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Event: WalkMassachusetts Network 1st Meeting, 12/1 in Worcester

By WalkMassachusetts | October 30, 2018

RSVP now and save the date – December 1, 2018, for our first in-person gathering of the WalkMassachusetts Network at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, MA. This event is open to any local organizations working on walking!

WalkMassachusetts Network is a free statewide network of advocacy organizations, municipal committees, and community groups working on walking. WalkBoston has established the Network to amplify our collective efforts by strengthening local voices.

This Network is a way for WalkBoston to:

be a resource to you & your community,
give support to grassroots organizations,
make connections between organizations working on similar issues, or in similar parts of the Commonwealth.

We’re launching an online forum as part of this effort to be able to better answer questions & crowdsource other ideas. We’ve started to gather ideas from many of you about what you’re hoping to get out of it. Thank you for your help. Look for it soon!

Sign up on Eventbrite to join us on December 1st & share the event on Facebook

Learn more about the WalkMassachusetts Network

Add your group to our map of Network organizations

Survey on walking from BU School of Public Health students

By WalkMassachusetts | October 12, 2018

Concerned about walking/walkability in your community & have 5 minutes to spare? Communications students at the Boston University School of Public Health have created a short survey for us! With this info, they will be creating a short video to encourage others to get involved with the WalkMassachusetts Network. Fill out the survey, sign up for the Network, & stay tuned – we’ll be sending out info soon about our first Network gathering in December!

Dear Community Activist,

Thank you for your time and continued support in helping make it safer for people to walk! We are a team of current Masters of Public Health Candidates at the Boston University School of Public Health looking to motivate community activists to improve walkability and make change in their community.

We hope you’re able to help us out by completing and returning this brief questionnaire to see how we can best encourage community members and organizations to get involved in the WalkMassachusetts Network. Rest assured that the information you provide will be confidential and used exclusively for research purposes. Please respond to the best of your ability.

If you have additional information you think would be useful, please feel free to include it in the Additional Notes sections at the bottom of the page. Google Forms will collect the responses anonymously. Thank you!

One minute, one slide: WalkMassachusetts Network

By WalkMassachusetts | April 4, 2018

Below is a “One Minute, One Slide” presentation shared by a member of the WalkBoston staff.
Text provided is as presented at this year’s annual event on March 29, 2018.

Stacey Beuttell

Did you know that there is a new complete streets committee and advocacy group called Walk Goshen?

Did you know that the City of New Bedford is putting on a demonstration day to highlight their Safe Routes to Park work?

Did you know that in Melrose, they received complete streets funding to improve pedestrian safety around the middle and high schools? Based on our recommendations, by the way.

You would know all of this if your group were part of WalkBoston’s newest program called the WalkMassachusetts Network!

No money down . . . no need to be a 501(c)(3) . . . no participation requirements!

access to biannual statewide gatherings to learn from your peers
emails chock full of walking information that you need to know
guidance on outreach tools – like how to design an awesome website like our new one!!
Talking points to meet with legislators and convince them that walking is the best!

No limits on this offer. No data breaches to worry about. No collusion with big auto. Guaranteed.

statewide network

March 2018 Newsletter

By WalkMassachusetts | March 6, 2018 | Comments 0 Comment

Building on nearly 30 years of advocacy in more than 100 cities and towns across the Commonwealth, WalkBoston has adopted a framework on how to make Massachusetts more walkable. This framework is guided by a set of principles that will challenge us to evaluate new technologies, continue to create evidence-based best practices, and address equity and inclusion more specifically in our community engagement. This newsletter edition is the second in a two-part series designed to share our goals with the larger WalkBoston community and encourage each of you to lace up your shoes and get involved. Click here to read the first newsletter in this series.

“Age-Friendly Walking – better walking for all ages”
By Adi Nochur/Project Manager, WalkBoston
“The pedestrian/transit connection—walking to transit”
By Erik Scheier/Project Manager, MBTA
“#ClearCurbCuts Letter to the Globe”
By Carol Steinberg/Board Member, WalkBoston

Download the March 2018 Newsletter PDF