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THE OLMSTED IN ESSEX LEGACY COUNTY HONORING THE PAST, TREASURING THE PRESENT, SHAPING THE FUTURE Newark, NJ / April 23 – 25 CELEBRATE the 125th anniversary of the Essex County Parks System, the nation’s first county park system, and the importance of stewarding the parks for future generations. EXPLORE the interdependence of the natural world and community values in Olmsted park planning. UNDERSTAND the timeless need for open space and the influence of lessons from the past on future planning. Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. Essex County Executive Learn about the history of our historic Parks System, the profound and the Board of impact Frederick Law Olmsted had on its development and how Chosen Freeholders his ideals continue to influence our open spaces today. THURSDAY • Unexpected Newark: An Orientation to the City • Opening Reception 4 /23 • Welcome and Orientation to the Essex County Park System FRIDAY • Keynote: “How the Olmsted Plan Has Shaped Essex County’s Parks, Growth and Livability for 125 Years” 4 /24 • Panel: “Sustaining Urban Parks & Connecting to Communities” • Afternoon Tour: South Mountain Reservation and the Greater Essex County Park System SATURDAY • Stewardship and Community Engagement presentations by Andrew Lavallee and Charles Pepper 4 /25 • Introducing Olmsted 200 - the Bicentennial of Olmsted’s birth in 2022 • Afternoon Tour: Branch Brook Park and the Ironbound Neighborhood Parks Register at Eventbrite.com; search “Olmsted Legacy” IN ESSEX THE OLMSTED LEGACY COUNTY HONORING THE PAST, TREASURING THE PRESENT, SHAPING THE FUTURE THURSDAY, APRIL 23 FRIDAY, APRIL 24 SATURDAY, APRIL 25 Location: Location: Location: Highlawn Pavilion Robert Treat Hotel - Best Western Hotel Essex County Donald M. Payne School 1 Crest Drive, West Orange 50 Park Place, Newark of Technology, Transportation provided from Robert Treat Hotel 8am Registration and Continental Breakfast 498-544 West Market Street, Newark 4pm Registration 8:45am Welcome 8am Registration and Continental Breakfast 5pm Newark…Then and Now Daniel K. Salvante, Director of Parks, 8:45am Welcome Elizabeth Del Tufo, Past President, Newark Recreation and Cultural Affairs, Essex County 9am Retaining, Maintaining, & Sustaining Our Parks Preservation and Landmarks Committee 9am KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: Introductions: 5:30pm Unexpected Newark! How The Olmsted Plan Shaped Essex County’s Dr. Laura J. Lawson, Landscape Architect and Aisha Glover, CEO, Newark Alliance, one of Parks, Growth & Livability for 125 Years: Dean of Agriculture and Urban Programs, the City’s anchor institutions What is its Future? Rutgers University 6pm Meet & Greet Reception Robert Yaro, Professor of Practice, Stuart Video Presentation: Branch Brook Park 7pm Essex County Parks: First in the Nation Weitzman School of Design, University of Alliance, Legacy Program, Produced by Arleyn Levee, Landscape Historian, and Pennsylvania Jersey Cares & Thomas Dougherty, Faye Harwell FASLA, Director, Rhodeside 10am Break (15 minutes) Chief Operating Officer, Care of the Park Harwell 10:15am PANEL: Sustaining Urban Parks & Connecting 9:15am A Conversation: Private Involvement in Single night tickets available for to Communities – What We Can Learn from Sustaining Our Parks Thursday program. the Field Interviewer: Moderator: Shane Harris, Corporate Giving, Executive Sherri-Ann P. Butterfield, Ph.D, Executive Vice Director, The Prudential Foundation. Chancellor and Associate Professor of Sociology Arthur F. Ryan, Retired CEO and Chairman, at Rutgers University – Newark; Member, Board Prudential Financial. of Trustees, Branch Brook Park Alliance Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr., Essex County Doug Luetjen, President, Friends of Seattle’s Executive Olmsted Parks; co-chair of the Seattle Parks and 10am Session: Reconnecting Stewardship and Recreation Olmsted Legacy Task Force Design Christian Zimmerman FASLA, VP Capital & Andrew Lavallee, FASLA; Partner, SiteWorks Landscape Management, Prospect Park 11am Session: Engaging the Next Generation of Layla George, President and CEO, Louisville Park Stewards Olmsted Parks Conservancy Charlie Pepper, Principal, Landscape Noon-5pm Preservation Specialists Afternoon Guided Tour: 11:45am Presentation: Introducing Olmsted 200– Tour of South Mountain Reservation and the Celebrating Essex County and Beyond Greater Essex County Parks Anne Neal Petri, President and CEO, National Balancing natural, cultural and recreational Association for Olmsted Parks attributes; disease, pests and invasive species; deer enclosures/forest regeneration sites. Noon Remarks: Conference Wrap-up Partnerships with affinity and friends’ groups; 1-5pm Afternoon Guided Tour: Preserving the Olmsted successful initiatives of individual conservancies; Spirit: Branch Brook Park and Cultivating management of popular park features such as Community: Ironbound Neighborhood Parks. ponds and dog parks. Olmsted’s vision for the nation’s first county park; Box lunch included. Separate registration and how the design has changed while preserving fee. Buses will load and return to the Robert the integrity of the intended landscape; strategic Treat Hotel. planning; volunteer coordination. Need for community engagement and the role it played Contributors: over the last century; reconnecting with the Michael Van Clef, PhD, Principal at Ecological Passaic River; the heritage of industrial sites Solutions, LLC and environmental justice; demographic Arleyn Levee, Landscape Historian. changes. Peter Dolan, New Jersey Program Coordinator for the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference Contributors: Faye Harwell, FASLA, Director, Rhodeside Free Evening Harwell Dine on your own. Suggested venues provided Barbara Bell Coleman, Co-Chair, Branch Brook at registration. Park Alliance. Nancy Zak, Community Organizer, SPARK Friends of Riverbank Park and the Ironbound Community Corp. Box lunch included. Separate Registration and fee. Hosted by: Questions? Contact: Jaime D’Onofrio [email protected] Register at Eventbrite.com; search “Olmsted Legacy” #TheOlmstedLegacy.