Aug 15 & 17: Action 2020 Workshops coming to Missouri - we need citizens and advocates to attend

A pair of exciting, motivational, informative workshop are coming to Missouri in August.

The Action 2020 Workshops are designed to bring together elected officials, staff, and bicycle/pedestrian advocates from across the state to give you specific ideas and techniques you can use to supercharge your local bicycle and pedestrian efforts.

Right now we have lots of staff and elected officials signed up--but so far not too many ordinary citizens or advocates.

So we need you!

• More about the workshops:
• Registration page for Jefferson City, Fri, Aug 17th, 2012
• Registration page for Concordia, Wed, Aug 15th, 2012

Both sessions are identical--just two dates and locations for the same workshop. Attend whichever is more convenient for you.

You would ordinarily pay somewhere in the hundreds of dollars for a workshop of this quality, but thanks to financial support from SRAM we are able to bring this to you for free!

All the details about the Action 2020 Workshops

The Missouri Bicycle & Pedestrian Federation, the Missouri Association of Councils of Government, and the Pioneer Trails Regional Planning Commission are pleased to announce two upcoming FREE workshops in Missouri.

The workshops bring nationally recognized presenters to Missouri and are presented by Advocacy Advance - a partnership between the League of American Bicyclists and Alliance for Biking & Walking.

The workshops focus on finding funding for the biking and walking projects we all want to get done--and, particularly, on opening up new sources of bike/ped funding that have not (yet!) been fully tapped in Missouri.

The sessions also focus on fostering relationships between the advocates, staff, and elected officials--one reason it is very important for us as citizens and advocates to attend!

Notes:

  - We are offering a special "train the trainer" version of the workshop that will give you the materials and extra training to take this training session back to your local area.  There will be an extra 'train the trainer' session, about 90 minutes, at the end of the day. 

  - If you want to take the training with the extra 'train the trainer' session, simply leave a note indicating "train the trainer" in the special requests section of the registration form.

 
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Advocacy Advance - a partnership between the League of American Bicyclists and Alliance for Biking & Walking - is facilitating two (2) Action 2020 Workshops in Missouri this August:
 
Who:                Bicycle/pedestrian advocates, elected officials, agency staff and bicycle/pedestrian professionals
 
When:               Friday, August 17, 2012 at 8:00 a.m.
Where:             Harry S. Truman State Office Building, Room 490, at 301 W. High St. in Jefferson City, MO
 
When:               Wednesday, August 15, 2012 at 8:00 a.m.
Where:             Pioneer Trails Regional Planning Commission, 802 S. Gordon St. in Concordia, MO
 
Cost:           This Action 2020 Workshop is offered for free, thanks to the generous donations from the SRAM
Cycling Fund
 
 Action 2020 workshops bring together advocates, agency staff and elected officials and are designed to ensure participants have the knowledge, skills and resources to access funding sources at the state, regional and local level to build bicycling and walking infrastructure and programs.
 
We invite you to register for this one-day workshop, locally hosted by Missouri Bicycle & Pedestrian Federation, the Missouri Association of Councils of Government (MACOG), and the Pioneer Trails Regional Planning Commission.
 
Action 2020 Workshop attendees will:

• Learn about potential funding sources that exist for biking and walking projects and programs;
• Learn the key characteristics, requirements, and opportunities of those sources and best practices from around the country;
• Discuss favorable factors for bicycling and walking investments;
• Understand the important role of advocates, agency staff, and elected officials working within Missouri's Statewide Transportation Planning Framework; and,
• Share knowledge and experiences in the local context, working together to develop a list of local/regional priorities and strategies for funding bicycle and pedestrian projects and programs.

The workshop also serves as a great way to meet and socialize with other advocates, agency staff, elected officials, and bicycle/pedestrian professionals.  This provides a priceless opportunity to develop relationships and learn best practices.
 
  
Tentative agenda:  (subject to change)
8:00     Registration (continental breakfast will be provided)
8:30    Introductions
9:00    Keynote Speaker -        Jefferson City:  Former Columbia Mayor Darwin Hindman
                                            Concordia: The Honorable David Pearce, State Senator
9:30    Program Overview
10:30   Break
10:45    State/Regional Context -  Jefferson City: Ron Effland, Non-Motorized Transportation
                         Engineer, MoDOT
                                                Concordia: Hope Visconti, Transportation Planning Coord., MoDOT
11:15     Prioritization Activity
12:00    Lunch (provided)
12:45    Road Map for Success 
1:15      Next Steps Discussion
1:45      Closing
2:00     Training for Trainers (optional, register in advance)
4:00     Adjourn and Happy Hour
 
 
Registrants are invited to join us for a two hour "train the trainer" session after the Action 2020 Workshop. This session will focus on implementation next-steps and preparation for participants to provide similar trainings across the state. If you are interested in attending the "train the trainer" session, please tell us in the "Other Special Requests" box of your online registration. Contact Brighid@AdvocacyAdvance.org for more information.
 
Participants must register by August 10, 2012 at
Jefferson City:   http://www.advocacyadvance.org/trainings/registration/jefferson-city-mo
Concordia:  https://www.advocacyadvance.org/trainings/registration/concordia-mo
 
For more information, contact:  Brent Hugh, Executive Director, Missouri Bicycle & Pedestrian Federation
director@mobikefed.org ,  816-695-6736
 
Workshop Facilitators
Darren Flusche is the Policy Director for the League of American Bicyclists. Before joining the League in April 2009, he worked for six years in New York City on a number of urban policy areas including transportation, education and philanthropy, and the arts. Darren has earned a B.A. in history from Syracuse University and a Masters of Public Administration with a concentration in public policy analysis from New York University.
 
Brighid O'Keane is the Advocacy Advance Program Manager for the Alliance for Biking & Walking.  Before joining the Alliance in February 2011, she opened a food cooperative market as the Program Director of the Berkeley Student Food Collective. An environmental policy graduate of the University of Colorado-Boulder, she has worked in Colorado, California, Alaska, and Thailand on community organizing, organizational development and facilitation.
 
Matt Wempe is the State and Local Advocacy Coordinator for the League of American Bicyclists. Prior to joining the League, he worked for three years as a transportation planner and Safe Routes to School Coordinator in Fort Collins, Colo. He holds a BA in Economics from the University of Illinois at Chicago and a Masters of Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
 
Guest Presenter
Peter Lagerwey is the Regional Office Director for Toole Design Group in the Northwest.  Peter has over 26 years managing high profile pedestrian and bicycle projects and programs with the City of Seattle and as a private consultant.  Peter is a nationally known expert having worked on non-motorized projects and made presentations in over 200 states, counties and cities.  He was the project manager for developing and implementing the widely acclaimed Seattle Bicycle Master Plan; and co-author of the FHWA manual and training course on How to Develop a Pedestrian Safety Action Plan (PSAP).  Peter has taught the PSAP course along with the FHWA's designing for Pedestrian Safety (DPS) course in eleven states.