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Bike Friendly Berkeley’s Celebration of Cycling in Berkeley

You’re all invited!

WHEN: Today, Thurs., 6/28, 6-8:30 p.m.

WHAT: Good food, scrumptious chocolate vegan cake from Whole Foods, music, and updates on what’s happening with bicycling in Berkeley.

WHERE: The JazzSchool, 2087 Addison St., btw. Shattuck and Milvia (downstairs). Free attended bicycle parking at the Bikestation, south end of the concourse level of the Downtown Berkeley BART station.

This is a chance to update your membership in BFBC–or just make a contribution. No one will be turned away.

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Ninth Street Bikeway to connect Berkeley and Emeryville

On June 26, 2007, the Berkeley City Council voted unanimously to adopt an Ordinance authorizing the City Manager to execute all necessary documents required to purchase the real property known as the 9th Street Drill Track in southwest Berkeley from the Union Pacific Railroad Company for an amount not to exceed $3,008,590 including closing costs, and adopting a notice of exemption from the California Environmental Quality Act for the purchase and subsequent construction of a bicycle path and a Fire Department warehouse on the property.

Complete PDF file here

This path is not part of the Santa Fe Right of Way, but we put in in the category for the SFRW because it is so similar 🙂

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Centennial of Berkeley’s Parks Celebration-Take Part in Planning the Celebration

Activists and affiliates of BPFP are requested to participate in the Centennial of Berkeley’s Parks Celebration (August 25 to October 7) by including their paths, creek, community garden, and/or park in this to be defined calendar of events. BPFP and the City of Berkeley are co-sponsoring a month plus of grassroots’ generated activities, talks, picnics, art happenings, volunteer events, and more in Berkeley’s public outdoor places! We hope you will contribute to celebrating these places and their relationship to our lives and community!

The Centennial will kick-off with a city-wide fair to honor 100 years of our first City Park— San Pablo Park, which will be hosted by the San Pablo Park Neighborhood Council.

We invite other groups and individuals to plan and schedule their own events to be part of a Celebrating Berkeley’s Park Centennial and coordinate their activities with us. BPFP will create a calendar and promote the activities widely. To take part, please contact John Steere at jsteere@igc.org or 849-1969.

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Adventure Playground Summer Activities

If you have kids, grand kids, neighborhood kids, students- Explore these links and send them down to Berkeley’s Gem, The Adventure Playground
Adventure Playground website
Summer programs begin in the best playground in the Bay area!
Open midweek starting June 18th – Aug 17th and weekends 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Closed when raining.
Come join the fun- Here is the registration form for children 7 yrs and older who “drop in” the Adventure Playground for three hours only without a parent. Pick up is at 4:30. Summer child drop-in registration form. Want to drop your child and his friend off ? Have their parents fill out the form and sign the waiver before you come- No waiver, no drop off. If you signed one in the school year we require a new one filled out for the summer. For detailed summer activities in the playground click on this link.

Marina Adventures Summer Programs in Adventure Playground
Each of the programs listed below are offered on a drop-in basis, from 1-2 hours each day. Sign up in the Adventure Playground on the day of the program, 1/2 hour before it starts. All programs are free. Children under seven years must be accompanied by an adult. NO GROUPS. Limited participants and age restrictions may apply to specific activities. Great fun! Click here for a view of our June Summer program calendar. July will be available online after June28th.
Our fun summer programs offered by Adventure Playground staff are:

  • Free play- all the time! Children can choose to use hammers nails and saws to build and create their own playground. Programs are offered for children not in groups.
  • Fishing Mondays 2:30-4 p.m. and Tuesdays 10:30-12. Limit 15 kids. We provide the drop lines and bait and fish off the Berkeley Pier. All fish or crabs that are caught are released.
  • Creative Building Wednesdays, 2:30-4 p.m. Classes include: tool workshop , building wooden animals, model cities, race cars and more. Pick up our calendar when you come in.
  • Crafts Thursdays 2:30-4 p.m. Classes include making instruments, mobiles, sun prints and more.
  • Special Activities Fridays 2:30-3:30 Join the fun, Mud day, Egg drop, Treasure Hunt , other activities may include cook-outs, wet + wild, bubble festivals, Nature Exploration and more etc..)