Trail Strategies, LLC specializes in collaborating with local municipalities to help them navigate trail planning processes and funding. Below you’ll see a little more about how we got here.
Ms. Fink, owner of Trail Strategies, LLC, has over 23 years of experience with public trails in funding, planning, design, and construction oversight and strives to help communities realize their vision and provide them with the tools to plan their future steps.
Lynda is a landscape architect that has worked in government, as a consultant for WisDOT managing their grant trail projects, and as a consultant in both design and construction oversight. With this background, Lynda is aware of the various opportunities and constraints in developing projects. She has worked throughout the state and developed relationships that help in navigating through the red tape and securing funding.
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS/ORGANIZATIONS
- Professional Landscape Architect (PLA): WI | #663-14
- WisDOT Certified Acquisition Agent
- Wisconsin Park & Recreation Association (WPRA)
- Association of Pedestrian & Bicycle Professionals (APBP)
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Bike/Ped Planning
- Feasibility Studies
- Park & Bike / Ped Facility Design
- Trails within utility corridors
- DNR & DOT grant-writing
- WisDOT Local Program Processes
- ADA Compliance
- Public Outreach/ Consensus Building
- Public Outreach/ Consensus
- Fundraising Campaigns / Concept Renderings
- Multi–Government Agency Coordination
- Local ACOE / WisDNR Permitting
- Trail Construction Oversight
- Eminent Domain for Trail Projects
- Project Management
- Training & design charettes
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
Public Involvement Meetings: The Pinnacle of Public Input I WPRA Conference I 2023
Construction Specifications: Protecting your Assets I WPRA Conference I 2023
Navigating a Design Contract: The Steps before ‘Sign Here’ | APWA Conference | 2022 & WPRA Conference | 2022
Connecting Health & Outdoor Recreation: Infrastructure is Key | Wisconsin Healthy Communities Conference | 2022
Grant Writing Workshop | Wisconsin Healthy Communities Conference | 2022
Stopping the Doormat Syndrome: Public Construction | WPRA Conference | 2022
Potholing Your Project | WPRA Conference | 2019
Expanding Your System: The How-To with Land Purchases | WPRA Conference | 2016
Crossing the Chasms: Working with Boardwalks and Bridges | WPRA Conference | 2016
Trails, Sidewalks, and Acronyms | WPRA Conference | 2012
WisDOT Grant Non-Traditional Project Implementation | WisDOT SE Region & Statewide Training | 2011 & 2012
Matching State and Private Funds with Bike/Pedestrian Transportation & Open Space Projects | WAPA /WASLA Annual Conference | 201
Grant Administration: Dotting the “I”s and Crossing the “T”s | WPRA Conference | 2012