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Ciclovía Invites You to Play in the Street, Sunday, June 27th
For Immediate Release, 6/22/2010
Roanoke, Va., June 22nd, 2010 – Roanoke City Parks and Recreation and RIDE Solutions invite you to play in the street this Sunday, June 27thnd from 12 P.M. until 4 P.M. during Roanoke’s 3rd Ciclovía. Ciclovía will close several streets in Downtown Roanoke and open them up to pedestrians, children, artists, cyclists, skateboarders, and more. Among the activities planned for the day are dodgeball, line dancing, and a bicycle skills course with Roanoke City Parks and Recreation; a children’s area including facepainting, chalk art throughout the route including a community chalk mural; and more.
The Sunday Ciclovía will take place rain or shine.
The event will close down the northbound lane of Jefferson St. to Norfolk Ave., Norfolk to First St., First to Franklin, and Franklin back to Jefferson, with sections of Kirk, Luck, and Market also closed. A complete map can be found at www.bikeroanoke.com/ciclovia.
Ciclovía is not a fair, festival, rally, or protest; it is an opportunity for people to temporarily reclaim urban space dedicated to cars for human use. Organizers of Ciclovía encourage participants to be creative in taking advantage of the opportunity – bring lawn chairs and sunbathe, gather some friends for board games at the many tables which will be set up throughout the circuit; show off your tricked-out bicycle or start an impromptu street band.
The Ciclovía is presented by Roanoke City Parks and Recreation and RIDE Solutions. Sponsors include Bike Barn, Keen, Alexander’s Restaurant, Pop’s Ice Cream and Soda Bar, Roanoke Outside, and Eastcoasters. More information can be found at www.bikeroanoke.com.
About RIDE Solutions: RIDE Solutions is a sustainable transportation program operated by the Roanoke Valley-Alleghany Regional Commission in cooperation with the New River Valley Planning District Commission. It is a grant-funded program that provides multimodal trip planning services – including carpool matching, bicycle commute routing, transit assistance, and telework consultation - for citizens and employers in the Roanoke and New River Valley regions and surrounding areas within southwestern Virginia.
The Sunday Ciclovía will take place rain or shine.
The event will close down the northbound lane of Jefferson St. to Norfolk Ave., Norfolk to First St., First to Franklin, and Franklin back to Jefferson, with sections of Kirk, Luck, and Market also closed. A complete map can be found at www.bikeroanoke.com/ciclovia.
Ciclovía is not a fair, festival, rally, or protest; it is an opportunity for people to temporarily reclaim urban space dedicated to cars for human use. Organizers of Ciclovía encourage participants to be creative in taking advantage of the opportunity – bring lawn chairs and sunbathe, gather some friends for board games at the many tables which will be set up throughout the circuit; show off your tricked-out bicycle or start an impromptu street band.
The Ciclovía is presented by Roanoke City Parks and Recreation and RIDE Solutions. Sponsors include Bike Barn, Keen, Alexander’s Restaurant, Pop’s Ice Cream and Soda Bar, Roanoke Outside, and Eastcoasters. More information can be found at www.bikeroanoke.com.
About RIDE Solutions: RIDE Solutions is a sustainable transportation program operated by the Roanoke Valley-Alleghany Regional Commission in cooperation with the New River Valley Planning District Commission. It is a grant-funded program that provides multimodal trip planning services – including carpool matching, bicycle commute routing, transit assistance, and telework consultation - for citizens and employers in the Roanoke and New River Valley regions and surrounding areas within southwestern Virginia.
