July 26, 2009
Sunday 1:00pm
Detail:
Walk+Roll has gained national attention and is recognized as a visionary for car-free initiatives that are taking hold all over the world. In 2008 New York, Portland, Miami, San Francisco and Chicago each hosted events that were like Cleveland’s Walk+Roll. Many more towns and cities are planning similar events for this summer. Walk+Roll has been featured in webinars, planning conference calls and newsletters by a diverse number of health, urban planning and advocacy organizations. Additionally, the United Nations’ World Health Organization is planning an initiative to get 1,000 cities across the globe doing events like Walk+Roll on April 4, 2010.
Walk+Roll began in 2006 by opening streets to people by temporarily closing Martin Luther King Jr Blvd to cars. The first year, 10,000 people enjoyed Cleveland’s Rockefeller Park and the Cultural Gardens over two Sundays. Walk+Roll branched out in 2008 and brought their temporary street closing event to Lakewood. For 2009, three new Cleveland neighborhoods are partnering with Walk+Roll to create events that encourage people to get out of their cars and to add more bicycling and walking to their daily lives
This is the most ambitious Walk+Roll to date! Nearly eight miles of streets and paths will be used for this route which will include two Cleveland Metroparks, an inner-city golf course, a waterfall and history center, numerous new commercial and residential projects, public art projects, Cleveland Botanical Garden’s community garden, bicycle polo, skateboard lessons, youth concerts and many historic churches. The day will be capped by an open picnic and community celebration at Washington Park sponsored by Slavic Village Development and Councilman Brancatelli.
Walk+Roll began in 2006 by opening streets to people by temporarily closing Martin Luther King Jr Blvd to cars. The first year, 10,000 people enjoyed Cleveland’s Rockefeller Park and the Cultural Gardens over two Sundays. Walk+Roll branched out in 2008 and brought their temporary street closing event to Lakewood. For 2009, three new Cleveland neighborhoods are partnering with Walk+Roll to create events that encourage people to get out of their cars and to add more bicycling and walking to their daily lives
This is the most ambitious Walk+Roll to date! Nearly eight miles of streets and paths will be used for this route which will include two Cleveland Metroparks, an inner-city golf course, a waterfall and history center, numerous new commercial and residential projects, public art projects, Cleveland Botanical Garden’s community garden, bicycle polo, skateboard lessons, youth concerts and many historic churches. The day will be capped by an open picnic and community celebration at Washington Park sponsored by Slavic Village Development and Councilman Brancatelli.
Where:
Slavic Village / Broadway
Broadway Ave
Cleveland, OH 44127
Website:
Event Website
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