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Articles written by: Bike/Walk Central Florida

People On Bikes

Winter Garden

Biking the West Orange Trail is an excursion into the past, a central Florida which hasn’t existed for over a hundred years. I don’t think most people realize the pedigree of the little towns and unincorporated communities they speed through on their bikes, skates, or even their feet. It’s great […]

Bike/Walk Central Florida Newsletter #69 — June 8, 2012
Newsletter

Bike/Walk Central Florida Newsletter #69 — June 8, 2012

Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. News Operation Best Foot Forward Welcome to The City of Apopka, the latest city in Orange County to join our growing coalition. On June 6th, the Apopka City Council unanimously approved a resolution of support. Thank you to Commissioner Joe Kilsheimer […]

People On Bikes

Sundew Gardens

The following narrative from Keri Caffrey comes from Commute Orlando: On May 21st, a small group of us rode to Sundew Gardens for a workshop on chicken farming: Chickens for the Central Florida Homestead. The City of Orlando just launched a pilot program to allow residents to keep hens in back yard coops. I don’t […]

Community Events

Bike Rodeo

On Saturday, May 19, the First Baptist Church of Casselberry held their first, of what will surely be many, bike rodeos. Pastor Travis contacted the Florida Bicycle Association a few weeks prior and asked if we could give a presentation on bicycle safety, to which we gladly obliged. Christina Willis-Ott and Jason Buckner showed […]

People On Foot

Our New BFFs

More than 100 community leaders and representatives of all Metro Orlando media outlets took time from their busy schedules to spend an hour with us May 30, at Orlando Health, as we pledged to cut pedestrian deaths and injuries in half over the next five years. Our own Linda Chapin […]