Celebrate our Burlington's Streets! Sept. 21

 Sunday, September 21, 2014 

9:00 AM - 2:00 PM

Open Streets BTV is a celebration of one of the city’s largest public spaces -- our streets! For the first Open Streets BTV event, three miles of streets in the Old North End neighborhood will be closed to cars and opened to people.

 The event will provide residents and visitors with places to mingle, play, and shop, all while promoting healthy living and active transportation. People of all ages will have the chance to travel several miles of neighborhood streets in a safe, car-free environment, enjoying fun and healthy activities along the way. Open Streets BTV will create safe, accessible spaces to come together and have fun, and be healthy by walking, biking, practicing yoga and more. We hope to hold events in different neighborhoods throughout the city on an annual basis.

  Events are FREE and will include: Outdoor yoga, chair massages, Zumba, face painting, contra dancing with the Mad Robins featuring Young Tradition Vermont, a bounce house, local musicians, food vendors, helmet decorating, bike polo and skateboarding demos, mural painting, and lots of games. People can bring bikes, scooters, skateboards, roller skates, or just their family or a few friends.

  Streets along the route will be open to residents only. Police or volunteers will be stationed at all intersections to get you where you need to go.

Open Streets BTV is inspired by the South American “Ciclovia” (pronounced see-cloh-vee-ah), which originated in Bogota, Columbia in 1976. The Open Streets movement has really grown in recent years, with initiatives currently taking place in more than 100 U.S. cities, as shown in the Streetfilms video, The Rise of Open Streets.

 

To learn more about Open Streets BTV, the route, activities,

or how to get involved click here!