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Join children and adults around the world in the celebration of International Walk and Bike to School Day!

We walk rain or shine!

Use the walk to school to:

• Get to know your neighbors
  Research has shown that people living on quiet roads know more of their neighbors than people living on busy streets.
• Respect your streets
  People are less likely to litter their own backyard. Walking to school regularly gives children a "sense of place", making the streets better for everyone!
• Find a route to school
  Walk with your children and explore the area to find the safest way to school, avoiding busy main roads and using quieter side roads with sidewalks.
• Get to know your neighborhood
  Developing a mental map of the area is an important part of growing up and gaining confidence in an area.
• Practice life skills
  Use Walk and Bike to School Day to learn personal safety skills and practice using proper pedestrian and bike safety rules.
• Start a walking/biking habit
  If you walk or bike to school every day for a month, it will become a habit - and you won't want to go back to driving!

What can I do?

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A Ribbon Cutting Ceremony has been scheduled for The City of Rochester’s new Cascade Lake Bicycle Trail. This is the trail that is roughly parallel to TH14 west from Country Club Manor to TH52.

Date: Wednesday October 8, 2008
Time: 4:00 PM
Location: At the west end of the trail near the intersection of Lake Street & Interlachen Lane.

The ceremony will include the following:

• Gather along the trail near the west end.
• Pass out drawing tickets to all participants.
• Recognition & Thank You
• Conduct a drawing for a grand prize and other prizes.
• Have a Special Dignitary cut the ribbon.
• End up with a ride along the trail to TH52 and back to the starting point, then home.

Please feel free to pass this invitation along to others. I will also notify the Rochester Police Department and the Press. This event is sponsored by BPAC, the Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Committee to the Rochester Olmsted County Council of Governments. Look for information on Trails at http://www.co.olmsted.mn.us/planning/bicycle-pedestrian_advisory_committee.asp.

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The City Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of Rochester, Minnesota, will hold a public meeting in the Council/Board Chambers of the Government Center, 151 4th Street SE, Rochester, MN, on Wednesday, October 8, 2008, at 7:00 p.m. regarding:

• Type III, Phase II Restricted Development R2008-032CUP by Rochester Senior Housing, Inc. The applicant proposes to construct a 54 unit senior housing independent housing development on 2.20 acres. The building would consist of 3 floors and be approximately 44,949 square feet. The property is located along the west side of Kenosha Drive NW, north of Valley High Road NW and south of 35th Street NW and Badger Hills 3rd Subdivision.
• Type III, Phase II Amendment to General Development Plan R00173GDP known as Ridgewood by Freedom Development and Consulting. The applicant is requesting to amend the approved GDP by changing an area identified as single family detached dwellings to single family attached dwellings. The roadway pattern through the area is also proposed to be modified. The property is located east of 40th Ave. SE, south of Rolling Ridge Subdivision and Valley Side Estates Third Subdivision and Starling Lane SE.