The Town of Williamsburg has engaged planning, transportation, and healthy community design experts in efforts to assess the vitality and safety of Burgy’s town center. Burgy’s town center is loosely de ned as the Route 9 corridor between Buttonshop Road and South Street. This walk audit is part of the town’s effort to address healthy aging through healthy community design.
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WalkBoston-BurgyVillageWalkAudit-Williamsburg
You can go anywhere on foot. Many destinations in Franklin are no more than a 10-minute walk apart – and many are even closer than that. You’ll be surprised how short the walks are – from homes, schools, downtown businesses and shopping centers to all parts of town.
It’s an easy and fun exercise. A walk can be a social activity – bring your spouse, your dog, a friend or a coworker along. A walk can help you clear your head and reduce stress. It can be long or short, spontaneous or planned in advance.
Walking is a part of virtually every trip – alone or combined with driving or cycling. It can also build stronger communities. Pedestrian activity makes residential areas more neighborly and commercial areas more vibrant.
With minute-increment markers, this map makes it easy to time your walks. Find two destinations that are 10 minutes apart. Vary the route to keep it interesting. Then try walking out 10 minutes and back 10 minutes for a 20-minute walk..
WalkBoston conducted a walk audit in the vicinity of the Davis Thayer Elementary School and Oak Street Elementary School in Franklin, Massachusetts. After a brief discussion about what makes for a walkable community and what kind of elements we would be looking for on the street, the group set out to assess the walking conditions near the school. The audit covered a 1.8-mile loop along public streets.
The walking audit was organized by the Hockomock YMCA in conjunction with Davis Thayer Elementary and Oak Street Elementary as part of a grant from the MetroWest Community Health Foundation. Participants included one WalkBoston staff member and a Hockomock YMCA staff member, three faculty members from Davis Thayer Elementary and one faculty member from Oak Street Elementary.
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WalkBoston’s Franklin Davis Thayer Oak Street WalkAudit
WalkBoston conducted a walk audit along Lincoln Street in the vicinity of the Helen Keller Elementary School / Annie Sullivan Middle School campus in Franklin, Massachusetts. After a brief presentation on the features of a walkable community, the group carried out an on-the-street audit of the pedestrian facilities near the school, with an emphasis on the route students would walk between the school grounds and Dacey Field, a remote drop-off location.
The walking audit was organized by the Hockomock YMCA in conjunction with Helen Keller Elementary School as part of a grant from the MetroWest Community Health Foundation. One WalkBoston staff member, three Hockomock YMCA staff members, and a grandparent of two Keller Elementary students participated in the audit.
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WalkBoston Franklin Keller Walking Audit