On behalf of the Down East Cyclists’ bicycling club, I’d like to invite you to participate in the Down East Cyclists Family Fun Ride on October 10th, 2009 at 9 o’clock in the morning.
The Family Fun Ride will begin at the Onslow County Tax Office on Court Street and will follow the Rails-to-Trails Greenway to [...]
I’ve been elected chairperson of both the Parks and Recreations and Trails and Greenways Commissions at their most recent meetings. Though I wasn’t looking for either appointment, I’m looking forward to the opportunity to move Jacksonville forward on recreation and bicycle/pedestrian issues.
To do that, though, I need to hear from you, the residents of Jacksonville. [...]
The Jacksonville City Council is still reeling from the aftershocks of the 4-2 vote to dismiss former City Manager Kristoff Bauer and revelation that Council-member Reva Sullivan may have been attempting to contact him inappropriately.
Bauer wrote a letter to the editor of the Jacksonville Daily News declaring his intent to waive any right to [...]
The City of Jacksonville’s Trails and Greenways, Parks and Recreations and Beautification and Appearance commissions met Monday, May 18th for their annual joint meeting. The agenda is here.
All commissions previous meeting minutes were approved.
The chairmen of each commission made reports on each the actions of each commission:
Parks and Recreation: Work on the recreation Capital Improvement [...]
May is National Bicycle Month. May 11th to 15th is Bicycle to Work Week and May 15th is Bicycle to Work Day. If you can’t ride all month or all week, shoot for Friday. Think you can’t commute by bicycle? Guess again, my friends. Unfortunately, there are no events sponsored by the City of Jacksonville [...]
The City of Jacksonville Trails and Greenways Commission met Monday, April 20th.
The minutes from the March 16th meeting were approved.
There were no presentations, but Mr. Mike Wetzel reminded Commission members that City staff (as well as outside agency staff (i.e. JUMPO, NCDOT, contractors, etc)) could be requested to provide presentations on on-going projects.
Mr. [...]
The week was full of incidents and accidents. Only one involved me directly, though.
During last week’s DownEast Cyclist Club meeting, I heard that one of the bicyclists that routinely ride the Jacksonville Rails-to-Trails multi-use path had been involved in a nasty crash along the fenced area of Highway 24/Lejeune Blvd near the Camp Lejeune [...]
The City of Jacksonville’s Recreation and Parks Commission met at 6pm on March 23rd at the Senior Center located at the Jacksonville Commons Recreation Complex.
The minutes from the January 26th, 2009 meeting were approved.
The Recreation and Parks Director, Mr. Tim Chesnutt, reported several items. He covered the Recreation and Parks Commission recommendations in the City’s [...]
The agenda for this month’s Trails and Greenways Commission meeting is here.
Notes and results follow:
The Commission unanimously approved the minutes for the December 08 meeting.
Mr. Chris Lukasina (administrator for the Jacksonville Urban Area Metropolitan Planning Organization) provided a presentation on JUMPO’s efforts in transportation planning. He touched on the status of the Comprehensive Bicyclist and [...]
The text of an email I sent to North Carolina House of Representatives members George Cleveland, Robert Grady and Russell Tucker in support of House Bill 2 (Prohibit Smoking in Public & Work Places)
I strongly urge you, dear readers that live in NC, to write your House representatives and support this legislation. Feel free to [...]
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