Walk + Roll - Detroit Shoreway  

July 25, 2009

Saturday 1:00pm - 4:00pm

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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.

Saturday July 25 – Walk+Roll Detroit Shoreway /  Gordon Square:  Nearly three miles of streets and paths will be part of this event which showcases one of Cleveland’s transformative neighborhoods.  The route will show new residential developments and lovely historic neighborhoods, Edgewater Beach and Lake Erie, some of the best new restaurants in our area plus the sites of Gordon Square, a new arts and entertainment district that is gaining national recognition.  Walk+Roll is partnering with Detroit Shoreway Community Development Organization on this special event.