 ECGA Trustee (NC) |
Chuck Flink is Founder and President of Greenways Incorporated, and is recognized as a leading national authority for the planning, design and implementation of greenway and trail systems and facilities. He has worked on projects in more than 100 communities within 32 States. He has also provided consulting services to clients in Canada, Japan and Argentina.
Mr. Flink has co-authored two award winning books: Greenways. A Guide to Planning, Design and Development, and Trails for the Twenty First Century. Both publications have been cited by the American Planning Association as the "best single reference" on the creation of trails and greenways. Flink is an award-winning landscape architect and has been featured in prominent national and international publications including National Geographic, Landscape Architecture, Walking, American Planning, Rails-to-Trails, Good Housekeeping, Southern Living, Business Journal Magazine, and American City County. Mr. Flink has lectured on the planning, design and implementation of greenways at more than 150 national and international conferences. He is a graduate of North Carolina State University's School of Design (1982) and served as an Adjunct Professor of Landscape Architecture from 1994-1998. He served three consecutive terms as Chairman of the Board for American Trails, Inc. Washington, DC (1989-1992). He was elected a Fellow in the American Society of Landscape Architects in 2003. |