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According to Walk + Roll Cleveland, “ Kaiser Permanente has provided seed funding for six Walk+Roll programs in neighborhoods all over the greater Cleveland area!

Saturday, May 15 in Cleveland’s Kamm’s Corners neighborhood will kick off the 2010 Summer of walking and rolling! Walk+Roll is partnering with Taste of Kamms which is a new event to celebrate this family-friendly neighborhood and it’s streetscaped Lorain Avenue.

Other neighborhoods and dates will be revealed soon. Always free and always fun for everyone, this year’s Walk+Roll initiative will include our signature street-closings plus also free guided bicycle rides and walks to secret places you’ve probably never experienced. With six events spread over the summer and throughout the city, you will be continually reminded and encouraged to walk and bike more in your daily life which will make your world cleaner, greener, wealthier and healthier.”

Walk + Roll is a ciclovia-type event that temporarily closes streets to cars and opens them to people on bike, foot, and skates. Learn more by visiting http://www.walkroll.com.

Walk+Roll is benefiting today, August 6th, from the Whole Foods Market weekly Giving Grill in University Heights, Ohio. Every Thursday this summer, for a $5 donation, customers will receive a grilled meal pack from Whole Foods. According to Whole Foods, “100% of the proceeds are donated to a community group whose mission is tied to Whole Foods Market core values. Walk+Roll will also host a guided bicycle tour from Cleveland’s Public Square and University Circle to Giving Grill.”

To read about the event on the Whole Foods Market website, click here…

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Numerous Alliance member organizations in Cleveland, Ohio including Cleveland Bikes, Walk and Roll Cleveland and Bike Lakewood are coming together to produce the first ever “Cleveland Bicycle Week.”  The goal of the event is to promote cycling during National Bike Month by hosting fun and educational activities.  Thursday May 15th they will host a one-day conference for government officials, health and wellness agencies, the media and other interested parties.  Friday will be the Cleveland Bicycle Expo at Cleveland City Hall.