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College of Arts & Sciences Storm Water

***Registration for the workshop has closed. We cannot accept additional registrations at this time. ***

Preserving the Nature of Streams and Structures
A Workshop on Storm Water and Historic Preservation Issues

Organized by Saint Joseph's University and The Lower Merion Conservancy

Thursday, March 7, 2013
Saint Joseph's University Campus
Campion Student Center

Time Start	Time End	Session Type	Storm Water Topic/Speaker		HP Topic/Speaker
8:30	9:00	Registration	Conference Staff Coffee and refreshments will be available throughout the morning sessions
9:00	9:15	Welcome	Mike McCann (SJU) and Patty Thompson (LMC)
9:15	10:00	Plenary  Session	History and Storm Water in the Greater Philadelphia Region Rob Armstrong, Preservation Specialist, Philadelphia Parks and Recreation, Fairmount Park
10:00	11:00	Concurrent Session #1	Government and Storm Water Taron Booker, SEPTA Paul Fugazzotto, Philadelphia Water Department	Historic Preservation Incentives in Your Community Cory Kegerise, Community Preservation Coordinator, PA Historical and Museum Commission
11:00	12:00	Concurrent Session #2	Storm Water Issues with Open Space, Institutions and Trails Tom Witmer, Director, Natural Resources, Philadelphia Parks & Recreation J. Thomas Becker, PE, EFP, CEFP, Associate Vice President for Operations, Philadelphia University	Incentives Panel: Perspectives on Utilizing Incentives to Protect Local Heritage Robert Duncan, Director, Lower Merion Building and Planning Richard Gacek, President, New Hope Historical Society Erin Hammerstedt, Preservation Pennsylvania, Technical Field Services Representative Robert Powers, President, Powers & Company, Historic Preservation Services
12:00	1:00	LUNCH
1:00	2:15	Joint  Session	Managing Storm Water in an Historic Landscape: The Cynwyd Heritage Trail and Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site Chris Leswing, Lower Merion Township, Building and Planning  Kimberlee Douglas, Founding Principal, Studio Gaea Edie Shean-Hammond, Site Superintendant, Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site Glen Stevens, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
2:15	2:30	Coffee Break
2:30	3:45	Joint  Session	Balancing Historic Resource Needs and Storm Water Management Near Waterways Ed Grusheski, Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center Mark Eberle, Biologist, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

*The workshop is free and open to everyone who is interested. Advanced registration is required.

An on-line map of the Saint Joseph's University Campus is available here. The Campion Student Center is building #15 on this map. Free parking will be available in the Hawk's Landing parking structure (#52 on the map). There will be a shuttle van running from the parking structure to the Campion Building from 8 - 9 am and from 4 - 5 pm.

The workshop is free and open to the public thanks to the support of the U. S. Department of Energy, Saint Joseph's University and the Lower Merion Conservancy.

For more information, contact Mary Feeney (SJU) at mfeeney@sju.edu or 610-660-1146, or Patty Thompson (LMC) at patty@dragonfly.org or at 610-645-9030.