World Car-free Day and the PARK(ing) day events are here again!

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From an e-mail from Transition Somerville:

CitySmart is proud to be a part of the fabulous international holiday known as
WORLD PARK(ing) DAY; stop by six park(ing) spots on September 17!

Check out http://www.parkingday.org to see what folks
all over the world have done to transform parking spaces into temporary parks in over 50 cities.

Look like fun? Join us on FRIDAY, 9/17 as six park(ing) spots near Porter Square blossom. A map and flyer are attached. They are all on the northbound side of Mass Ave and exist for most or all of the day:

1) Cambridge Climate Emergency Action: between Day & Chester

2) Urban Homesteading: between Milton and Russell - learn and share about sustainable urban living

3) CitySmart Plays in the Street: between Russell and Hadley - hammock, book swap, games,living grass, plants from Pemberton Farms, music, recycling info, raffle with a great prize from Greenward, and of course, we hope to sign up residents of NC for our program: http://www.cambridgema.gov/citysmart

4) Boston Hoop Troop: between Beech and Allen - hula hoops, bubbles, music, chalk - http://www.bostonhooptroop.com>

5) Dancing: at University Hall - Swing dancing, lindy hop, and some ukuleles.

6) Green Streets Initiative "The Green Commute Doctor" -"Patients" will receive "prescriptions". GSI will discuss their usual mode of travel with them and write up a "prescription" for how they can go green on Walk/Ride Day (GSI's monthly event) and hopefully other days of the year - http://www.gogreenstreets.org>

See you out there!

Thanks for being CitySmart,

Jasmine Laietmark
CitySmart Outreach Coordinator

(The "attached" flyer/map can be downloaded from the website here)

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My car finally kicked the bucket yesterday. Tomorrow I'm heading to the RMV to get necessary paperwork to give it away. Friday will be my first day officially sans car. I am going to try to permanently replace it with a bike. So the timing is perfectly weird...