The plan is for bicycle riders to start at the Mt. Tom coal plant on Route 5 at 10:45, with a police escort, and to end up at the Amherst Town Common (north end) by 12:30. There will be places along the route where bikers can join in, partway (Sheldon Field in Northampton, and behind Whole Foods in Hadley.) Details of the route are here.
Walkers will start at 11:30 at the U Mass horse farm, at North Maple Street and Rocky Hill Road in Hadley, and will arrive at the Amherst Common at 12:30, just like the bikers.
Bikers, hikers, and others will gather at the Amherst Common (North End) at 12:30 where there will be informational displays. There are no plans for speeches or music but since this is a free speech area such things may happen spontaneously .A little more information is here, but nobody knows quite what will happen, so come and find out!
(Below this is historical information which you can ignore if you wish.)
We have four committees planning our event:
If you are interested in being involved in any of these subcommittees (even if you couldn’t attend recent meetings), please email the point person listed below so they will have your contact information and can keep you in the loop.
- Amherst Common (North) Event Planning Committee (this is the biggest committee, will include tables/booths, information, possibly speakers, etc.) — point person: Laura Elizares (laura.elizares[at]gmail.com) – See the plans
- Bike/Walk Event Planning Committee (this is to plan the logistics of the bike/walk event and coordinate with local/regional existing biking groups) — point person: Rachel Farr (rachel.farr[at]gmail.com) - See the plans
- Outreach (to Schools, Community Groups, etc.) – point person: Lydia Vernon-Jones (lvernonjones[at]gmail.com)
- Media/Publicity (contact with local news channels, newspapers, social networking and online media sources) — point person: Andy Morris-Friedman (morrisfri[at]aol.com)