Philadelphia Western Suburbs
Trail Summit - 2023

• Agenda (revised to show speaker start times on the Trail Summit video listed below)
  
  
• Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia: “Circuit Trails” Regional Mileage Update, What’s Ahead in 2023, and A Year of Advocacy and Events Lead by Bike Delaware County
  Patrick Monahan, Regional Organizer, Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia
  James Bergman and Eric Hartman, Co-chairs, Bike Delaware County
  
  
• Delaware County: Grants, Delco’s Forthcoming “Flagship” Park, Project Updates
  Elaine Paul Schaefer, Vice Chair, Delaware County Council
  Gina Burritt, Director, Delaware County Planning Department
  Steven Beckley, Open Space and Trails Manager, Delaware County Planning Department
  
  
• Chadds Ford: Walkable Chadds Ford
  Matthew Baumann, Township Manager, Chadds Ford Township
  Emily Pisano, Assistant Township Manager, Chadds Ford Township
  
  
• Upper Darby Trails: Trail Construction and Planning Update
  Stephen Lockard, Friends of Upper Darby Trails
  Richard Kerr, Co-chair, Friends of Haverford Trails
  
  
• Haverford Township: Trail Updates; Roundabouts vs Signaled Intersections
  Brian Barrett, Director, Parks and Recreation, Haverford Township
  
  
• Lansdowne Borough: Repurposing a Road Lane to a Trail, the Bike Loop & More
  Benjamin Hover, President, Lansdowne Borough Council
  
  
• Middletown Township: Middletown's Trail System and Initiatives
  Jennifer Maull, Director, Parks and Recreation, Middletown Township
  
  
• Radnor / Forge-Refuge Trail Update; Dealing with Contaminated Soil
  Robert P. Thomas, Partner, Campbell Thomas & Co.
  
  
• Lower Merion Trails and Connectivity Update
  Peter Puglionesi, Co-chair, Friends of Haverford Trails (stand-in substitute presentation)
  
  
• Video of the entire 2023 Philadelphia Western Suburbs Trail Summit
  www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbPHoRUnZDU
  
  

Notes:
Chris Leswing of Lower Merion Township was unable to attend. Peter Puglionesi gave a brief substitute presentation.