Mark your calendars and plan to
attend both events...here are the details:
Ciclovia Keynote Speech Oct. 28th
Mr. Penalosa was invited to be FTPA's
keynote speaker as part of an effort to enhance FDOT's bike/ped safety campaign. FDOT District 1 Secretary, Billy Hattaway,
will be on hand to introduce the keynote speaker. Gil Penalosa's
keynote speech will be on Tuesday, October 28, 2014 @ 11:30 am – 1:30
pm.
FTPA
is inviting local officials and staff, as well as BikeWalkLee's broad network, to
attend the keynote speech, and has set up a special "Keynote Luncheon Fee" for anyone that would like to
attend. To register, go to:www.regonline.com/fpta2014.The fee is just $65
(includes lunch), which is nearly half off the normal one day registration cost. (Thank you, FTPA!)
Gil Peñalosa, Executive Director, 8-80 Cities
Gil Penalosa is passionate about cities for all people, regardless of social, economic or ethnic background. Gil advises decision makers and communities on how to create vibrant cities and healthy communities for all: from 8 to 80 years old. His focus is the design and use of parks and streets as great public places, as well as on sustainable mobility. Because of his unique blend of pragmatism and passion, Gil’s leadership and advice is sought out by many cities and organizations. As Executive Director of the Canadian non-profit organization 8-80 Cities for the past six years, Gil has worked in over 130 different cities in all continents. As former Commissioner of Parks, Sport and Recreation for the City of Bogotá, Colombia, Gil successfully led the design and development of over 200 parks of which Simón Bolívar, a 360 hectare park in the heart of the city is the best known; here he created the Summer Festival, with over 100 events in 10 days and more than 3 million people attending, making it the main annual recreational and cultural event in the country. Gil’s team also initiated the “new Ciclovia”— a program which sees over 1 million people walk, run, skate and bike along 121 kilometers of Bogotá’s city roads every Sunday, and today it’s internationally recognized and emulated.
Gil Penalosa is passionate about cities for all people, regardless of social, economic or ethnic background. Gil advises decision makers and communities on how to create vibrant cities and healthy communities for all: from 8 to 80 years old. His focus is the design and use of parks and streets as great public places, as well as on sustainable mobility. Because of his unique blend of pragmatism and passion, Gil’s leadership and advice is sought out by many cities and organizations. As Executive Director of the Canadian non-profit organization 8-80 Cities for the past six years, Gil has worked in over 130 different cities in all continents. As former Commissioner of Parks, Sport and Recreation for the City of Bogotá, Colombia, Gil successfully led the design and development of over 200 parks of which Simón Bolívar, a 360 hectare park in the heart of the city is the best known; here he created the Summer Festival, with over 100 events in 10 days and more than 3 million people attending, making it the main annual recreational and cultural event in the country. Gil’s team also initiated the “new Ciclovia”— a program which sees over 1 million people walk, run, skate and bike along 121 kilometers of Bogotá’s city roads every Sunday, and today it’s internationally recognized and emulated.
Check out BikeWalkLee Blog's 2011 story: Ciclovia: Bogota, Colombia which includes a great video by Streetfilms showing the potential of this international phenomenon.
Streets
Alive event in Downtown Fort Myers, Nov. 2nd:
The second annual Streets Alive event,
presented by Streets Alive of Lee County, Inc., is coming to downtown Fort Myers on November 2nd, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The streets will be closed to motor vehicles
and open just to people--of all ages and abilities--to have fun, get fit and
eat healthy. There will be a buffet of
choices from hula hoop to meditative walks to dance to basketball to Zumba--and
all the activities are free. Of course,
with streets closed to traffic you can create your own movement by walking,
jogging, skateboarding, riding your bike and more!
The second annual Streets Alive event,
presented by Streets Alive of Lee County, Inc., is coming to downtown Fort Myers on November 2nd, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The streets will be closed to motor vehicles
and open just to people--of all ages and abilities--to have fun, get fit and
eat healthy. There will be a buffet of
choices from hula hoop to meditative walks to dance to basketball to Zumba--and
all the activities are free. Of course,
with streets closed to traffic you can create your own movement by walking,
jogging, skateboarding, riding your bike and more!
BikeWalkLee is one of the partners
helping organize the event, and will again have its community engagement booth with
multiple creative activities. Come join the
community conversation about making our neighborhoods more
walkable/bikeable/livable. 
Stay tuned for
upcoming BikeWalkLee blog posts on the event.
In the meantime, here's the link to the Streets Alive website, and
links to BikeWalkLee blog posts about last year's event:
- Report from last year's event--Streets Alive! Lee helps people commit to healthy lifestyle (7/11/14)
Report by Darla Letourneau
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