Preserving the Nature of Streams and Structures
Thursday, March 7, 2013
Saint Joseph's University Campus
Campion Student Center
Saint Joseph's University Campus
Campion Student Center
The workshop is made possible by our may partners, presenters and co-sponsors, including:
Speakers:
Keynote speaker - Rob Armstrong
Preservation & Capital Projects Manager, City of Philadelphia Parks and Recreation
Rob Armstrong is the Preservation and Capital Projects Manager for Philadelphia Parks & Recreation where he works on projects related to the city-wide trail network, historic preservation and other park improvements. He earned his Ph.D. from Lehigh University in American History, investigating the history and development of Philadelphia's Park system and urban open space in Philadelphia
Taron Booker, P.E.
Project Engineer, SEPTA Engineering Department
Robert Duncan
Director, Lower Merion Building and Planning
Mark Eberle
Biologist, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Paul Fugazzotto
Public Relations, Philadelphia Water Department
Public Relations, Philadelphia Water Department
Richard Gacek
President, New Hope Historical Society, Former Chair New Hope HARB, and owner of Gacek Design Group
Born in Boston, MA, Ed was educated at The Boston Latin School, Georgetown University in Washington, DC, and The University of Pennsylvania. He is retired from the Philadelphia Water Department where he was brought on board to develop a public education center at the historic Fairmount Water Works. At the Water Department he held the positions of Interpretive Center Director for eleven years and, more recently, General Manager of Public Affairs for 10 years.
Ed serves on several Boards including that of The Energy Coordinating Agency, the Fund For the Water Works, and Old St. Joseph’s Historic Preservation Corporation. He is president of the Oliver Evans Chapter of the Society for Industrial Archeology, a Trustee of the Abraham Lincoln Foundation at the Union League, and a shareholder of the Philadelphia Athenaeum.
Ed serves on several Boards including that of The Energy Coordinating Agency, the Fund For the Water Works, and Old St. Joseph’s Historic Preservation Corporation. He is president of the Oliver Evans Chapter of the Society for Industrial Archeology, a Trustee of the Abraham Lincoln Foundation at the Union League, and a shareholder of the Philadelphia Athenaeum.
Erin Hammerstedt
Preservation Pennsylvania, Technical Field Services Representative
Cory Kegerise
Community Preservation Coordinator, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Chris Leswing
Assistant Director, Lower Merion Township, Building and Planning Department
Cory Kegerise
Community Preservation Coordinator, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Chris Leswing
Assistant Director, Lower Merion Township, Building and Planning Department
Robert Powers
President, Powers & Company, Historic Preservation Services
Edie Shean-Hammond
Site Superintendant, Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
Director, Natural Resources, Philadelphia Parks & Recreation
Organizers:
Funded by a grant from the United States Department of Energy
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.