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PARTNERS | HEALTHY CITY | HOW HEALTHY | VISION | SUMMIT | PRIORITIES | FUNCTIONS | CITY OF FALL RIVER |
Senior
citizens from across the City met at the Niagara
Senior Center on July 9, 2014 to learn how to conduct a walkability
audit of the area outside the Center as
part of a Fall
River Mass In Motion Healthy Aging Initiative Project funded by the Massachusetts
Council on Aging to get more
seniors walking. The Project is training seniors from
throughout the City on how to conduct audits
of various walking routes in order to make recommendation City on needed
improvements. Fall River
Mass in Motion Coordinator Julie Kelly and Healthy Aging Initiative
Coordinator Eric Andrade introduced WalkBoston
Executive Director Wendy Landsman who gave a half-hour presentation and
then answered questions. The participants then split into two groups with
one going east on Tucker Street to Stafford Road and the other going west
to William Canning Boulevard, noting some of the problems that required
correction. Once audits are conducted around all four senior centers, a
report will be given to the City Department of Community Maintenance for
action. Click
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(Top row, left) WalkBoston Executive Director Wendy Landsman, Intern Kasia Hart and Communications Director Brendan Kearney, left, distribute materials to the group. (Top row, center) Kathy Lowney, Healthy Aging Initiative Coordinator Eric Andrade, and Julie Cleare look over the forms. (Top row, right) Amy Fragoza and Shirley Bardsley look over the audit forms with Brendan. (Middle row, left) Cheryl Costa, Elsie Dias and Ben B. meet outside the Senior Center with Wendy before heading to Bishop Mariano Boulevard. (Middle row, right) Eric and Brendan, right, go over the instructions with their group before heading to Stafford Road. (Row three, left and center) Ben talks with Wendy about sidewalk regulations before Wendy points out some overgrowth on the sidewalk across the street. (Kathy takes notes while Fall River Mass In Motion Coordinator Julie Kelly points something out to Wendy. (Bottom row) The group heads to William Canning Boulevard where Wendy points out the lack of adequate crossing lights and more overgrowth on the sidewalk as they head back. |
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