"do.walk
do.bike"
Conference
Tues.,
Sept. 1, 2009
&
Wed.,
Sept. 2, 2009
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Cost
$60
Registration
Please
register
online by August 21, 2009.
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"do.walk do.bike" Conference
Explore Minnesota environments that
promote walking and bicycling
Explore what
communities across the nation and right here in Minnesota are
doing to create environments that promote walking and bicycling.
Share your expertise and learn from fellow community leaders
about how they are working to increase physical activity across
the state through policy, planning, projects, programs, and partnerships.
Program
- Keynote speakers:
Gil Penalosa, Executive Director,
Walk & Bike
for Life
Andy Clarke, President, League of American
Bicyclists
Chris Balish,
author of How to Live Well Without
Owning a Car
- Featuring 14 breakout sessions focusing on Minnesota-based initiatives
- More
detail and complete agenda
Location
The conference will be held at the Radisson
University Hotel, 615 Washington Ave. S.E.,
Minneapolis, MN 55414.
For transit information, call
Metro Transit at 612-373-3333 or visit www.metrotransit.org.
Sponsors
This conference is hosted by the PreventionMinnesota
initiative of Blue
Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota and
co-sponsored by Bike Walk Twin Cities, an initiative of Transit
for Livable Communities, the Minnesota
Department of Health,
the Minnesota Department
of Transportation, and the University
of Minnesota Center
for Transportation Studies. |