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Open Streets is tomorrow...hope to see everyone there!

Bike, walk, roll, stroll, yoga, salsa dance and more! No cars!

http://www.thechainlink.org/events/open-streets

Ethan, with Active Trans

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Permalink Reply by RodimusPrime on July 31, 2009 at 10:24pm
i'm always working during these things :(
Permalink Reply by yaj 7.4 on August 1, 2009 at 10:18am
I've gathered a small group of riders and we're headed out shortly.
I volunteered both days last year, but this year I'm just going to go enjoy it!
Permalink Reply by Ken Gray on August 1, 2009 at 4:54pm
Well it's all over now, sorry if you missed it. What a lot of fun!
Permalink Reply by yaj 7.4 on August 1, 2009 at 5:11pm
You're right Ken, what a lot of fun!
I can't decide if the marching band or the bicyle-powered blender making smoothies was my favorite part.
Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on August 1, 2009 at 5:25pm
yeah the blender was awesome. i'll post a pic of my nephew with it later. AMAZING event as usual Active Trans!
Permalink Reply by Jennifer Mach on August 1, 2009 at 8:44pm
We had a great time too-- between the ride and biking to the ride, we did over 20 miles with our 5-year-old daughter, who alternated between pedaling on the trail-a-bike and lounging in the trailer. The smoothies were genius. The marching band was excellent and the Garfield Conservatory activities were great-- my daughter made this sweet pressed flower necklace. Thanks ActiveTrans!

Cheers, Jen

P.S. What was up with the people in the pink T-shirts? We had a hard time getting around some of their groups, especially the ones walking 8-10 abreast.
Permalink Reply by Ken Gray on August 2, 2009 at 8:48am
The Pink Shirts were all folks walking for Breat Cancer Research, so I have to cut them slack eeven though they did walk "8-10 abreast" I took a picture.

Permalink Reply by Active Transportation Alliance on August 2, 2009 at 9:41am
Wow, what a great day...thanks to everyone who volunteered and enjoyed it!

The Chicago Community Trust, our major funder, was pleased with the day. The Chicago Police and our other city partners were great to work with.

Our nonprofit partners (N to S - Logan Square Neighborhood Association, Greater Humboldt Park Community of Wellness, Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance, Lawndale Christian Development Corporation and Enlace) produced a ton of amazing activities during the event.

And, Active Trans signed up more than 70 new members for the cause!

Here's hoping we can all do it again next summer (with more dates, of course)!

Thanks so much,

Ethan, with Active Trans
Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on August 2, 2009 at 10:35am
My nephew was exhausted after the day of biking and playing!

Active Transportation Alliance said:
Wow, what a great day...thanks to everyone who volunteered and enjoyed it!

The Chicago Community Trust, our major funder, was pleased with the day. The Chicago Police and our other city partners were great to work with.

Our nonprofit partners (N to S - Logan Square Neighborhood Association, Greater Humboldt Park Community of Wellness, Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance, Lawndale Christian Development Corporation and Enlace) produced a ton of amazing activities during the event.

And, Active Trans signed up more than 70 new members for the cause!

Here's hoping we can all do it again next summer (with more dates, of course)!

Thanks so much,

Ethan, with Active Trans
Permalink Reply by Jennifer Mach on August 2, 2009 at 4:36pm
Ken Gray said:
The Pink Shirts were all folks walking for Breat Cancer Research, so I have to cut them slack eeven though they did walk "8-10 abreast" ...

Ah, the pink t-shirt should have been a giveaway! Good for them for supporting cancer research, and I will cut them some slack too-- I suppose they were really walking "16-20 abreast", hey?

Jen
Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on August 2, 2009 at 5:05pm
It was a lot of fun - lots of opportunities for kids' art projects along the route, many different types of music and dancing, tons of little kids having a great time zooming around on little bikes and trikes. The best part for me was seeing SOOO many people out having fun. Here's a picture of the bike-powered blender making smoothies. Yum!

Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on August 2, 2009 at 5:07pm


People were dancing up a storm in La Villita. Yeah!

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