Let’s make Warwick a bicycle/pedestrian friendly town

Imagine safe, wide bicycle/pedestrian paths gracefully paralleling the highways and byways of Warwick.
Imagine the freedom of being able to access and enjoy the beauty of our town, unencumbered by worries of distracted motorists.
Imagine weekend family bike outings to local destinations, level well maintained walkways with rest benches for all ages, exercise routes on which neighbors could casually meet and exchange a friendly word.
Warwickians live in the country, yet our ability to safely and spontaneously enjoy the greater outdoors without getting in the car to “go somewhere” is limited.
A network of cycling/pedestrian paths are entirely within our reach. Many towns throughout New York state have built beautiful, community enhancing trails by utilizing resources allotted specifically for these purposes.
Under the umbrella of Community 2000, a 501(c)(3), and its recent outreach TOGETHER: Building Tomorrow Today Visioning Project, a committee is now forming to carry out the identified goal of a bike/hike path that will link many of the scenic, shopping, schools and recreational parts of the town.
The first step is to gain community interest and support. A project of this scope requires a big team of motivated people working together to justify Warwick as a desirable, worthy recipient of available funds.
If you would like to be a part of this legacy project, a gift for today and to future generations please come to our first official meeting.
We need you:• Parents, teens, singles, regular folks with vision.
• Outdoor recreation/user groups: hiking organizations, bicyclists, runners, bird watchers, school athletic departments, scout groups, senior citizens and individuals with disabilities.
• Local organizations with potential interest: environmental, conservation, fish and game, land trusts, farm bureau, historic preservation, alternative transportation, smart growth and health.
• Volunteers or workers with experience or connections at public agencies such as planning, parks and recreation, public works, environmental conservation, soil and water conservation, health, transportation, tourism, cooperative extension and management agencies for any open space properties such as nature preserves and state forests.
• School teachers, coaches, and administrators, corporate leaders, members of civic organizations and municipal officials.
• Downtown business associations, chambers of commerce, individual shop owners, utilities, corporations, restaurants, and lodging establishments. Landowners: neighborhood or homeowner associations as well as farmers.
• College faculty and students
• Interested individual citizens
• Media: public relations, newspaper, radio, television, social media
• Planners, contractors, engineers, foresters, attorneys: landscape architects.
The committee will meet Wednesday, Nov. 28, at 6:30 p.m. in Albert Wisner Public Library.
Join us.
Ree Davies and Cosmo Weymer
reeandcosmo@gmail.com