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Dr. Phillips Center for the Performer Arts, the Aloft Hotel, RIDA’s mixed-use development(adjacent to Lynx Central Station and Orange Avenue), Amway Center, Creative Village, and the list goes on. These are just a few of the projects in downtown Orlando that will usher in a wave of peds in 2014 […]
News To Use / Newsletter / People On Foot
BWCF’s pedestrian safety initiative, Best Foot Forward, celebrated their yearly stand against pedestrian injuries with International Walk to School Day on Wednesday, October 9. Check out some of the schools that participated below or watch a brief video recap of this year’s celebrations. This year over 40 OCPS schools participated […]
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If you are going to support a film about the power of cycling, then check out Ride with Larry. The story of Larry Smith, a police captain forced to retire when diagnosed with early-onset Parkinson’s at age 40, won the Most Inspirational award at the Orlando Film Festival. After retiring […]
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BWCF will help the Avalon Park community honor the memory of cyclist Forrest Flaniken at the 1st Annual Forrest Flaniken Bike Festival on November 2 at Avalon Elementary School. Flaniken was on a routine training ride for an upcoming marathon when a car struck and killed him last October. The […]
News To Use / Newsletter / Trails
As the Sentinel said, “it’s only a half-mile but it’s a start.” Governor Scott, Senator Andy Gardiner, FDOT Secretary Prasad and other local leaders, including former Orange County Mayor Linda Chapin and founding chair of BWCF, gathered in Titusville to launch the construction of the $3.6 million trail that includes […]