Walk/Ride Day Friday

Walk/Ride Day happens Friday, February 24 in Medford as well as Cambridge, Somerville, Boston, Everett, and Lynn.

Medford has already got twelve independent, small, local retail businesses signed on for Walk/Ride Days. This means that when you walk or ride (a bike, a bus, a train) tomorrow and visit a participating business, they will give you a special incentive. This helps you to get exercise and helps our community get more business: a real Win-Win!

Participating Medford business include:

Awakened Warrior Yoga
Bestsellers Cafe
Century Bank, Medford
Colleen’s Ice Cream and Sandwich Shop
Depot Square Grill
Hair’s Karen
Lions Share Coaching
Medford Muscular Therapy Centre
Medford Optical
Mystic Coffee Roaster
Oliver Deli / Chickpeas
Xtreme Ninja Martial Arts Center

More about Walk/Ride Days in Medford

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 susan.altman[at]comcast.net.

We are seeking new retailers and schools to join the project. To participate, a business chooses an incentive that will help drive 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 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