Celebrate our 18th Annual Meeting
Thursday, March 6, 2008

4:00 | Downtown Development Walk
Led by BRA's John Palmieri, Executive Director, and Kairos Shen, Director of Planning. Visit building sites currently under development. Learn how they will benefit and impact peds and shape the downtown streetscape. South Station Tower/Hines; Hayward Place/MDA Partners; Paramount Center/Emerson College; Filene's [1 Franklin St.] / Gale-Vornado; Trans National Center/ Meredith & Grew. Downtown development map
Meet: South Station | Front door under the eagle

5:30 | Eat | Drink | Schmooze
Reception at WilmerHale
60 State Street | 26th floor
Suggested donation: $20

6:30 | Golden Shoe Award Presentation
Paul Grogan | The Boston Foundation
Susan Bregman | WalkBoston volunteer webmaster
Nancy Caruso | North End and CA/T community activisit
Patrick Healy | Nutritionist, walking advocate, and leader
Uphams Corner Health Center | Walking Prescriptions Program

7:00 | Speaker | Jon Orcutt | New York City DOT | Senior Policy Advisor
Jon was recently named the recipient of the 2008 Civic Leadership in Transportation Award by the NYU Wagner Rudin Center for Transportation Policy and Management. During his long and impactful tenures at Transportation Alternatives and the Tri-State Transportation Campaign, Jon won many improvements for bicycling, walking, and transit, including the restoration of bike access to the Queensboro Bridge and fairer funding for bike and pedestrian safety. Last year he joined the NYC DOT's "dream team" with Bruce Schaller, Dani Simons and other stalwarts of livable streets.

RSVP by Feb. 21 | 617.367.9255 | info@walkboston.org
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