulbright (his book on waterfront revitalization & importance of pedestrian access, parks & natural environment on urban riversides, Rivers in the City, was called "one of the most important books of the year"); & has won numerous national & state-level professional awards for his work on landscape planning & landscape architecture. He has received the President's Award of Excellence of the ASLA, a gold medal in the Milwaukee International Design Competition, a Progressive Architecture Award (for the LISS Scenic Shoreline Manual, for NPS), and a number of ASLA Merit Awards & other recognitions.
Mayor Lee Cooke of Austin designated a "Roy Mann Day" in Austin in 1990 for his visionary plans for the new Austin Convention Center at Waller Creek & a Waller Creek Greenway. Mann is a principal and LLC Manager of The Rivers Studio, LLC in Austin.
Who should attend: parks and recreation managers, heritage tourism personnel/enthusiasts, city and county historical association members, museum and preservation professionals, garden and botanical society members, anyone interested--the public is invited
Fee: $25 includes lunch. Due to space considerations, workshop is limited to first 45 registrants.
Registration: Registration will close automatically when the 45 slots are filled. Payment is only guarantee of reservation. No refunds offered, but substitutions are allowed.
Online Lunch and Learn Registration
(Prefer to mail in your registration with check payment? Click here to download registration form. )
Questions? Please contact our local host and Texas Forest Trail board member Kimm Thomas, Director of Tourism and Cultural Services for Huntsville, for assistance.
KThomas@huntsvilletx.gov
(936) 291-9726 |
Nov 4, 2010
Mount Vernon |
2010 Regional Summit: Sowing the Seeds of Partnership
Register now or see a full program. |
Jan 20, 2011
New Boston |
Lunch and Learn: Topic TBA
Location: New Boston Community Center |
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Mar 17, 2011
Palestine |
2011 Regional Summit: Harvesting Partnership Assets
Stay tuned for online program and registration. |
May 19, 2011
Jacksonville |
Lunch and Learn: Topic TBA
Location: The Landmark Hotel |
Looking for notes from the Texas Forest Trail presentation at the 2010 THC Preservation Conference, April 24, 2010?
Download handouts by clicking here: Creating a Shared Interpretation Model for Historic Trails