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8:57 Video
9:00 Welcome
9:05 Awards for NH Legislature Trail Champions: Senator Jay Kahn and Representative Linda Gould. Presented by Chuck Redfern, NHRTC Board.
9:20 Extension of the Norther Rail Trail using City of Concord and Private Funds; Progress on Boscawen and Concord extensions. How were the NH Right of First Refusal and Governor’s Council handled? What can Friends Groups do in the future to aid such negotiations?+ Q&A. Patrick Herlihy Director Aeronatics, Rail and Transit, NHDOT.
10:00 RTP Grants (Recreational Trail Program); Overview of the RTP program and process, types and size of projects, Friends groups may be. Alexis Rudko, RTP Coordinator, NHBOT.
10:25 Other Federal Grant Opportunities: TAP, CMAQ + Q&A; Dave Topham, President NHRTC.
10:45 Granite State Rail Trail: Closing the Gap; Proposal to use “Rail with Trail” to connect Concord and Manchester. Jason Soukup, Manchester Moves.
11:15 Granite State Rail Trail, Manchester Airport Section; How to get around the Manchester Airport. Greg Bakos, VHB Engineering.
12:00 Break
12:57 Rail Trail Video
1:00 The Granite State Explores NH’s Rail Trails; Ellen Kolb describes the joys of a slow pace on rail trails. Ellen Kolb, NHRTC Board.
1:10 Multi-State Trails; Possible multi-state trail connections from New Hampshire + Q&A. Tom Sexton, Rails to Trails Conservancy.
1:45 New Hampshire Seacoast Greenway, NH’s section of the East Coast Greenway; Plans for the NH section of the East Coast Greenway after the acquisition of the corridor to Portsmouth + Q&A. Scott Bogle, Rockingham Planning Commission.
2:20 Chesire County Projects; Updating the ongoing efforts in southwest NH + Q&A. Mike Kowalczyk, NHRTC Board.
2:55 Rail Trails Plan Update + Q&A. Dave Topham, NHRTC President