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Path Wanderers Work Party at Whitaker Path

Sunday, July 1, Berkeley Path Wanderers Association Work Party
Next Work Party

The next work party: Sunday, 1 July, 2007 at 10:00 a.m. — Whitaker Path.
We will continue building Whitaker Path on Sunday, July 1.
It’s always exciting to work on a new path and I hope you can show up and help. The materials for this path are paid for by a grant we received from the UC Chancellor’s Community Partnership Fund. For more information on The UC Chancellor’s Community Partnership Fund go to: http://communityrelations.berkeley.edu/ccpf.

DATE: Sunday July 1, 2007
TIME: 10am-12:30pm
PLACE: Whitaker Path
Top end: between 1138 & 1144 Sterling Ave, at the intersection with Whitaker Ave
Google Maps link

Directions: If you’re driving, head for Grizzly Peak Blvd and Stevenson Ave (Stevenson Ave is very near Muir Way). Turn down Stevenson Ave towards the bay, and at the end of Stevenson, turn right onto Miller Ave. Then take the first left, onto Whitaker Ave and continue downhill. The top of the path is beside the utility pole at the junction of Whitaker Ave and Sterling Ave.

We will have refreshments at the end, and will try to be quite prompt about the quitting time since there are many activities of all sorts happening in the afternoon.
Bring work gloves if you have them, and a mattock or sledge hammer if you have it, but I’ll have plenty of tools and extra gloves as well.

Phone me at 540-7223 if you have questions.
Charlie Bowen (Ms.)
BPWA Path-Building Leader
charlie_paths@comcast.net

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Aquatic Park East Touchdown Plaza Community Workshop

East Touchdown Plaza at Aquatic Park Community Workshop #2
Draft Final Concept Plan
North Berkeley Senior Center
1901 Hearst Street at MLK Way
Thursday, 28, 2001 7:00PM-9:00PM
This project includes bicycle and pedestrian access improvements between Addison Street and the Bike Bridge at the north end of Aquatic Park. It also includes other sire amenities such as a plaza, seating, signage and landscaping.

Please join City staff and design consultants from Design, Community & Environment to review and discuss the Draft Final Concept Plan that reflect comments received from Community Workshop #1 and other stakeholder meetings.

For more information, please contact Deborah Chernin at dchernin@ci.berkeley.ca.us or (510) 981-6715.

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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.