All year:
PedNet continues to work for new Street Design Standards that will require wider sidewalks, narrower street pavements, bike lanes, and pedways to be included in new streets. The City of Columbia's Planning and Zoning Commission, under the direction of City Council, sets up a working group to study the issue and appoints several PedNet Board members and supporters.
January 31:
The PedNet Coalition submits a "brief proposal" for a $200,000 Active Living by Design grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation The proposal describes a project in which PedNet, the Columbia/Boone County Health Department, the Mayor's Council on Physical Fitness and Health, and other partners will develop promotions and programs that encourage walking to school and other active living behaviors, and advocate for policies that improve bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure in Columbia.
March:
The City of Columbia receives a $75,250 grant from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources for an extension to the MKT Trail that would connect it with Flat Branch Park through tunnels in box culverts beneath Stewart and Providence Roads. This improvement will enable pedestrians, cyclists and wheelchair users to access the trail from downtown Columbia without having to cross these dangerous roads.
March 21:
Columbia's proposal for an Active Living by Design grant is selected to go forward to the second stage. The project, to be led by PedNet and titled "Bike, Walk, and Wheel: A Way of Life in Columbia" is one of just 38 projects to proceed, out of a total of 966 applications nationwide. The next stage will be a "full proposal," due in May.
April:
New PedNet Board member Troy Balthazor submits a set of questions to the five candidates for City Council (Chris Janku and Jimmy Pounds in Ward 2; Brian Ash, Austin Hake, and Ben Orzeske in Ward 6). Candidates are asked about their support the PedNet concept, for using an existing 1/8-cent sales tax to fund the Metro Greenbelt/Trail Plan, and for building roads according to AASHTO standards (with good bicycle, pedestrian, and wheelchair facilities), and their responses are published on the PedNet web site before the election.
May 11-18:
More than 900 Columbians take part in an expanded Bike, Walk, and Wheel Week, with half a dozen separate events in addition to the main event — Breakfast Stations Morning. More than 150 donated and reconditioned bicycles and 225 new helmets (courtesy of Columbia SAFE KIDS Coalition) are given away during Cycle-Recycle, held at the Intersection community center.
August 28:
Ian Thomas (PedNet Coalition), Stacia Reilly (Columbia/Boone County Health Department), Melinda Hemmelgarn (communications consultant), and Mayor Darwin Hindman make a presentation in Colorado Springs to the Active Living by Design National Advisory Committee in the final stage of the grant application process.
October 8:
The SAFE KIDS Coalition and the PedNet Coalition coordinate a well-publicized International Walk-to-School Day event. 430 children attending Grant, Russell Boulevard, West Boulevard, and Ridgeway Elementary Schools take part and special guests include Mayor Hindman, Missouri's Bicycle and Pedestrian Coordinator Caryn Giarratano, and University of Missouri Athletic Director Mike Alden.
November 13:
"Bike, Walk, and Wheel: A Way of Life in Columbia," the city's $200,000 Active Living by Design project is officially launched with a media event at Grant Elementary School, attended by about 40 project partners from the City of Columbia, Columbia Public Schools, the University of Missouri, and various business and non-profit groups. The project, to be led by Ian Thomas, will initially focus on encouraging children to walk to school.
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