Re: [Elm City Cycling] Re: Merritt Parkway town meetings

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Apr 5, 2012, 7:18:33 AM4/5/12

to Robert Dickinson, Steven Mitchell, da...@readfamilyhome.com, Robert Dexter, Dennis Markatos-Soriano, Bill Oneill, Mark Paquette, Sandy Fry, Bruce Donald, Jim Cassidy, John Paturel, Craig Della Penna, Debbie West, Susan Phillips, Mary Glassman, maryellen thibodeau, cathskis2, fairfiel...@googlegroups.com, in...@trekfairfield.com

Great idea, Bob. I'll pass this along to the Fairfield County team.

Eric

Eric Weis, Trail Program Coordinator
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On 4/4/12 10:01 PM, Robert Dickinson wrote:

Another newspaper for editorial or maybe to do an article on Merritt Parkway trail would be the Wall Street Journal. During the past two or three months I have there have been a couple of articles on bicycling. The most recent one was a young CEO riding to work and or meetings.
Bob
--- On Wed, 4/4/12, da...@readfamilyhome.com <da...@readfamilyhome.com> wrote:

From: da...@readfamilyhome.com <da...@readfamilyhome.com>
Subject: RE: [Elm City Cycling] Re: Merritt Parkway town meetings
To: "Steven Mitchell" <stevenmi...@gmail.com>, "Eric Weis" <er...@greenway.org>
Cc: "Robert Dexter" <skico...@sbcglobal.net>, "Dennis Markatos-Soriano" <den...@greenway.org>, "Robert Dickinson" <rldic...@snet.net>, "Bill Oneill" <billoneil...@cox.net>, "Mark Paquette" <dire...@wincog.org>, "Sandy Fry" <sf...@crcog.org>, "Bruce Donald" <rbd...@hotmail.com>, "Jim Cassidy" <james_p...@mac.com>, "John Paturel" <johnp...@yahoo.com>, "Craig Della Penna" <cr...@greenwaysolutions.org>, "Debbie West" <deb...@greenway.org>, "Susan Phillips" <fitzy...@gmail.com>, "Mary Glassman" <mgla...@simsbury-ct.gov>, "maryellen thibodeau" <methi...@connbike.org>, "cathskis2" <cath...@aol.com>, fairfiel...@googlegroups.com, in...@trekfairfield.com
Date: Wednesday, April 4, 2012, 7:24 PM

In any meetings or letter to the editor, etc. we should pull in some stats about the obesity and diabetes epidemics when making all our great points.

dave

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Subject: Re: [Elm City Cycling] Re: Merritt Parkway town meetings
From: Steven Mitchell <stevenmi...@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, April 04, 2012 8:36 am
To: Eric Weis <er...@greenway.org>
Cc: Robert Dexter <skico...@sbcglobal.net>, Dennis Markatos-Soriano
<den...@greenway.org>, Dave Read <da...@readfamilyhome.com>, Robert
Dickinson <rldic...@snet.net>, Bill Oneill
<billoneil...@cox.net>, Mark Paquette <dire...@wincog.org>,
Sandy Fry <sf...@crcog.org>, Bruce Donald <rbd...@hotmail.com>, Jim
Cassidy <james_p...@mac.com>, John Paturel <johnp...@yahoo.com>,
Craig Della Penna <cr...@greenwaysolutions.org>, Debbie West
<deb...@greenway.org>, Susan Phillips <fitzy...@gmail.com>, Mary
Glassman <mgla...@simsbury-ct.gov>, maryellen thibodeau
<methi...@connbike.org>, cathskis2 <cath...@aol.com>,
fairfiel...@googlegroups.com, in...@trekfairfield.com

Game Plan -

These meeting are critical to the East Coast Greenway future in Connecticut. Even though this section may not be built in the near future (?), these meetings are critical.

From what I have heard - Fairfield is the most "opposed to the idea" town in Fairfield County. I am planning to attend the Fairfield meeting next Tuesday - If anyone wants to join me, I'm traveling in a van - room for 7 :-))))))))

Good Energy Will Prevail,

Steven Mitchell

860-550-0350

On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 9:13 PM, Eric Weis <er...@greenway.org> wrote:

Thanks, Rob.

Several of us, led by Deborah Lewis (a Norwalk resident, and so more likely to get printed) and including Ray Rauth, Franklin Bloomer, Josh Lecar, and Jerry Silber (all Fairfield Co residents), are preparing a reply to this editorial. A good first draft was written, and it should be finalized shortly. Also preparing ourselves in case similar editorials are printed in other Fairfield County papers.

The New Canaan public meeting was held earlier this evening. No reports yet... hope it went well!

Eric

Eric Weis, Trail Program Coordinator
East Coast Greenway Alliance
76 Dorrance St, ste 402
Providence, RI 02903
401-450-7155 (mobile)
greenway.org
er...@greenway.org

On 4/3/12 9:03 PM, Robert Dexter wrote:

can a number of people respond to this article? nicely?

Bruce Donald - you have the number & figures to praise how the Farmington trail is & compair. = what a benefit a trial like this is to the community.

Rob Dexter

--- On Tue, 4/3/12, Turk <res...@yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Turk <res...@yahoo.com>
Subject: [Elm City Cycling] Re: Merritt Parkway town meetings
To: elmcity...@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, April 3, 2012, 8:32 PM

Sorry if this is a duplicate posting, I think I goofed up my first attempt. If not disregard the last sentence and check out this article in the Norwalk Hour. Cheers, Turk

http://www.thehour.com/story/522724/2/bike-path-along-merritt-parkway-poor-use-of-transportation-money

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