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All Day Walkability Workshop
November 23 @ 10:07 pm
Follow-up to May 2nd Imagine Austin Speaker Series with Scott Bricker and City of Austin staff public presentation held at City Hall from 6-8pm (May 2nd).
Free all-day event (We are limited to 60 registered guests).
Parking and directions: http://goo.gl/pBJgj
Capital Metro trip planner: http://goo.gl/1r7vE
It is indeed a great pleasure to invite you to the America Walks/CDC Walking Action Network Workshop for Austin. The event is to catalyze and enhance individual and community-based efforts to increase walking and walkability in Austin, by connecting local leaders and community members with the talents and expertise of America Walks and a cadre of other leaders working on relevant initiatives.
Lunch provided by MapMyFitness!
What's your Walk Score? Type in your address and find out http://goo.gl/8NUm
Here is a link to a "walk audit" done using Walk Score to measure the pros and cons of Austin Walkability. http://goo.gl/fY586
Confirmed speakers include:
Eileen Nehme, Graduate Research Assistant/Dell Health Scholar at Dell Center for Healthy Living | Twitter @msdcenter | http://goo.gl/oSAqi
Jeremy Grandstaff, Partner, Independent Organization Consultant at S&G Endeavors | Twitter @jeremygrandstaff | http://goo.gl/6cQXW
Kevin Callahan, co-founder and VP of Innovation Strategy at MapMyFitness |Twitter @MapMyFitness | http://goo.gl/i1b1Y
May Schmidt, an Austinite by birth retired from the Austin Public Library and currently serves as librarian for the Texas Archeological Research Laboratory at U.T. Austin http://goo.gl/8ch6X
Scott Bricker, Executive Director at America Walks | Twitter @americawalks | http://goo.gl/Q2WWC
Vicki Parsons, Butler Community School Director at Ballet Austin | Twitter @BalletAustinBCS | http://goo.gl/skpFG
This event will give you an opportunity to brainstorm and interact with various community members.
We look forward to see you at the event.
Sincerely,
The Design Team, Imagine Austin
Share, post pictures and keep the conversation going | Twitter @americawalks | Follow #WalkAustin2013 to join the conversation
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A follow up includes forming a Pedestrian Advisory Council (PAC) in Austin. This would be similar to the Bicycle Advisory Council http://goo.gl/002tT. Two examples of BACs are in Washington DC http://goo.gl/bi61d and Arlington, VA http://goo.gl/Y8M4G.
In addition to sharing your ideas, know that this is just the beginning, where stakeholders will come together and create a strategy to increase walking in Austin. We really do wish you were able to make it so we would have your wisdom and enthusiasm in the room; however, there will be plenty of next steps and ways to engage after the meeting in the work we do, and we hope you will continue to stay involved. Follow #WalkAustin2013 to join the conversation.