Car Free Sunday Events come to Burlington in 2012

Map, details and links below.

 Its going to be a fabulous event.  Get involved!

Spread the word.  


Have your organization, group or corporate entity participate.  Details at www.burlington.ca/carfreesundays

Be inspired. Wed. June 15, 2011. Guaranteed!

If you didn't make it to Seville, Spain in March  to hear Gil Penalosa you have another opportunity.  


Burlington Mayor Rick Goldring has invited visionary speaker, Gil Penalosa to outline an ambitious plan to transform Burlington into a vibrant, healthy, happy community.  
  
Its not about cycling!  Its about vibrant cities, healthy communities, great places and happy people.  
 Gil has walked the talk, he is a "doer."  Gil is a man who makes change happen and gets difficult things done.   He has spread his dynamic brand of gospel around the world from South America to Europe, from Melbourne to New York.  People are listening and taking action.  Here's what others have said about Gil.  Please don't miss this opportunity to hear Gil.  Change won't happen without you.


Discover what an 8-80 city means.  Be there.  It's Free!  Register here. You'll leave inspired!

June 15, 2011 at 7 p.m.
Auditorium, DeGroote School of Business, Ron Joyce Centre Admission is Free and Open to All


You can see some of Gil's great videos at www.8-80cities.org 

Healthier cities, see & learn how others are doing it!

This year the World Health Organization has recognized the significant contribution Car Free Sundays/Ciclovias can make to building healthy cities worldwide. For World Health Day 2010 it has called on one thousand cities around the world to open their streets to people and close them to cars in a campaign called 1000 Cities 1000 Lives.  8-80 Cities is pleased to partner with the World Health Organization on this campaign and is excited to introduce this wonderful and important endeavour on Tuesday February 2^nd, 2010.

Great Streets, Healthy Cities: Car Free Sundays Best Practices will highlight the best practices of planning and implementing Car Free Sundays from the foremost international program examples.  Three leading Car Free Sundays/Ciclovias experts will speak from their experiences in New York, San Francisco, Bogota and Guadalajara. Each will provide a unique perspective and a diversity of implementation tools and models. Following the presentations by each of the speakers, you will also have the opportunity to ask questions and share ideas.  

8-80 Cities will be holding an event open to the public in the evening of February 2^nd from 6:30-8:30pm at The George Ignatieff Theatre located at 15 Devonshire Pl., which you are most welcome to attend as well.   The Public Meeting – Great Streets, Healthy Cities information is included on the flyer.