www.sbbike.org October 2010 Serving Santa Barbara Realtors see bikepaths in their future County We’re a countywide advocacy by Ralph Fertig bikeways, and the benefits and resource organization that promotes bicycling for safe I attended the Pro Walk/Pro of sustainable properties. It transportation and recreation. Bike conference in Chattanooga notes that as the “Generation on September 13-16th, along Y” replaces baby boomers, the How to reach us with our executive director Ed move from suburban to urban Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition France. The conferences are held areas will accelerate. And with PO Box 92047 Santa Barbara CA 93190-2047 every two years. Twenty years it, vehicle miles traveled will phone 962-1479 ago, the emphasis was on facili- decrease as bikes and buses email
[email protected] ties for bicyclists. Then about 15 increase. Savvy realtors, it web www.sbbike.org years ago, walking was added to advises, can benefit from this facebook the mix—after all, we have many www.facebook.com/sbbikes shift. And cities, if they wish things in common, and more to retain vitality, will accom- October 5th meeting people walk than bike. modate their young people. Join us for our general meeting: What happened in the last The closing plenary session Tuesday, October 5 decade was rising alarm among featured the National Associa- Madam Lu Chinese Restaurant 3524 State Street our nation’s health professionals tion of Realtors’ Hugh Morris Santa Barbara when an inactive lifestyle sur- who told us that our new al- No-host dinner 6:00 PM passed smoking as the leading Cover of the summer issue of On Common lies are local realtors because Meeting 7:00 PM Ground, published by the National Associa- cause of early death.