Exploring the Outdoors of Rochester, NY!
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Join with Wegmans and the City of Rochester to bicycle and hike your way to a healthier future. The City of Rochester is fortunate to have many diverse and interesting neighborhoods you can explore. All along the Genesee River from Genesee Valley Park to the Port of Rochester at Charlotte on Lake Ontario you will find trails or sidewalks where you will see the beauty of our community and neighborhoods. Bring a friend, neighbor or members of your family with you to share the wonderful views. Try repeating the same route during the four seasons of the year for a completely difference experience! Visit the City of Rochester web site for guided hikes, bicycle rides and other activities in the Flower City Looking Good program: http://www.cityofrochester.gov/fclg/ Exploring the outdoors of Rochester, NY! CITYOFROCHESTER - 161926 8/2012 Welcome to the East Avenue Wegmans Become a City of Rochester Trailblazer! Passport to Family Wellness! The City of Rochester has a wealth of trails that bring cyclists and hikers close to nature and to history. The bicycle routes This booklet describes hiking routes and bicycle rides within and hiking routes were prepared by members of the Rochester the City of Rochester. The City offers a surprising variety of Bicycling Club, the Rochester Cycling Alliance and the locations for outdoor exercising: City Center (downtown), Adirondack Mountain Club – Genesee Valley Chapter. Each of lovely parks, historic neighborhoods and the Genesee these organizations offers activities you and your family can Riverway Trail. Have fun sampling the suggested routes in the enjoy. passport and join the millions who have made outdoor hiking and bicycling a part of their healthy lifestyles. Richard DeSarra Board Member of the Rochester As you hike or bicycle each route, record your visit in your Bicycling Club and Co-Founder of the Rochester Wegmans Passport by using a pencil or crayon to make a Cycling Alliance designed the bicycle routes to showcase the rubbing of the designated marker. Complete four hikes or four scenic beauty along the Genesee River and highlight some of bicycle rides to receive a coupon redeemable for a Wegmans the historic treasures within the City. The creator of the maps product. Complete all seven hikes or all seven bicycle rides was Rochester Bicycling Club member Bary Siegel. and be entered to win the Grand Prize: $100.00 Wegmans gift card and a free lodge rental at Cobbs Hill Park in the City of The hikes were designed by members of the Adirondack Rochester for a picnic with your friends. You do not have to Mountain Club – Genesee Valley Chapter. The hikes complete all seven walks or all seven bicycle rides in one year feature a few of the many scenic and historic locations in the to be eligible. City of Rochester. It is important to encourage people of all ages to spend more time outdoors in nature so make it a Incentives for completed trails can be picked up at the City family event or recruit friends and neighbors to discover new of Rochester Department of Recreation and Youth Services, areas within the City of Rochester. 400 Dewey Avenue, Rochester, (585) 428-6755. We hope this encourages you to get moving more and to enjoy all the area For additional information about the organizations and their has to offer. activities visit their web sites: www.rochesterbicyclingclub.org www.rochestercyclingalliance.org www.gvc-adk.org/ Marcie Bartolotta, MS, Manager, Eat Well, Live Well Community Initiatives at Wegmans 1 2 Genesee Riverway Trail (GRT) *HQHVHH5LYHUHD\7UDLO *57 ) RU Genesee Valley Park (GVP) *HQHVHH9DOOH\3DUN *93 7R)RUG6W%ULGJH G 6W 6 to Ford Street Bridge H H Y Y $ $ WK Location: Parking and trail access at the City Recreational Q X R R W Center at Genesee Valley Park (GVP). 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