Showing posts with label community. Show all posts
Showing posts with label community. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Somerville named bicycle friendly community


From The Somerville News
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City given bronze-level recognition by the League of American Bicyclists
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With plans under way to expand its network of streets marked for bicycling and to extend the Community Path, Somerville has been named a bronze-level Bicycle Friendly Community by the Washington, D.C.-based League of American Bicyclists. Somerville joins a host of other cities receiving this level of recognition for its efforts to promote bicycling, including Kansas City, Mo.; Raleigh, N.C.; and Northampton, Mass.

Somerville added 10 miles of streets marked for bicycling last year and will add another 11 this year, making it approximately a 30-mile bicycle network inside a city of 4.1 square miles.


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Saturday, April 24, 2010

Park Serve Day at Foss Park! TODAY!

Reposted from Somerville Voices:

Park Serve Day at Foss Park

All you need is your community spirit and the DCR provides the rest!Read more info here: http://parkserv.env.state.ma.us/
-> We are delighted to have Groundwork Somerville join our efforts!-> Meet at the entrance ramp to the Latta Brothers Memorial Poolhouse.-> DCR will supply all plants and tools, but you may bring your favorite spade or shovel.-> Saturday’s forecast calls for 64 degrees and partly sunny!

Join the Foss Park Community Restore Beauty to Somerville’s Largest Green Space
DCR’s 4th Annual Park Serve Day:Saturday, April 24, 201010:00 AM -to- 1:00 PM