Lake Michigan Trail Conference Schedule
November 8-9, 2012
Saugatuck, Michigan
Day 1 Thursday, November 8 - 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
| 8:00 - 9:00 am | Registration |
| 9:00 am | Welcome and Introductions |
| Senator Patty Birkholz, Former Director, Office of the Great Lakes, DEQ, Michigan Commissioner of the Great Lakes Commission | |
| 9:15 am | A Big Vision - A Quad-State Lake Michigan Tri-Modal Loop |
| - David Lemberg - Western Michigan University - Developing recreational transportation and amenities for the Lake Michigan National Water Trail, the Lake Michigan Circle Tour U.S. Bike Routes 35, 36, 37, and 10. |
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| 9:30 am | The Lake Michigan Water Trail - States of the Lake |
| - Indiana: Dan Plath - NW Indiana Paddling Association - Illinois: Gary Mechanic - Lake Michigan Water Trail Association - Wisconsin: Jeff Prey - Michigan: Dave Lemberg |
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| 10:10 am | Coffee Break: Sponsored by the Saugatuck-Douglas Visitors Bureau |
| 10:25 am | National Water Trail Designation - Purpose, Benefits and Opportunities |
| NPS-RTCA, Barb Nelson-Jameson and Rory Robinson | |
| 10:40 am | Michigan Great Lakes Water Trails Information System Update |
| Land Information Access Association | |
| 10:55 am | Large Water Trail Partnership Models |
| Gary Mechanic, Illinois Paddling Council, Lake Michigan Water Trail Association | |
| 11:10 am | Michigan Trail Integration Efforts |
| Nancy Krupiarz, Michigan Trail and Greenways Alliance | |
| 11:25 am | The Lake Michigan Circle Route |
| Rick Hert, West Michigan Tourism Association | |
| 11:40 am | The U.S. Bike Route System |
| - Ginny Sullivan - Adventure Cycling - Josh DeBruyn - Michigan DOT - U.S. Bike Routes and U.S. B.R. 35 |
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| 12:00 pm | Lunch |
| 12:40 - 1:05 pm | Michigan Study - The grant that brought us here! |
| David Lemberg and Matthew Borr - Western Michigan University | |
| 1:15 pm | Concurrent Session |
| 1:15 - 2:10 pm | Concurrent Session 1 |
| Session A: Types of Water Trail Access and Standards Session B: Land Routes: Extending the U.S. Bike Routes around the Lake Session C: Trail Coordination: Plan it, Develop It and Promote It! |
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| 2:10 - 2:25 pm | Break |
| 2:30 - 3:25 pm | Concurrent Session 2 |
| Session A: Water Trail Access Planning Amenities: Parking, Privies and Site Maintenance
Session B: Land Routes: Enhancing the Lake Michigan Circle Tour Session C: Programs: Events and Building a Living Trail |
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| 3:30 - 4:25 pm | Concurrent Session 3 |
| Session A: Water Trail Safety, Liability and Legal Issues Session B: Multimodal Trail Integration Session C: Community Outreach to Land Owners and Stakeholders |
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| 4:30 - 5:00 pm | Concurrent Session Wrap Up |
| Parallel Tracks of Working Groups with a goals and outcomes driven agendas | |
| 8:30 - 12:00 pm | |
| Track 1 - Building a Working Water Trail | |
| - 8:30 - 10:00 am, Focus 1: Lake Michigan Water Trail Partnership
- 10:30 - 10:15 am Break - 10:15 - 11:45 am Focus 2: Lake Michigan Water Trail Implementation - 11:45 - 12:00 pm, Presentation Preparation |
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| Track 2 - Lake Michigan Multi-Modal Trails | |
| - 8:30 - 10:00 am, Focus 1: Trail Analysis
- 10:00 - 10:15 am, Break - 10:15 - 11:45 am Focus 2: One Trail - Four States - Making it Happen - 11:45 - 12:00 pm, Presentation Preparation |
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| Track 3 - Marketing Multi Modal Recreation and the Triple Bottom Line | |
| - 8:30 - 10:00 am, Focus 1: Economic and Business Development Related to Tri-Modal Recreation
and Tourism
- 10:00 - 10:15 am, Break - 10:15 - 11:45 am Focus 2: Marketing the Trails: Reaching Local, State, Regional, National and International Tourism |
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| 12:00 pm | Lunch |
| 12:30 pm | Group Reports Over all discussion, decisions and top 3 next steps |
| 2:00 - 2:15 pm | Break |
| 2:15 - 3:00 pm | Tri-Modal Vision Discussion, Partnerships and Planning Next Steps |
| 2:15 - 3:00 pm | Tri-Modal Vision Discussion, Partnerships and Planning Next Steps |