[ApaIllinois] Save the Date: APA ISS Citizen Planner Workshop

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“Growing the Greenways Plan and Trail” Conference
Davis Lodge at Lake Bloomington
November 6, 2009
 
Please pencil in November 6th for the “Growing the Greenway Plan and Trail” conference which is sponsored by the McLean County Greenways Advisory Committee, the Illinois State Section of the American Planning Association as a citizen planner workshop, and the Normal Public Library. This conference will be especially interesting to planners, planning officials, and council members interested in greenways and trails.
 
The conference will provide insight into what is happening at the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR), sustainable greenway design, education on stream buffers, multi-jurisdictional trail planning, connecting kids with nature, and a multi media presentation of the recently completed McLean County Greenways Plan.
 
The $20 price of the 9:00 AM – 1:30 PM conference will include lunch.  Davis Lodge is approximately 10½ miles northeast of Normal, IL between I-39 and I-55.  After the conference, there will be an optional walking tour along the Mackinaw River at the nearby Merwin Nature Preserve.
 
Confirmed speakers include Marc Miller, Director of IDNR, James Patchett, founder and president of Conservation Design Forum, Jane Gerdes, PE, City of Peoria Engineer, John Chambers, AICP, Planner with the Tri County Regional Planning Commission and Angela Smith, Director, Sugar Grove Nature Center.
 
Registration forms will be available at a later date. For more information and registration information, please contact Mercy Davison, Planner, Town of Normal at (309) 454-9590, mdavison at normal.org or check the APA website at http://www.ilapa.org. 
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