November 2015 activity report

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Welcome to the monthly feature in which we round up all our events, earned media, program delivery, meetings and speaking engagements for the month. Representation and outreach like this is what you fund with your membership dollars and major gifts, folks! Behold, November:

November 2

Regular meeting of MORPC’s Community Advisory Council, on which Catherine serves

November 4

Inaugural meeting of the Safe Routes to School National Conference Program Committee, on which Catherine serves

November 5

Regular meeting of the Mayor's Green Team Transportation Committee, on which Catherine serves

Connect Columbus "Tactical Urbanism" event featuring temporary protected bike lanes

November 6

Columbus Dispatch: "Columbus experiments with protected bike lanes"

Ride with City of Columbus engineers and other officials to preview Summit and 4th Street's new protected bike lanes and provide feedback

November 7

Pedal Instead @ OSU v Minnesota

November 9

Meeting with MORPC's RideSolutions staff to discuss the future of our Ride Buddies program

November 10

Inaugural meeting with Olentangy Paddles to discuss potential partnerships

Scioto Greenways Grand Opening

November 11

Board meeting of the Downtown Residents Association of Columbus, on which Catherine serves

November 12

Program Committee meeting of the Central Ohio Greenways Board

November 14

Year of Yay! with "Biology Class" theme featuring stops at the Wilma H. Schiermeier Olentangy River Wetland Research Park,Café Briosoand Grange Insurance Audubon Center

November 16

Regular monthly board meeting of Yay Bikes!

Lantern TV: "Ohio State off-campus area home to first protected bike lane"

November 17

Inaugural meeting of Central Ohio's active transportation leadership to assess overlapping interests and explore coalition building

November 18

Inaugural meeting with Caitlin Harley of the Ohio Department of Health to discuss mode shift and the state's healthy community plan

General (public) meeting of the Downtown Residents Association of Columbus, on which Catherine serves

Board meeting of the Central Ohio Greenways Board

Annual Membership Meeting for Community Shares of Mid Ohio, featuring workshops "Social Media 101" and "Fundraising is an Art, Not a Science"

November 19

Tabling at the annual meeting of Downtown Capital Crossroads SID

November 21

Pedal Instead @ OSU v Michigan State

November 24

2015 National Philanthropy Day awards luncheon

Ride with City of Columbus engineers and other officials to preview Summit and 4th Street's new protected bike lanes and provide feedback

November 29

Olde Worthington Partnership "It's a Wonderful Window Contest" Open House with RIDEhome's Yay Bikes! entry

November 30

Regular meeting of MORPC’s Community Advisory Council, on which Catherine serves