Walk/Ride Day Friday, March 30
Fifteen businesses now participating in monthly car-free program
Three more local, independent retail businesses have joined Medford Walk/Ride Days in March, bringing the new count of participants to fifteen. Walk/Ride Days is an innovative program that encourages alternatives to driving and helps to build community.
On the last Friday of each month, Walk/Ride partners offer a special incentive to customers who commute or go about their business without using a car. Walk/Ride Day will happen on Friday, March 30th in Medford, Cambridge, Somerville, Boston, Everett, and Lynn. People who intend to commute car-free this Friday are encouraged to “check in†online so their efforts can be counted and added up.
Medford’s Walk/Ride Partners, and their special offers for everyone who gets there without using a car, include:
In Medford Square:
Aggie’s Attic: 10% off any item
Awakened Warrior Yoga: Take a FREE class
Bestsellers Café: 10% discount on phone or on-line orders
Century Bank: $50.00 when you open a personal checking account
Colleen’s Ice Cream and Sandwich Shop: Free raffle entry for a gift card (with your purchase)
D’Errico-McGlynn Flowers: 10% off floral purchase of $20 or more, carry-out sale only
Medford Muscular Therapy Centre: Add a 15-minute treatment of your choice to your massage session
Medford Optical: $100 off any complete pair of prescription eye ware (cannot be combined with any insurance or other discounts)
Mystic Coffee Roaster: Free small cup of fresh-roasted coffee (several choices available)
Oliver Deli/Chickpeas: Free drink of your choice
Ward’s Gifts: 15% off purchases (cannot combine with other discounts or promotions)
Xtreme Ninja Martial Arts Center: Raffle entry for a month of free lessons
Other Medford Locations:
Depot Square Grill, West Medford: Free cup of clam chowder
Hair’s Karen Salon, West Medford: 20% off all products and 10% off all services
Lions Share Coaching (online/phone only): (1) Be entered into a 6-week life and/or career coaching program, or (2) Get 15% off any coaching package. Email marie[at]lionssharecoaching.com or call 617–803–1508 to sign up.
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
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.
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 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