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Cheryl Wright
- Apr 26, 2019
- 5 min
Bike Month: Active, healthy fun for everyone
One of our favorite months of the year is here – BIKE MONTH! This Bike Month, there is something for everyone – for all ages and for every skill level. We encourage you to participate in one of the events on the calendar, and more importantly, to get out and be active this month! For those of you who don’t or can’t ride a bike, we have several events for you as well. This year, we are happy to report that you will be able to ride a ColumBike for FREE from May 1st to July 31st
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Cheryl Wright
- Apr 25, 2019
- 1 min
Handlebar Happy Hour 2019
Handlebar Happy Hour is one of our favorite events of the year, as it gives cyclists and bicycling supporters the opportunity to celebrate Bike Month together. Once again this year, we'll be meeting at Upland's Columbus Pump House, in the lower level banquet hall, to enjoy a fun evening of socializing and a short presentation about the recent changes to the ColumBike bike share program and how you can get involved. Upland has generously donated both the banquet space and some
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Cheryl Wright
- Mar 8, 2019
- 2 min
Sleep and your health
Eating a healthy diet and being physically active are important for your health, but did you know that sleep is just as important? March is National Sleep Awareness Month, so we're sharing some information about the importance of healthy sleep. Sleep should be a top health priority. Getting sufficient sleep (7 or more hours) is one of the 5 key behaviors for reducing the risk of chronic disease, which also include quitting smoking, eating a healthy diet, physical activity and
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Cheryl Wright
- Feb 28, 2019
- 3 min
Making Columbus safer for walking & bicycling
In order to improve public health, we want to make it easier for people to choose active modes of transportation. like walking and biking, more often. Walking and biking are better for your health, but navigating the streets alongside vehicle traffic can come with risks. Walking and riding around the city streets can be dangerous for pedestrians and cyclists. The Dangerous by Design 2019 report by Smart Growth America looked at the data between 2008 and 2017 and found that "d
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Danielle Nickerson
- Aug 23, 2017
- 6 min
Why We Walk - presence & our way out of the car line
by: Danielle Nickerson Presence - a word I don’t hear much anymore, but has become fairly popular between my husband and I over the last month. While it has many definitions, I have found a newfound appreciation and respect for the underlying meaning - the state or fact of existing, occurring, or being present in a place or thing. I will get into why momentarily, but wanted to first point out, that while I respect the definition, I also believe it leaves out one critical elem
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Cheryl Wright
- Aug 3, 2017
- 1 min
Bike Camp teaches safe riding for kids
Columbus Parks & Recreation recently completed its annual Summer Bike Camp lead by Aquatics Director, Jim Lemke. Twenty kids participated in this 3-day camp, held at Donner Park from July 18-20. Ten children knew how to ride without training wheels and worked on things like the rules of the road, hand signals, trail etiquette, and recognizing and avoiding hazards. There were ten children who could not ride without training wheels and by the end of the camp all ten were riding
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Cheryl Wright
- Oct 11, 2016
- 2 min
A Nature Walk for Walktober
Nearly 30 people, including 10 children, took advantage of a beautiful fall evening to take a 45-minute nature walk in Mill Race Park on October 4th. The Nature Walk was one of a series of events organized by Healthy Communities to promote the many benefits of walking during the month of October, or “WALKtober”. The walk was led by Art Hopkins, a local landscape architect, horticulture teacher, self described “tree-hugger” and Scout leader. The walk took place in Mill Rac
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Cheryl Wright
- Oct 6, 2016
- 2 min
Free Valet Bicycle Parking and Breastfeeding Area provided on Saturday of Ethnic Expo
Healthy Communities and the Columbus Bike Co-op will be providing a free valet bicycle parking corral for this year’s Ethnic Expo from 11am to 9pm on Saturday, October 8th. The location will be at the main entrance to the Expo on the lawn of the Republic near the corner of 2nd and Washington Streets. The corral will be staffed so your bike will be secure. Last year, we had nearly 100 people bike to the expo! Why bike to Ethnic Expo instead of drive? For your health: There
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