Palmetto Bay Earth Day events - Family Bike Ride - April 22, 2017 - video & photos

A great Family Bike Ride - part of Palmetto Bay's Earth Week 2017.  (yes, I was late - coming from troop 457's Eagle Scout Court of Honor, but I did my best to race and catch up with the ride in progress.)  I took the embedded video and 29 of the 30 photographs posted below. Can you find yourself, family or friends in any of the pics?  If not, I hope to see you at our next ride. (Please take the time to view prior blog posts, photos and videos by clicking the "Bicycling" Label - labels posted in the right side column)  
A big thank you to Green Mobility Network and Palmetto Bay resident, Green Mobility Member, Eric Tullberg for designing and leading this ride.  

This bike ride included traffic and ride support from our MDPD, Village of Palmetto Bay Policing Unit, both regular and bike patrol.  Safety is a number one concern!

A great time was had by all who participated.Please take the time to view the 30 phots below, click on any photo below to view a larger photo slide show.

(above - Route along 67th Avenue)

(Above, heading west on 152) 

(below Village Police support - traffic control at 152 & Old Cutler Road)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

Our Palmetto Bay Police Bike patrol - bike, car, motorcycle patrol - 

always ready to serve the Palmetto Bay ready with the proper tools for the occasion. 

Thank you to all the families who participated in this event

Thank you Team Palmetto Bay - #ItTakesAVillage including our Manager Ed Silva and staff including Parks & Recreation Department, Director Fanny Carmona, Saylin Paez, Events & Programs Coordinator and Village Policing Unit - Major Serralta - Palmetto Bay Police Commander

See you next ride!

Community bike ride - pre-Village Celebration Picnic March 7, Coral Reef Park - 8:30 AM.

Let's get a few friends together and work up an appetite. Join me for what should be a great bike ride.  Palmetto Bay/Old Cutler is an outstanding place to bike, jog, walk and enjoy outdoor activities.

We are introducing a new feature of this year's Celebration Picnic. I am hosting "a Bike Ride with the Mayor" or perhaps my opportunity to "Bike Ride with Palmetto Bay families": Saturday morning, March 7 at Coral Reef Park -- site of the 13th Annual Celebration Picnic.

Register for the Mayor's Bike Ride at 8:30 a.m.

Thank you Palmetto Bay Parks & Recreation, Fanny Carmona Director, Eric Tullberg and the County's "Bike 305 Connecting Communities" program. Call for details: 305-259-1234.

"Give Miami Day." The Miami Foundation is currently matching online donations to Green Mobility Network

Looking for an end of the year donation opportunity.  Well here is one that CAN be matched!

"Give Miami Day" started just after midnight last night and runs until midnight tonight, December 12. 

Members and Friends of Green Mobility Network can go online donate to Green Mobility Network. You can get to the page by clicking the following link.  

Every donation between $25 and $10,000 received through the Give Miami Day website during the 24-hour period will have a percentage matched by the Miami Foundation.

 Here's the link provided by Hank Sanchez-Resnik,Chair, Board of Directors:

 Click here to go to the Green Mobility Network donation page.

CLICK HERE to view the Green Mobility Network's official web site and read more about what this group does for our community.   

Members of the Green Mobility Network have been active in Palmetto Bay.  I was privileged to work with Palmetto Bay bicycling/green transportation champion Eric Tullberg, an officer in the Green Mobility network, in years past.  Eric has served several years on the county’s Bicycle-Pedestrian Advisory Committee, and was secretary of the village’s Old Cutler Path Committee. He’s also a member of the Palmetto Bay Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan Advisory Committee and the Biscayne Everglades Greenway Advisory Committee. Eric has worked hard in past years to put together an outstanding family bike ride that included environmental talks including South Florida Water Management District speakers at designated rest stops.  This is an event that should be brought back to Palmetto Bay!

Eric and others from the Green Mobility network have also encouraged use of bikes as alternative transportation, creating and manning the bike valet for major events in Palmetto Bay such as The Deering Estate’s Seafood Festival (photo above).