Healthy Communities Task Force

10:00 a.m., February 9, 2023

Watch Recording

Community Safety by Design: How WE Can Support Safe and Welcoming Trails

A Joint Meeting of the HCTF and East Coast Greenway Alliance

 

Welcome 

Karin Morris, AICP, Director of Community Planning, Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) 

Safety and Security on Trails 

Brittain Storck, ASLA, PLA, Principal, Alta Planning + Design, Atlanta; Board of Trustees Member with the East Coast Greenway Alliance 

What’s Happening in our Region: A Panel Discussion 

Moderated by Shawn Megill Legendre, AICP, Manager, Regional Trails Program, DVRPC 

Panelists include: 

• Eleanor Horne, Former Co-President, Lawrence Hopewell Trail 

• Nicole Seahorn Hameen, Community Program Coordinator, Fairmount Park Conservancy 

• Julie Slavet, Executive Director, Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership 

Closing 

Amy Verbofsky, Manager, Healthy and Resilient Communities, DVRPC 

AICP CM# TBD 

 

Title VI Statement

In effect as of January 30, 2025

The Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) fully complies with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987, and related nondiscrimination mandates in all programs and activities. DVRPC is committed to ensuring that no person is excluded from participation in, or denied the benefits of, all programs and activities on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation, or income level, as protected by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and other related nondiscrimination mandates.

DVRPC's website, www.dvrpc.org, may be translated into multiple languages. Publications and other public documents can be made available in alternative languages and formats, if requested. DVRPC’s public meetings are always held in ADA-accessible facilities and in transit-accessible locations whenever possible. DVRPC will work to accommodate all reasonable requests for translation, interpretation, accommodations or other auxiliary services and encourages that requests be made at least seven days prior to a public meeting. Requests can be made by contacting the Commission’s ADA and Title VI Compliance Officer Shoshana Akins via email at public_affairs@dvrpc.org, calling (215) 592-1800, or while registering for an upcoming meeting.

Any person who believes they have been aggrieved by an unlawful discriminatory practice by DVRPC under Title VI has a right to file a formal complaint. Any such complaint must be in writing and filed with DVRPC's ADA and Title VI Compliance Officer Shoshana Akins and/or the appropriate state or federal agency within 180 days of the alleged discriminatory occurrence. Complaints that a program, service, or activity of DVRPC is not accessible to persons with disabilities should be directed to Shoshana Akins as well. For more information on DVRPC's Title VI program or to obtain a Title VI Complaint Form, please visit: www.dvrpc.org/GetInvolved/TitleVI, call (215) 592-1800, or email public_affairs@dvrpc.org.

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