Over 230 trail and greenway agencies, enthusiasts, and planners participated in the 20th California Trails and Greenway Conference in March. The Folsom location provided an excellent opportunity for Callander Associates’ Rancho Cordova staff to present an intense work session, for over 35 participants, on the planning and design of complex trail and greenway projects. Ben Woodside and Erik Smith, principals and seasoned trail and greenway design professionals, outlined a number of strategies to maintain project momentum and artfully navigate through the process. Two very different trail/greenway projects were used to highlight a variety of techniques and approaches for moving forward with your project. Half Moon Bay’s coastal trails represented a small, rural, coastal environment with a number of environmental and grant issues. The Tillotson Greenway site for the Southgate Park and Recreation District illustrated an entirely different, larger, and suburban development related context.

This marked the second year in which Callander Associates has assisted the conference in presenting options and strategies for participants to move forward with their more challenging projects. Last years presentation by principals Peter Callander and Brian Fletcher focused on various rails to trails issues, again using specific implemented projects as illustrations. Compact discs of both presentations are available by request.