BIKE TRAIL TOUR #1: WESTSIDE CREEK GREENWAY - SEPTEMBER 18, 2021
8:00am Registration / 8:30am Ride begins (approximately 2 hours)

 

 

The Westside Creeks represent a new and relatively unknown addition to the San Antonio Howard W. Peak Greenway System. They connect many parts of San Antonio's characteristic Westside to the San Antonio River. In this ride, we will visit and talk with experts that will share their stories about Ecological Restoration, the iconic Confluence Park, San Pedro and Apache Creeks design and construction, the new campus for SaySí, the importance of safe connections and crossings, and the potential of Rosedale Park in the newly built context. 

 

The stops for this ride are: 

 

 

Daniel Leal
Assistant Director of Development Services
City of Fort Worth
Former Urban Designer at City of San Antonio

Daniel is a certified Urban Designer, Architect, and Urban Planner. Until recently, Daniel was the Project Manager for the Westside Creek we are exploring in the tour. He also has an array of experience in the fields of Planning, Design, Project Management, Construction, and Real Estate Finance.  He is a proactive and creative person, with high analysis capacity, strategic vision, and the ability to adapt urban principles to specific situations.

 

David Bemporad
Trails & Transportation Planner
Great Springs Project

David Bemporad is the Trails and Transportation Planner for the Great Springs Project, working to plan, design, and implement publicly accessible cycling and pedestrian trails throughout the San Antonio region. In this role, he served as the administrator for ActivateSA, a nonprofit working to connect San Antonio with a comprehensive, safe, and equitably designed pedestrian and cycling network. David is a 2021 Master in Urban Planning graduate of the Harvard Graduate School of Design, a 2020 Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Summer
Fellow, a 2017 Bill Archer Fellow, and a born-and-raised San Antonian. 

 

 

Joey Pawlik
Active Transportation Planner
Alamo Area Metropolitan Planning Organization

Joey Pawlik is the Active Transportation Planner with the Alamo Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (AAMPO). He is a native of San Antonio who graduated from Texas A&M University with a BS in Sociology, minor in Urban Planning. Prior to joining the AAMPO, Joey was the Constituent Services and Community Outreach Manager for State Representative Barbara Gervin-Hawkins, Texas House District 120. Joey is passionate about bicycle and pedestrian safety having been a bicyclist and bicycle commuter most of his life. He helps advance the Alamo Area’s active transportation planning goals and helps to contribute to road safety for all users. Joey also supports the MPO’s Bicycle and Pedestrian Mobility Advisory Committees, as well as the MPO’s Active Transportation Program. Joey is also enrolled in the UTSA MS Urban & Regional Planning Program, Co-Chair of the ULI-San Antonio Mobility Local Member Council, a member of the ActivateSA board of directors, and a member of the VIA Transit Community Council. 

TOUR STOP SPEAKERS (in addition to our trail tour leaders):

 

Steven Schauer
Director of External Communications
San Antonio River Authority

Steven Schauer has been with the San Antonio River Authority since January 2007. Schauer oversees the Government Affairs Department and Brand & Public Communications Department. His work at the River Authority includes developing and implementing the strategic direction for the agency’s communication and outreach activities, acting as SARA’s spokesman, coordinating local, state, and federal legislative and policy agendas, and directing the educational outreach programs. He also manages the River Authority’s national and international relations.

 

Frates Seeligson
Executive Director
San Antonio River Foundation
 
Director of Confluence Park, Seeligson has been devoted to the San Antonio River Foundation since 2006. Seeligson, a graduate of Duke University and the Texas Christian University Ranch Management Program, has spent decades working with the land in his native South Texas. Frates will explain the SARF involvement in the Ecological Restoration project in Mission Reach, and the role of Confluence Park plays in this vision.

 

 

President and Director of Innovation
SaySi 

Jon is an artist masquerading as an arts administrator. He is active in professional: local, regional, and national creative youth development initiatives and has presented and facilitated learning at numerous conferences and symposia on the value, tangible evidence, and the transformative power the arts have on urban youth. He hopes his legacy will be inspiring and educating the next generation of our nation’s creative leaders

 

 

ROSEDALE PARK: 

Ram Gonzales
CEO
Prosper West San Antonio & Managing Partner Urban Lazarus Partners

Ram Gonzales leads the strategy and operations of Prosper West San Antonio in its mission to strengthen neighborhoods and small businesses, increase economic opportunities, and facilitate reinvestment in the westside of San Antonio. Urban Lazarus Partners provides secure and passive real estate investments for cash and retirement investors. Urban Lazarus investments provide solid returns, high security, and positive community impact through creative investing strategies. 
 

 

Teri Castillo
District 5 Councilwoman
City of San Antonio

 

Teri Castillo is a life-long, generational resident of District 5, raised on and resident of the West Side of San Antonio, and proud daughter and granddaughter of migrant farm workers. Castillo is a Burbank High School alumnus and holds a master’s degree in History with a focus in Urban Policy from UTSA. The Councilmember is a housing organizer, a historian of urban policy, has organized statewide for health care with the Texas Organizing Project, served on the Tier 1 Neighborhood Coalition Steering Committee and since 2019 has been an active member of the Historic Westside Neighborhood Association. She has worked in District 5 public schools for six years.
Elected to the City Council in June of 2021, the District office priorities will be infrastructure and affordable housing
 

 

 

 

Don't have a bike? You can rent one when you register and they will be on-site! Limited availability.

 

 

 

 

 

Pedego Electric Bike - $45 (helmet included)

 

 

 

 

SABikeShare Bike - $45 (no helmet provided) 

 

 

 

 

RESOURCES
Westside Creeks Restoration Project Website
Howard A. Peak Greenway Trail System Website