Agenda

March 26, 2019

Brookside Gardens

1800 Glenallan Avenue Wheaton, MD 20902

8:30 Registration

9:00 Welcome

Bill Anderson, Assistant Secretary Department of Natural Resources

Stephanie Oberle, Director, Brookside Gardens

9:25 Dr. Autumn Saxton-Ross Access to Nature and Community Health.

10:15 Break

10:20 Dr. Sam Brody Urban Flooding: Our Growing National Challenge to Sustainability

11:10 Break

11:15 Local Story Discussions: Green Infrastructure, Access and Resiliency Part 1

Georgetown C&O Canal Park Development

Kevin Brandt, Superintendent, The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historic Park

Scott Walzak, Georgetown Canal Plan Project Manager, Georgetown Heritage

11:45 Lunch & Exhibits

12:30 Tour of Brookside Gardens: Landscapes, Learning and Leverage:

Choose one of 2 tours: General Gardens or Parking Garden/ Green Infrastructure

1:15 Concurrent Panel discussions - Local stories and Community Engagement

Clare Maffei, US Fish and Wildlife Service’s Baltimore Biodiversity Toolkit

Albert Arevalo - Brookside Gardens & Latino Outdoors, Supporting communities enhance wildlife habitat in their neighborhoods

Bridget Parlato, Baltimore Trash Talk, Community Engagement Through Art

JohnDre Jennings Druid Heights Community Development Corporation, Druid Heights Greening Efforts: Vacants to Green

Jessica Pelt, Executive Director, Beth Shalom, Interfaith Greening Montgomery County

Andrew Jones , Chesapeake Conservation Corps, Town of Edmonston, Bilingual Environmental Education – Removing Language as a Barrier to Learning

2:00 Break and Snack

2:15 Local Story Discussions: Green Infrastructure, Access and Resiliency Part 2

Ellicott City Flood Recovery & Planning

Jim Caldwell, Director, Howard County Office of Community Sustainability

2:45 Nancy Striniste, Principal, EarlySpace

Creating Outdoor Spaces that Connect Children to the Natural World

3:45 Conclude