Walk/Ride Day Friday, April 27

Take a Walking or Biking Tour of Medford Square on Friday, April 27

Fifteen businesses now participating in monthly car-free program

Medford has so many “hidden gems.” Here are a few tours to help you explore some them on Friday, April 27th. On the last Friday of each month, all you need to do is walk, ride a bike, or take a bus to any of the fifteen Walk/Ride Day partners, to get your special reward.

For early birds:

Start your day the serene way, with a free yoga class, at Awakened Warrior Yoga (Riverside Ave). And while you’re there, enter the raffle for a month of free lessons from Xtreme Ninja Martial Arts Center.

Before work:

Visit Mystic Coffee Roaster on Riverside Ave and order your free cup of fresh-roasted coffee. Don’t forget to get one of Janabee’s amazing cinnamon rolls or other pastry to go with your beverage.

Want something more substantial? Just a few doors away, Oliver Deli/Chickpeas offers an amazing breakfast, and gives you a beverage of your choice for free.

Go shopping:

Start smack in the middle of Medford Square at Century Bank by opening a personal checking account, and get a free $50.00!

Just a few doors down Salem Street at Aggie’s Attic (women’s clothing and accessories): dress yourself up and get 10% off whatever you buy.

Squinting? Cross back over the major intersection and stop in at Medford Optical on High Street, for $100 off any complete pair of prescription eyewear.

Just a few doors away, at D’Errico-McGlynn Flowers, select $20 worth of flowers and get 10% off your purchase.

Need a gift? Or want to reward yourself? Ward’s Gifts has a huge selection, and you’ll get 15% off your purchase.

After work:

Recenter yourself with a massage from Medford Muscular Therapy Centre, and add a free 15-minute treatment of your choice.

Get a yummy dinner or snack at Colleen’s Ice Cream and Sandwich Shop and sign the raffle entry for a gift card.

Or hop on your bike or the 94 or 96 bus, and head over to West Medford Square.

Get 10% off a trim, a new cut, or maybe even a color treatment at Hair’s Karen Salon, and 20% off all products.

Reward your great new look with a free cup of clam chowder (and some other yummy bites) at Depot Square Grill.

Anytime, anywhere:

Improve your life going forward: make an appointment with Lions Share Coaching (online/phone only) and get entered into a 6-week life and/or career coaching program, or get 15% off any coaching package. Email marie[at]lionssharecoaching.com or call 617–803–1508 to sign up.

Go online and get 10% off a good book (or several) from Bestsellers Café: http://shop.bestsellers-cafe.com

Commuters who will commute from Medford car-free this Friday can check-in at http://greenstreets.mapc.org/ to be entered into a raffle.

Visit www.GoGreenStreets.org to find all the participating businesses and other partners in Walk/Ride Days.

More about Walk/Ride Days in Medford

Walk/Ride Days is looking for new retailers and schools to join the project. To participate, a business chooses an incentive that will help bring more customers to the business without driving. Then, on the last Friday of each month, the businesses reward the people who visited because of the program. Schools in the Walk/Ride project can participate in many ways, from Walking School Bus events to a Special Walk/Ride day for the whole community.

Walk/Ride Days is a project of the Green Streets Initiative, an international grassroots organization based in Cambridge, MA, that celebrates and promotes the use of sustainable and active transportation. Green Streets’ mission is to create safer, healthier, and quieter streets and more vibrant communities. More information at: http://www.gogreenstreets.org/.

Green Medford is coordinating participation in Walk/Ride Days and supporting partners with outreach. To sign up or ask questions, call Susan at 781-526-4714, or email greenmedford[at]gmail.com.

Green Medford seeks to educate the Medford community to understand our environmental impact, and to empower members of our community to make more sustainable energy choices related to homes and businesses, transportation, and food. More information at: www.greenmedford.org and at our Facebook page (search for Green Medford).

– Submitted by Susan Altman, Green Medford