Webinars & Training
Rails to Trails Conservancy produces free webinars and trainings designed to help trail professionals build, grow, manage, maintain, promote or otherwise support trails and trail networks.
Upcoming Events
Sept. 10 | Webinar
Trails Across America: Grant Funding for Historical Markers That Elevate Trailside History
Discover how your trail can become a platform for preserving and promoting the unique history of your community. In this one-hour webinar, hosted by Rails to Trails Conservancy and the William G. Pomeroy Foundation, you’ll learn about the Trails Across America marker grant program, which provides fully funded cast-aluminum roadside markers to commemorate historically significant people, places and events along more than 42,000 miles of multiuse trails nationwide.
Susan Hughes will introduce the William G. Pomeroy Foundation and its mission to help communities celebrate their local history through markers grounded in thoroughly vetted, primary source-based research. Amy Kapp will highlight the power of storytelling on trails and how markers can amplify the meaning of place. Together, they will outline the marker grant application process, offer tips for selecting compelling historical subjects and share inspiring examples of recent markers. The workshop will also explore how trailside historical markers foster pride of place, support tourism and preserve local history for future generations.
Whether you manage a trail, represent a nonprofit or are passionate about public history, this session will equip you with the guidance and tools to bring your community’s stories to life.
Note: Qualifies for 1.0 Certification Maintenance credits from the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP CM credits).
Sep. 30 | Webinar
TrADE Talk: Transportation Alternative Trends and Transformative Impact
Join the TrailNation Collaborative, powered by Rails to Trails Conservancy, as we explore RTC’s recently released TrADE report and hear from regional planning professionals about how they are innovatively using their state’s Transportation Alternatives (TA) program funds to invest in large-scale connectivity projects.
RTC is a certified provider of AICP Certification Maintenance (CM) credits.
AICP members can earn CM credits for eligible webinars and in-person events. When available, credits are noted at the end of each activity description. All our webinars are free and recorded.
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