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2010 Working Waterway & Waterfronts Symposium Program
September 27-30, 2010
Portland, Maine
Wednesday, September 29 Presentations
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Plenary Sessions
Track 3: Access to Capital & Grant-making for Working Waterfront Initiatives Federal and State Focus
Access to Capital and Grant-making: Federal and Model State Programs
- U.S Fish and Wildlife Service Grant Opportunities for Boating Access, Boating Infrastructure Grants, Clean Vessel Act Grants
Christy Vigfusson, National Grant Programs Coordinator, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- Adaptive Implementation of Maine’s Working Waterfront Access Pilot Program (WWAPP) over a Four Year Period
Dick Clime, WWAPP Administrator, Coastal Enterprises Inc., Jim Connors, Senior Planner, Maine Coastal Program, and Hope Hilton, Attorney for State of Maine, Working Waterfront Access Pilot Program
- The Working Waterfront Tax Law - Maine’s Newest Current Use Taxation Program
Jeff Kendall, Chief of Training & Certification, Maine Revenue Services
Breakout Sessions
Track 1: Economic, Social/Cultural, and Environmental Impacts of and on Working Waterfronts
Portland, Oregon - Working Waterfronts in the 21st Century
- Portland, Oregon: Working Waterfronts in the 21st Century
Phil Grillo, Attorney, Miller Nash LLP, Moderator
- A short history of the Portland Harbor and the Working Waterfront Coalition
Ann Gardner, Executive Director of the Working Waterfront Coalition
- An Overview of the Challenges River-Dependent Businesses Face along the Harbor
Rob Mathers, Director of Business Development, Northwest Terminals, Kinder Morgan
TRACK 2 - Successful Local, Regional, State, and Federal Strategies Addressing Working Waterfront
Successful Strategies: Effective Partnerships and Networks
- Sustainable Coastal Communities and the West Coast Governors’ Agreement on Ocean Health: Experiences Creating and Implementing a Tri-State Action Plan
Katrina Hoffman, Coastal Resources Specialist, Washington Sea Grant
- The West Coast Ecosystem-based Management Network: An Innovative Partnership of Local Coastal Communities
John Hansen, Network Coordinator, West Coast Ecosystem-based Management Network
- Connecting Community and Commercial Fishermen to Create a Healthy Waterfront: Hatteras Island, North Carolina
Jack Thigpen, Extension Director, North Carolina Sea Grant, Moderator
co-authors Susan West, Hatteras Island Journalist, Jennifer Brewer, East Carolina University, Sara Mirabilio, North Carolina Sea Grant
- Identifying Coastal Waterfront Access Challenges & Opportunities for South Carolina Marine Fisheries Stakeholders
Amber Von Harten, Fisheries Specialist, South Carolina Sea Grant
TRACK 3 - Access to Capital & Grant-making for Working Waterfront Initiatives Federal and State Focus
Access to Capital and Grant-making: Non-Government Organizations and Public Private Partnerships
- The Role a Community Development Organization can take in the Protection of Working Waterfronts
Hugh Cowperthwaite, Fisheries Project Director, Coastal Enterprises, Inc., Moderator
- What is the Role of Private Funding in Working Waterfront Preservation
Robert Snyder, Vice President of Programs, The Island Institute
- Community Action Saves A Working Waterfront
Sue Hawkes, Board Member, Holbrook Community Foundation
TRACK 4 - The Working Waterfront Interface: Small Business to Regional Port
Plans, Programs and Policies Fostering Cooperation
Chuck Pistis, Michigan Sea Grant, Moderator
- Cooperative Approach to Modernize Massachusetts’ Working Waterfront Policy
Kathryn Glenn, Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management
- Harbor Planning: An Example of a Successful Harbor Advisory Committee
Andy McDonald, Principal Planner, Duluth-Superior Metropolitan Interstate Council
- Toward a "Shipwatching Program" for Boston Harbor: An Idea Whose Time Should Come
Dr. Dennis Ducsik, Public Trust Policies Coordinator, Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management
TRACK 5 - The Future of Working Waterfronts: Changing Climate, Changing Influence, Changing Uses
Adapting to New and Future Uses of Waterfronts
- Ferry Experience in New York Harbor
Amit Bhowmick, Manager, Ferry Operations, Port Authority of NY & NJ (tentative)
- Flagships for the Future
Andrew Willner, Sustainability Consultant, Andrew J Willner, Inc.
