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PAST EVENTS: FREE BIKE VALET PARKING at NEWTON FARMERS MARKET, cold spring park -tuesdays. 1:30-6 pm, reopens july 10,2012 SEPTEMBER 11, SENIOR RIDE ALONG CHARLES RIVER PATH: COSPONSORED BY NEWTON PARKS & REC, SENIOR CENTER MAY 15 NEWTONSERVES: maintainance of off-road paths; ice cream social, music & bike newton rally at war memorial march 26 10 am -2 pm newton unplugged & connected: “get your bike ready for spring”, war memorial triangle oct 27, 2010 newton safety summit, NNHS oct 10, 2010 350.org “10/10/10” global work party. bike ride & tree planting for climate solutions, cosponsors: green decade, newton tree conservancy august - october, 2010 newtonstreets: sunday “street openings” for bicyclists & pedestrians) - lake ave, albemarle rd, brandeis road, cosponsor: newton parks & rec JUNE 28 2010 film: “beyond the motor city”, co-sponsor: green decade newton MAY 23, 2010 - provided self-guiding bicycle map & led bikee convoy for newton history museum house tour MAY 16 , 2010 3rd bike newton rally & friends and family ride  250 attendees, 150 riders speaker: steve miller (livablestreets alliance ) ride leader: newton mayor setti warren sponsors/donors/friends: harvard pilgrim health care foundation, green decade newton, village bank, coldwell banker res. re, wainwright bank, w suburban ymca, international bike, harris cyclery, ems, newton conservators, seegel lipshutz & wilchins, llp, jp licks, whole foods, panera, blacker’s bakery, trader joe’s, nathan aronow nextet, newton bike/ped task force, needham bikes, greenstreets initiative, pietzo electric bikes, urban adventours, newton health dept; and free raffles: trek bike (international bicycle center), bike stroller (harris cyclery), light set( ems), 1 yr teen membership to w suburban ymca, gift certificates: panera, urban adventours, harris cyclery MARCH 28, 2010 BIKE NEWTON “NEWTON UNPLUGGED & CONNECTED”, get your bike ready for spring MARCH 21, 2010 BIKE NEWTON GENERAL MEETING discussions with officials about newton’s application to be designated a BICYCLE-FRIENDLY COMMUNITY, SMARTCYCLING CLINIC for youth oct 24, 2009 350.ORG worldwide climate action event sept 10, 2009 presentation: commonwealth ave carriage road bicycle & pedestrian promenade by northeastern u transportation engineering students may 17, 2009 2nd bike newton rally and friends & family ride SPEAKERS: nicole freedman, boston bicycle coordinator, david watson, exec dir mass bike, george kirby, chair, newton bptf RAFFLE WINNERS: YMCA membership - evan nitkin, bike (harris cyclery) - alex maper-frances, bike (INTERNATL BIKE) - matty bohn , 8 prizes ( landry’s, farina’s, harris, internatl bike); 2nd bike presented to mayor for city workers april 23, 2009 MAYORAL CANDIDATES TRANSPORTATION FORUM Mayoral Forum Transcript mayoral forum video topics: public transit, development, bicycles & pedestrians, traffic, parking mar 21, 2009 NEWTON UNPLUGGED & CONNECTED” , tune up your bike for spring! dec 1, 2008 peter furth, phd “a network of greenways for boston” co-sponsor: bicycle & pedestrian task force oct 6, 2008 screening of “contested streets” with jeff rosenblum, LivableStreets may 18, 2008 1st BIKE NEWTON RALLY AND friends & family RIDE 350 attendees at Rally/ 250 Riders sponsors: green decade newton, Newton Conservators raffle winners: bike (internatl bike) - chris kuklinski W SUBURBAN YMCA teen membership - kevin zhu 16 prizes: harris cyclery, st moritz, ems, centre ski&bike SPEAKER: dr anne lusk, harvard school of public health mayor cohen accepted a bike from farina’s, to be shared by city workers molly schaeffer presented the mayor with a helmet THANKS TO: visitors from newton’s sister city, san juan del sur, nicaragua; hammond real estate, coldwell banker real estate, village bank, allegra print & image, dutch bicycle co, internatl bicycle center, ems/newton, w suburban ymca, farina’s bicycle center; whole foods, trader joe’s, cabots, clif bar, shaw’s, newton police http://www.ci.newton.ma.us/jackson/calendar/house-tour_list_2010.asphttp://bikenewton.blogspot.com/2010/03/bike-newton-membership-meeting-march-21.htmlhttp://www.bikeleague.org/programs/bicyclefriendlyamerica/index.phphttp://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dcjcs7qs_0cmt97zgh09_Rally__Ride.htmlNEWS_events_files/Mayoral%20Forum%20Transcript.pdfNEWS_events_files/myMovie-Vimeo.mov.zip08_Rally__Ride.htmlhttp://www.postwritersgroup.com/archives/peir070708.htmlshapeimage_2_link_0shapeimage_2_link_1shapeimage_2_link_2shapeimage_2_link_3shapeimage_2_link_4shapeimage_2_link_5shapeimage_2_link_6shapeimage_2_link_7shapeimage_2_link_8
ONGOING PROJECTS: commonwealth ave carriage lane bicycle & pedestrian promenade proposal for bike lanes on washington st.- eunice kim WASHINGTON STREET IMPROVEMENT PROJECT - nu engineering students GREEN LINE EXTENSION bicycle-friendly communities, application feedback 2010 http://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dcjcs7qs_0cmt97zghNEWS_events_files/Washington%20St.pdfNEWS_events_files/Final%20Design.pdfhttp://wiki.greenneedham.org/gnc/index.php/Transportation/Green_Line_ExtensionNEWS_events_files/Newton,%20MA%20BFC%20Feedback_Spring%202010.pdfhttp://www.bikeleague.org/programs/bicyclefriendlyamerica/index.phpshapeimage_3_link_0shapeimage_3_link_1shapeimage_3_link_2shapeimage_3_link_3shapeimage_3_link_4

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UPCOMING EVENTS: (all bike newton events are free)


DECEMBER 14, 7 pm   BIKE NEWTON STEERING COMMITTEE,  brigham house, 20 hartford st. newton highland


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