Recreation/Exercise - an Imagine Addison idea

Expansion of the trail system in Addison will be great for the town. However, it is usually a small percentage of the population who uses these trails for running and biking. To encourage Addison residents to use these trails, I would like to suggest:

 

1. Poker Walks - People walk a short course, e.g. 1 mile and collect poker chips/cards at different stations during the course. The town could encourage neighborhoods and businesses to form teams for this event. Below are some links to other poker walks and images:

 

University of Texas

www.utrecsports.org/pokerwalk/home.php

University of Nebraska Kearney

www.unk.edu/uploadedFiles/academics/wellness/rules%281%29...

The Alliance® cooperative of employers moving health care forward

www.alliancehealthcoop.com/diabetes/Alkar-RapidPakPokerWa...

Images for Poker Walk

www.google.com/search?q=poker+walk&hl=en&prmd=imv...

Ohio law enforcement

www.kintera.org/faf/home/default.asp?ievent=1035188

 

2. Volksmarch - This event would pair well with Oktoberfest.

 

Definition of volkswalking – Dallas Trekkers Inc.

www.ava.org/clubs/Dallastrekkers/faqs.htm

 

3. Encourage Dallas walkers/runners to use Addison trails for their planned events.

Dallas Trekkers Inc.

www.ava.org/clubs/Dallastrekkers/

Dallas Walkers Meetup

www.meetup.com/Walk-This-Way/

Dallas Running Club

www.dallasrunningclub.com/neighborhood_running_and_walkin...

 

4. Community bike rides - not for speed, but for socializing.

www.trailnet.org/events/community-rides

www.cityofstockbridge.com/pview.aspx?id=4760&catid=73

www.oxnardbicycles.org/index.php/oxnard-community-bike-ride/

www.norfolkbikemonth.com/events.html

 

5. The city of Fort Collins even has a bike library where bicycles can be checked out.

www.fcbikelibrary.org/index.php

 

6. Encourage Dallas bicyclists to use Addison trails for their planned events.

www.greaterdallasbicyclists.com/

www.tourdallas.org/home.html

dallascyclestyle.com/

bikefriendlydallas.org/

www.bikingindallas.com/

www.bikedfw.org/

 

I would love to see recycling available to multi-family residential housing.

www.larecycles.org/

www.lessismore.org/materials/174-multi-family-recycling

www.dnrec.delaware.gov/whs/awm/Recycling/Documents/Multi-...

www.calrecycle.ca.gov/LGCentral/Library/innovations/Multi...

wmr.sagepub.com/content/30/7/727.short

 

I would like to see more public art in Addison. Perhaps the town could form partnerships with Brookhaven College art students or the Craft Guild to create art in public places, e.g. Athletic Club, Town Hall, fire stations, elementary school, etc. Outdoor art could also be in private places like the Vitruvian Park development (with their cooperation), e.g. the cinder block wall on the west side of the Savoye Apts.

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