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Lakewood Community Progress Incorporated and the City of Lakewood will hold a Walkable Communities Workshop on Monday, June 2, 2008 from 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM in the Beach House at Clifton Beach. This workshop will focus on the ½ mile stretch of Clifton Boulevard that bisects Clifton Park. This area has been selected as the site of the first walkability audit. It is virtually the only area in the city that has no built infrastructure for pedestrian activity.
The City of Lakewood was selected to participate in the Walkable Communities Initiative sponsored by the National Center for Bicycling & Walking. The initiative is funded by the National Center for Bicycling & Walking (NCBW) and is presented with the support of Lakewood Community Progress Inc. NCBW's program is to change the way communities are planned, designed and managed to ensure that people of all ages and abilities can walk and bike easily, safely and regularly. The changes needed to make communities more physically active places will be achieved only through sustained action at the local level – in each community – demanded by the public and supported by positive national, state, and local policies and programs.
The workshop will identify the essential elements of a walkable environment. Armed with that information, participants will walk the Clifton Boulevard stretch making notes about existing obstacles and potential enhancements. Attendees will then return to the Beach House for discussion and documentation of ideas/recommendations. Community participation is essential to the success of the workshop and will play a critical role when soliciting funds for proposed changes to the area.
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The City of Lakewood was selected to participate in the Walkable Communities Initiative sponsored by the National Center for Bicycling & Walking. The initiative is funded by the National Center for Bicycling & Walking (NCBW) and is presented with the support of Lakewood Community Progress Inc. NCBW's program is to change the way communities are planned, designed and managed to ensure that people of all ages and abilities can walk and bike easily, safely and regularly. The changes needed to make communities more physically active places will be achieved only through sustained action at the local level – in each community – demanded by the public and supported by positive national, state, and local policies and programs.
The workshop will identify the essential elements of a walkable environment. Armed with that information, participants will walk the Clifton Boulevard stretch making notes about existing obstacles and potential enhancements. Attendees will then return to the Beach House for discussion and documentation of ideas/recommendations. Community participation is essential to the success of the workshop and will play a critical role when soliciting funds for proposed changes to the area.
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