Matt Hayes is a Senior Project Manager and GIS Manager with Greenways Incorporated. Matt has been with Greenways Incorporated for five years. He has managed a variety of planning-level projects with a focus on pedestrian, bicycle, and greenway planning. He has strengths and experience in leading committee meetings and public involvement meetings, conducting fieldwork, writing, and using GIS as a tool in the area of greenway, bicycle, and pedestrian analysis, planning, and implementation.
Matt has four years of planning experience and more than ten years of experience in all forms of GIS assessment, planning and mapping. He has used GIS as a tool for environmental and ecological applications and has focused his work in the area of greenway and open space planning and implementation, biogeography, climatology, and identification of biodiversity.
Projects he has managed at Greenways Incorporated include the Frankford Creek Greenway Master Plan, Philadelphia, PA, Greensboro, NC Urban Area Bicycle, Pedestrian, and Greenway Plan, Oak Island, NC Bicycle Master Plan, the Holly Springs, NC Pedestrian Master Plan and the Graham, NC Pedestrian Plan.
In addition to his work experience listed above, Matt has completed work on the Durham Bicycle Plan, NC, Greenville Trails Master Plan, SC, Charleston Greenbelt Plan, SC, Northwest Open Space Plan, NV, Grand Canyon Greenway, AZ, Island of St. Croix Bike Path, VI, Poarch Indian Reservation, AL, Region 2000 Greenways and Blueways Plan, VA, and the Wake County, NC Open Space plan, among others.
Education:
Masters of Geography, specializing in Geographic Systems Information technology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2002
Bachelors of Science in Biology, Samford University, 1999, Magna Cum Laude
Presentations:
"Greenways to Reclaim Urban Waterways"
2007 National APA Conference, Philadelphia, PA
"Bicycle and Pedestrian Planning"
April 2007 Quarterly Meeting, North Carolina RPO
