Stacey Beuttell

PRESS ADVISORY: WALKBOSTON RECOGNIZES WENDY LANDMAN’S 15 YEARS OF LEADERSHIP

By WalkMassachusetts | October 2, 2019

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT: Brendan Kearney at 617-960-6037 or bkearney@walkboston.org

WALKBOSTON RECOGNIZES WENDY LANDMAN’S 15 YEARS OF LEADERSHIP

$120,000 raised toward future statewide pedestrian advocacy efforts in advance of this evening’s “Walk With Us” celebration

BOSTON: October 2, 2019 — Tonight, WalkBoston will honor Executive Director Wendy Landman’s 15 inspiring years of leadership, and welcome incoming Executive Director Stacey Beuttell (current Deputy Director) at “Walk With Us: A Celebration of Leadership,” starting at 6pm at the Society of Arts & Crafts in the Seaport. The organization will look back on achievements over the past 15 years and look ahead to their ambitious vision for the future.

The emcee for the evening is award-winning investigative reporter Ally Donnelly from NBC10 Boston & NECN.

In advance of the event, fundraising has exceeded $120,000 in support of the newly-created Walking-Around Money Fund. This fund will underwrite work in communities throughout Massachusetts, enabling WalkBoston to address pressing issues of pedestrian safety and equitable transportation.

This evening would not be possible without our sponsors, especially:

Diamond: The Barr Foundation, The Boston Foundation, Lyft, Tufts Health Plan Foundation

Platinum: Plymouth Rock Foundation

Event Details:

WalkBoston presents “Walk With Us: A Celebration of Leadership”
Wednesday, October 2, 2019, 6:00-8:00pm
Society of Arts and Crafts
100 Pier Four Blvd #200, Boston, MA 02210

Program schedule

6:00PM doors open
7:00PM speaking program begins. Speakers include:
- Ally Donnelly, Investigative Reporter, NECN, NBC Boston
- Ann Hershfang, Co-Founder and Board Member, WalkBoston
- Lea Susan Ojamaa, Deputy Director/Bureau of Community Health and Prevention/Massachusetts Dept. of Public Health
- Gail Latimore, Executive Director/Codman Square Neighborhood Dev. Corp.
- Nora Moreno Cargie, President/Tufts Health Plan Foundation
- Emma Rothfeld Yashar, Board President/WalkBoston
- Wendy Landman, Executive Director/WalkBoston
- Stacey Beuttell, Incoming Executive Director/WalkBoston

Social media hashtag

#WalkWithUs2019

More info at https://walkmass.org/walk-with-us/

Contact

Brendan Kearney, WalkBoston, 617-960-6037 or bkearney@walkboston.org

WalkBoston makes walking safer and easier in Massachusetts to encourage better health, a cleaner environment and more vibrant communities. Walkboston.org

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Event: Save the Date for “Walk with Us: A Celebration of Leadership,” Oct 2nd 6-8pm

By WalkMassachusetts | June 28, 2019

Sign up now to join us on October 2nd as we honor Executive Director Wendy Landman’s 15 inspiring years of leadership, and welcome incoming Executive Director Stacey Beuttell (current Deputy Director) as she begins her work to carry WalkBoston’s mission forward. Enjoy heavy hors d’oeuvres, beer and wine, and lively entertainment as we look back on WalkBoston’s achievements over the past 15 years and look ahead to our ambitious vision for the future.

All proceeds benefit our newly-created Walking-Around Money Fund. This fund will underwrite work in communities throughout Massachusetts, enabling WalkBoston to address pressing issues of pedestrian safety and equitable transportation.

*Can’t attend the event but still want to support the Walking-Around Money Fund? Click the Tickets button, and there is the option to make a donation.

What: “Walk with Us: A Celebration of Leadership”
When: October 2, 2019 6-8PM
Where: Society of Arts and Crafts, 100 Pier Four Boulevard #200, Boston, MA 02210
Cost: $150 – Beer, wine + food included with your ticket

More info to come: hope to see you on October 2nd!

Comment Letter RE: MEPA 16015 Mystic River Pedestrian and Bicycle Crossing

By WalkMassachusetts | May 10, 2019

May 13, 2019

Kathleen Theoharides
Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs 100 Cambridge St., Suite 900
Boston, MA 02114

RE: MEPA 16015 Mystic River Pedestrian and Bicycle Crossing

Dear Ms. Theoharides:

WalkBoston has worked closely with other community and advocacy groups in support of this proposed bridge over the Mystic River. Because of its critical location at the junction of several lengthy riverside paths, it is of regional significance as a key element in the area’s network of pedestrian and bicycle thoroughfares – a system of facilities that WalkBoston has long supported. The critical nature of the connection is magnified by its potential service as a major walkway between a high traffic generating facility (the casino in Everett) and public transportation (the Assembly Station in Somerville). This new walkway will provide a three- minute walk to public transit (as opposed to a twelve-minute existing walk) and encourage a reduced amount of vehicular traffic in the area.

The Casino operators have supported the proposed bridge with investments of $2,000,000 to date, and have committed to help with further capital funding. We are grateful for this assistance and hope that this provision of private funding will encourage the state to fund a portion of the capital costs, giving the project a higher priority than it now has.

We were surprised that the proposed bridge width has been reduced from 15 feet to 12 feet. Given the impending opening of the casino, the bridge will see a great deal of use by cyclists and walkers who need to share the limited space. Nearly all other pedestrian bridges recently built or under construction by MassDOT exceed this reduced width, adopting a standard that is 14′ or wider. We urge you to adopt the more generous standard that reflects the design standards for 21st century bike and pedestrian bridges. When it is constructed, the bridge will be the only safe, off-road non-vehicular connection between North Shore communities and Boston.

Sincerely,

Stacey Beuttell
Deputy Executive Director

One minute, one slide: March 2019 Presentations

By WalkMassachusetts | March 21, 2019

Below are the “One Minute, One Slide” presentations shared by members of the WalkBoston staff at the March 18, 2019 Annual Celebration.

Joey Santana – Introduction

Adi Nochur – Age-Friendly Walking in Boston and beyond

Dorothea Hass – Safe Walking for Healthy and Connected Lives

Brendan Kearney – Language defines a story

Stacey Beuttell – Walkable school campuses

Bob Sloane – I-90: #UnchokeTheThroat was just the beginning

One Minute, One Slide: Walkable School Campuses

By WalkMassachusetts | March 21, 2019

Below is a “One Minute, One Slide” presentation shared by a member of the WalkBoston staff.
Text provided is as prepared for this year’s annual event on March 18, 2019.

Belmont, Arlington, Springfield, Somerville, Lexington, Brookline, Lowell – these are just a few of the cities and towns building new elementary, middle or high schools right now. With the construction of so many new schools in Massachusetts, WalkBoston is busy working to ensure that the students walking to school have a voice.

It’s tough because there has been a dramatic increase in driving children to school. And those drivers are loud! In 1969, almost half of kindergarten through eighth grade students walked or biked to school. In 2009, it was down to 13%.

And school campuses are being designed to accommodate these cars rather than dedicating that space to places where our kids can learn and grow.

WalkBoston is working to make school campuses more walkable. And that doesn’t mean just adding sidewalks! A walkable campus considers the needs of walkers first when organizing the movement of people, bikes, buses and cars on the school grounds.

Walking rarely enters the conversation when new schools are planned. And that needs to change. It’s time to design our schools’ front yards for our kids to run in circles, rather than for our cars to drive in them.