As the initiator, advocate and principal consultant, Susan lead the Credit Valley Trail Strategy initiative that spent 60-years on the books.

In partnership with the Friends of the Greenbelt Foundation, Credit Valley Conservation Foundation and Credit Valley Conservation, Susan:

• designed and launched the Call to Action in February 2015
• brought over 55 partners to the table;
• lead First Nations, Metis and Indigenous community involvement;
• leveraged funding resources for the project team;
• conducted over 5 council delegations and 15 community engagement sessions;
• formed and facilitated Steering Committee meetings;
• designed community outreach surveys, blogs and media articles;
• designed and coordinated a Municipal Leaders Forum as well as one-on-one interviews with every local, regional and provincial elected official along the CVT 100-km alignment;
• identified the preferred trail alignment in partnership with local and regional planning staff;
• authored the first two versions of the final CVT Strategy;
• and informed the development of the CVT Governance Council.