Ride a Bike to Your Favorite Downtown Columbus Summer Festival

Mayor Mike is up to his old green ways again while he promotes his GREEN campaign by promoting the bicycle-friendliness of Columbus' major festivals.  Did you know that Columbus has 58 miles of fitness and bike trails (though for the life of me, I can't find an online map detailing them).  The bike corral idea seemed to work well at Goodale Park for Earth Day over the weekend and we're also talking about the

• Columbus Arts Festival on June 7-10 on the downtown riverfront;
• the Rose Festival on June 9 and 10 at the Whetstone Park of Roses;
• Festival Latino on June 15 and 16 along the downtown riverfront; and at the
• Community Festival at Goodale Park (Comfest has been championing this cause for years)
• Pride Festival on June 23 at Bicentennial Park
• Riverfest on June 30 along the riverfront at North Bank Park
• Jazz and Rib Fest from July 20 through 22 along the downtown riverfront
• Family Fun Fest on Sept. 15 on the downtown riverfront at Genoa Park.

The move is intended to help reduce parking demand and car traffic, and to encourage fitness.
Did you know that city hall has a Green Team?

Also see: Get Green Columbus, the Columbus Recreation and Parks Department, the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission, the Central Ohio Bicycle Advocacy Coalition and Safety Town.

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