Charleston contracts out its bicycle plan.
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From: Dennis Strawn dennis.a.strawn@gmail.com Subject: Charleston Bicycle Master Plan underway Date: March 11, 2015 1:39:26 PM EDT To: "Abildso, Christiaan" CGABILDSO@hsc.wvu.edu, Kasey Russell russell.kasey@gmail.com, Adam Angelona adam@wvcompanybicycle.com, Adam Flack aflack@wvonthemove.net, Amy Haden amyhaden@gmail.com, "Mayer, Anita" Anita.Mayer@mail.wvu.edu, Bill Austin baustin@labyrinth.net, Bill Wells bwells@unitedcoal.com, Breanna Shell shellb@cityofhuntington.com, Brendan Bell brendanbell.bell@gmail.com, Bruce Curry Bruce@currydesigngroup.com, Charlene Cook charlenecook1955@aol.com, Charles Holley cholley@cityofhuntington.com, "chip@wamsleycycles.com" chip@wamsleycycles.com, Connie Lupardus clupardus@caez-wv.org, Craig Slaughter craig.slaughter@wvimb.org, Dale Goff Dale.goff3@gmail.com, Don Spencer DSpencer36@comcast.net, Edgar Barrett nedbarrett@bellsouth.net, Ella Belling ella@montrails.org, Elliott Lewis eelewis7@gmail.com, Emily Vasile emilyvasile@gmail.com, Emmett Pepper epepper@vt.edu, Frank Gmeindl frank.gmeindl@comcast.net, Gail Pitchford gail.pitchford@camc.org, Gary Zuckett garyz@wvcag.org, Greg Garrett gagarrett@gmail.com, "harvey.allen@chartersites.net" harvey.allen@chartersites.net, Isaac Forman formanir@gmail.com, j underhill Jfunderhill@gmail.com, Jeffrey Lusk jlusk@trailsheaven.com, Jenny Totten jenny.dawn.totten@gmail.com, John Francis johncfrancis13@gmail.com, John Manchester jmanchester@lewisburg-wv.com, Kate Dobson Forman katedforman@gmail.com, "Laura M. Dice" Laura.Dice@camc.org, Michael Loughney mloughney@tioga-resources.com, Michael Plante mike@planteandassociates.com, Mike Costello costellowv@gmail.com, Nate Orders mail@ordersconstruction.com, Nathan McCray nathanmccray@hotmail.com, Park Ferguson parkferg2007@yahoo.com, Patricia Clay trishc1@suddenlink.net, Patrick Donovan pdonovan@njrati.org, Rahul Gupta rahul.gupta@wv.gov, Rich Harper johnscyclery@frontier.com, Richard Eichberger reichberger@suddenlink.net, Scott Ferry scottferry@wvregion3.org, Scott Sudduth scottsud@gmail.com, Spellman Kent k.spellman@wvhub.org, "sryder@tgkvf.org" sryder@tgkvf.org, Stacy Bisker selaineb@gmail.com, Steve Fowler smf@pffwv.com, Susie K Salisbury Susiesalis@aol.com, Ted Armbrecht eca3@suddenlinkmail.com, Tom Heywood theywood@bowlesrice.com, Tom Wood twood84@gmail.com, "townoffayetteville@suddenlinkmail.com" townoffayetteville@suddenlinkmail.com, "voicetalent@amiebreedlove.com" voicetalent@amiebreedlove.com, weber xvrweber@gmail.com, "wrnott@suddenlink.net" wrnott@suddenlink.net, WV Explorer editor@wvexplorer.com
Hello all,
The City of Charleston is creating a bicycle master plan for the city. The principal firm hired to perform this study is Alta Design and Planning of Greensboro which has teamed with the local firm of TRC Engineering. The Alta team has a national reputation in its design work for bike trails and the city is excited to have them come to Charleston to help with our efforts.
The goal is to establish world class trails and corridors for biking in Charleston and to provide links to South Charleston, Coonskin, Kanawha State Forest and beyond. In a larger sense this effort will enhance outdoor recreational opportunities and make the Charleston area a vibrant and exciting place.
Alta Planning will be in Charleston next Tuesday thru Thursday, March 17-19. During this time there will be a public meeting/open house on Wednesday, March 18 from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm. Location is Charleston City Services Building, 915 Quarrier St East.
You are encouraged to drop by and give your thoughts on improvements Charleston can make towards better bicycling.
If it is a nice day, ride your bike to the meeting.
Thanks Dennis