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An Open Invitation,

As Coordinator of Belleville ON Bikes for 2012, may I request your participation with a City of Belleville sponsored bicyle rally to take place on Sunday October 14^th from 1.30 pm until 3.30 pm ?

Councillor Tom Lafferty and Mark Fluhrer, Director of Recreation, Culture and Communiity Services are working with us to bring increased awareness of cycling infrastructure needs in our city. We are also coordinating our rally to be part of Gleaners city wide food drive that starts at noon. Our cyclists are invited to bring a non perishable food item with them to donate to the Gleaners.

We hope to encourage cyclists of all ages to take part in a rally along Bridge Street both from the East (Bayview Mall) and from the West (Centennial Secondary School). We shall have cyclist leaders at each location by 1.15 pm and then they will lead a group along the right edge of the roadway to City Hall Market Square to arrive around 2.15 pm. Two cyclist Police officers to follow up at the rear in each direction will assist us from 2.15 pm until 3.15 pm IF they are available for such an event.

Cycling participants will be asked to read a “Bikeability Checklist” booklet, fill out five questions about their views on cycling safety and road conditions, then hand these in for review. We shall be speaking briefly about this and invite councillors or city administration people to address the issues of the Master Transportation Plan and how cycling and public transport are part of future infrastructure plans . Then entertainment will be provided by “Andie Forgie and Friends” band and some brief announcements will be followed by snacks and hot chocolate at the Market Square during the next hour.

Sincerely

Dave Smith, Coordinator, and our team: Tanya Hill, Rob Jakes, Tam Best, Andy Hanson

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