June 2006
Cathy Haley and David Hardin
with essay winners & their NEW Bikes.
Grade 6 - 8: Matthew Heinrich, Ellis Middle School,
Grade 9-12: Christina England, Merrol Hyde
Greenway members Cathy and David created the contest to promote the benefits of greenways. "Unless you have lived in a community with greenways you don't realize how much everyone will benefit from them," says Cathy. Read more in
Hendersonville Star News Article
45 volunteers show up to help cleanup the Creek from baseball fields to Wessington School. Project was sponsored by the Old Hickory Watershed Association in cooperation with the Hendersonville Greeways Committee. Read more . . .
From: Douglas Depew, May 21, 2006
Subject: Tour de Nash Thoughts
I was really surprised about the greenways and bike lanes in Nashville. The city has made a great start at preserving some of the areas for use by walkers, runners, and cyclists. The Shelby park Shelby Bottoms greenway and the greeway around metro center were superb.
HTC report is on the city's website asking for citizen input. Frankly, we are not expecting much input, but it might be worthwhile to encourage your biking friends to respond. Under City Character and Culture, I made very few recommendations (because several of my committees wanted buildings and I do not feel qualified to recommend in such instances. One recommendation that I did make is that the work of the biking committee should be continued and that they should become an official Greenways Committee. To me this is a no brainer, since there is no cost to the city to do this and they have an excellent committee that should be allowed to continue to work toward their goals. It would help if someone else says this too. Shirley Wilson, May 12, 2006
HELP!!! We need your help NOW if the work of the Hendersonville Greenways Committee is going to continue. PLEASE read more . . .
LOCAL RIDES
Click on the title for links to Web Sites with more information:
Tour de Cave, June 3
10th Annual Harpeth River Ride, June 24
Heavenly Hundred, Aug 19
Heart of Tennessee Century, Aug 26
Every Saturday morning at 8AM a Bike Ride led by Jim Overmole leaves Beech High School. The ride varies from 20 to 30 miles in length and travels a different route each week.
Your Participation is Important
We need your involvement in expanding this grass roots movement throughout our city. Please email this newsletter to your friends and family and encourage them to participate. BikeNwalk is our communication to list of friends of the community who are interested in Greenways in Hendersonville. Also visit our Web Site
where we share activities of our Committee. For more information and to sign up to receive this newsletter, contact Doug Depew at BikeNwalk@comcast.net
David Hardin has put together a petition. Please visit it at http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/375611123
Interesting Bike to Work Links
H.R. 807: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the transportation fringe benefit to bicycle...
The Wheel Deal, Forbes Magazine
