Fall River Mass in Motion coordinator Julianne Kelly had the opportunity to describe the various projects with which she's involved to create policy and environment changes in Fall River that will enable more physical activity among city residents. Mass. Department of Public Health Community Liaison Coordinator Lea Susan Ojamaa, MPH, and Community Liaison/Policy Coordinator Maria Evora-Rosa, MSW, were joined by Mass. Association of Health Boards Senior Staff Attorney Cheryl Sbarra and Fall River Park Advocates Coordinator Sandy Dennis for a tour of some of those locations on August 31, 2011. The hour-long trip included stops at Britland and Father Travassos Parks to see the area designated for a Quequechan River Greenway, the bicycle path behind the Advanced Technology and Manufacturing Center (ATMC) that begins the planned Fall River Regional Bikeway, and the new bicycle path that extends from the new Veterans' Memorial Bridge from Somerset. The tour concluded with a viewing of the Staircase Gallery at Government Center and a look at a map of all of the planned changes designed to increase bicycle and pedestrian activity in the city. Click here for a link to a video of the tour. For more information about the project, including , contact Mass In Motion coordinator Julie Kelly at 508-324-2411.  

(Top row) Lea Susan Ojamaa, Cheryl Sbarra, Sandy Dennis and Maria Evora-Rosa are greeted by Mass In Motion coordinator Julianne Kelly outside Government Center before leaving on a tour that began at Britland Park where the area designated for a Quequechan River Greenway is located. (Middle row, left and center) Park Advocate Coordinator Sandy Dennis listens as Ms. Kelly describes plans for the Fall River Regional Bikeway that begins behind the ATMC and will extend to Westport and the Bioreserve. (Middle row, right) The tour continues on Route 195 past the Quequechan River where plans are underway to develop more of the bicycle path on the existing railroad bed that runs through the river. (Bottom row, left) Maria and Cheryl finish looking at the newly-completed bicycle lane that will connect riders and pedestrians who cross the Veterans' Memorial Bridge with Bicentennial and Heritage Parks along the Taunton River by a proposed route on city streets.. (Bottom row, center and right) The group returns to Government Center where they are greeted by the entrance to the Stairwell Gallery that contains artwork by local high school students and municipal employees and maps of the planned park, bicycle and pedestrian pathways throughout the city.