- Keeping Working Waterfronts Viable Through Economic Diversification; Aquaculture a Tool for the Next Generation
Sebastian Belle, Executive Director, Maine Aquaculture Association
Plenary Sessions
Track 4: The Working Waterfront Interface: Small Business to Regional Port
Working Waterfront Interface: Federal Programs and Working Waterfronts
- U.S. Coast Guard: Making Connections, Strengthening Community
Laura van der Pol, Chief, Waterways Management Division, U.S. Coast Guard Sector Northern New England
- Marine Spatial Planning: Where do Working Waterfronts Fit In?
Stephanie Showalter, Director, National Sea Grant Law Center
- Using Coastal and Waterfront Smart Growth Elements to Address Working Waterfront Issues
Kenneth Walker, Program Analyst, NOAA
- US Army Corps of Engineers: Providing access to waterfront areas in New England and nationally.
Edward O'Donnell, Chief of Navigation, New England District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Breakout Sessions
Track 1: Economic, Social/Cultural, and Environmental Impacts of and on Working Waterfronts
Protecting Waterfront Environments from Harmful Impacts
- The Evolution of Waterfront Protection Technology
Pete Hanrahan, Erosion Control & Geoproduct Manager, Everett J. Prescott, Inc.
- Small Oil Spills....More than a Nuisance.
Eric Olsson, Education Specialist, Washington Sea Grant
- A Low-Cost System for Environmental Monitoring, Deployed in Portland Harbor
Nicholas Record, Research Associate, University of Maine/Gulf of Maine Research Institute, Moderator
TRACK 2 - Successful Local, Regional, State, and Federal Strategies Addressing Working Waterfront
Successful Strategies: Field-tested Tools for Addressing Working Waterfront Issues
Robert Swett, Florida Sea Grant, Moderator
- Accessing the Coast: everything you wanted to know about the rights and responsibilities of accessing the coast
Kristen Grant and Natalie Springuel, Marine Extension Associates, Maine Sea Grant; Jennifer McCormick, Coastal Communities Agent, New Jersey Sea Grant
- At the Water’s Edge in Virginia: Local and Regional Tools, Strategies, and Policy to Ensure Public Access and Sustainable Dilapidation
Lewie Lawrence, Director of Regional Planning, Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority
- Regulation by Stakeholder Input and Its Subsequent Effect on Development and Access on the Highland Lakes
Matt Phillips, Marina Program Coordinator, and Stan Rountree, Water Surface Management, Lower Colorado River Authority
Track 1: Economic, Social/Cultural, and Environmental Impacts of and on Working Waterfronts
Preserving Working Waterfront History: Social/Cultural Impacts
- Heeding the Landscape’s Usable Past: Public History in the Service of a Working Waterfront
Michael Chiarappa, Associate Professor of History and Environmental Studies, Western Michigan University, Moderator
- Redevelopment Strategies for a Diverse and Vibrant Newport Harbor
Teresa Crean, Coastal Manager, Rhode Island Sea Grant/University of Rhode Island Coastal Resources Center
- Midcoast Maine--More than Meets the Eye: A Photographic Exploration of Working Waterfronts from Port Clyde to Belfast as Seen Through the Eyes of Teenagers.
Meredith Lynt, Program Director, Trekkers, Inc.
Track 4: The Working Waterfront Interface: Small Business to Regional Port
Working Waterfront Interface: Linking Communities and Resources with Industry and Infrastructure
- Providing Physical Public Access to the Shoreline in Industrial/Commercial Areas of Washington State
Nicole Faghin, Principal, Planning and Environmental Services, Reid Middleton
- Landing Industry
Daniel Adams, Urban Designer, Landing Studio
- Links Between Community Waterfront Infrastructure and Access to Viable Natural Resources
Peter Grenell, General Manager, San Mateo County Harbor District, Moderator
TRACK 2 - Successful Local, Regional, State, and Federal Strategies Addressing Working Waterfront
Redevelopment, Revitalization, Retention of Working Waterfronts: National Models
Katrina Hoffman, Washington Sea Grant, Moderator
- Revitalizing a Working Waterfront: The Redevelopment of Sheboygan’s South Pier District
Patrick Doher, LEED AP Senior Vice President/Senior Civil Engineer, JJR
- The Preservation and Enhancement of Working Waterfronts in the Florida Keys
Michael Brown, President, MLB Planning
- Detroit’s New Riverfront – A Transformed Working Waterfront
Patrick Doher, LEED AP Senior Vice President/Senior Civil Engineer, JJR
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