Fran Mainella Headlines 2010 Built Environment and Outdoors Summit
Fran Mainella, former director of the National Park Service, member of the Board of Directors for the Children and Nature Network and current co-chair of the US Play Coalition, will serve as the keynote speaker of the 2010 Built Environment and Outdoors Summit, scheduled for October 19-20 at the Wichita Marriott Hotel.
Mainella is currently a Visiting Scholar at Clemson University Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management and her areas of focus include children and getting them back to nature. She’s a member of the Newsweek Magazine Environmental Advisory board and is former executive director of the Florida Recreation and Park Association. The summit is designed for community health and trail system advocates, city or state government leaders or planners, or anyone interested in learning techniques and philosophies to enhance healthy lifestyles through community development, outdoor activity and nutrition. The summit will identify resources and address how to take action to affect environmental policy at the state and local level to promote physical activity for a healthy Kansas. Registration information will be made available in the near future.
Summit Overview
The design of a community — where people live, work, learn and play — heavily influences their well-being. The built environment — its bike- and walkability, access to fresh fruits and vegetables, and safety — all affect an individual’s ability to be active and eat healthy. Learn to identify resources and how to affect environmental policy in your community.
Day 1 – Tuesday, October 19, 2010
7:30 – 9:00 Registration
9:00 Opening and Welcome - Jerry Hover, KS Dept. of Wildlife and Parks
9:15 The Value of Play and Reconnecting to the Outdoors
Fran Mainella, Children and Nature Network and U.S. Play Coalition
10:15 Break
10:30 Break Out Sessions
1. Coalition Building for Children in Nature
Fran Mainella
2. Parks and Physical Activity
Andy Kaczynski and Sonja Wilhelm Stanis
3. Power from the Ground Up: Grassroots Advocacy for Public Health Causes
Jake Lowen
11:45 Break
12:00 Lunch – Local Foods!
12:30 Topeka Complete Streets Resolution
Larry Wolgast
1:45 Break Out Sessions
1. Connecting Children to Nature through School Gardens
Kirk Cusick
2. Planning for Healthy Communities
MidAmerica Regional Council – Speaker TBD
3. Three Themed Trails in Wichita
Larry Foos/Richard Schodorf
3:00 Break
3:15 Break Out Sessions
1. Safe Routes to School – Creating Walking School Buses
Becky Pepper and Local Partners
2. Built Environment Designers
Zach Snethen
3. Rails to Trails – From the Beginning
Ross Greathouse
4:30 Day 1 Recap
Fran Mainella
Evening Social Opportunity in local Wichita establishments – Opportunity to sign up for dinner with others from the conference. Provide your own transportation.
Day 2 – Wednesday, October 20, 2010
7:30 – 9:00 Registration
9:00 Opening and Welcome – Janet Miller, Wichita City Council
9:15 Building Healthy Sustainable Communities through Walkability
Dan Burden, Walkable and Livable Communities Institute
10:15 Break
10:30 Break Out Sessions
1. Walk Audit
Dan Burden
2. Funding Opportunities
Private and Public Organizations- Roundtables
3. Trail Building 101 Class
Bob Nicholson - KTC President and Jeff Bender - KDWP
11:45 Break
12:00 Lunch – Local Foods!
12:30 How Smart Growth Strategies Work in Rural Towns
Matthew Dalbey or Stephanie Bertaina - EPA
1:45 Break Out Sessions
1. Built Environment in Small Towns
Matthew Dalbey or Stephanie Bertaina - EPA
2. Walk Audit
Dan Burden
3. Affecting Change at the Local Level – Food Environment Policies and Complete Streets
KC Healthy Kids/Center for Urban Agriculture and Matt Allen, Garden City Manager
4. Trails Field Day 1:45pm- 4:00pm
Meet at the registration desk
3:00 Break
3:15 Break Out Sessions
1. From Walk Audit to Systems Change
Dan Burden
2. Making Trails Accessible
Ray Petty
3. Master Bike Plan in Topeka
Speaker TBD
4:30 Adjourn
Register Online for the 2010 Built Environment and Outdoors Summit at this link:
Sponsored by:
Kansans for Children in Nature • Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Kansas Department of Transportation • Kansas Department on Aging • Kansas Health Foundation
Kansas Recreation and Park Association • Kansas State University • Kansas Trails Council
Kansas Wildlife and Parks • KC Healthy Kids
Parks and Recreation of Topeka • Wichita Park and Recreation
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