Baby steps to making a contribution.

Thanksgiving is a great time to consider ways that we can make a difference. I was invited to speak to my daughter’s Girl Scout Junior troop yesterday to help them earn one of their badges, one requirement of which is to interview leaders in the community. Because I expect these girls will become active in the community as they move on to middle and high school, I shared with them three tips for becoming engaged — Interests, Passions,...

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Walk Your Bike, Long Beach

Our Bike Long Beach PR outreach campaign has been focusing on safety, and yesterday we announced a “Walk It or Lock It” intitiative — a name I helped coin — to remind bike riders to keep off the sidewalks in our districts. Some of the nice coverage includes: Long Beach Press Telegram: http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_18784977 - The city has launched a “Walk It Or Lock It” campaign to inform bicyclists...

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Construction begins on Long Beach separated bikeways

I’ve been working on the Bike Long Beach campaign the past few months. The city opened the first Bike Boulevard in Southern California along Vista Street last month, and construction is scheduled to begin today on separated bikeways in downtown. The announcement release (that I authored with the Bike Long Beach team) is pasted here: City of Long Beach, CA – News Details. Nice reporting by the Press-Telegram, LBPost.com, Gazettes and...

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