Join us at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the Members

Calling all Members & Friends!

Bike & Walk Montclair invites you to our 2011 Annual Meeting of the Members.

The BWM Annual Meeting is where YOU decide how this organization is run. Please join us to VOTE in our new Officers and Board Members.

Considering getting more involved?  We’ll talk about BWM committees and which one might be right for you!

ALSO, this is your opportunity to meet nationally-acclaimed Sharon Roerty who will be our guest speaker. Sharon is an expert on how bicycling and walking initiatives in cities and suburbs have resulted in tangible health & safety improvements. Come hear her speak and ask her questions.

Where: Montclair Fire Headquarters, 1 Pine Street, Montclair

When: Thursday, October 20, 7:30PM

RSVP to rsvp@bikewalkmontclair.org.

Refreshments will be served.

Featured Presenter: Sharon Z. Roerty, MCRP/AICP/PP

Sharon Z. Roerty is a new Senior Program Officer at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF). She is working with the Childhood Obesity Team. From 2004 to May 2011 Sharon was with the National Center for Bicycling & Walking (NCBW) serving as the Executive Director and the Director of the Active Living Resource Center (ALRC), a national program of RWJF that focused on policy and environmental change. Her expertise is in environmental, transportation and land use planning; and building capacity for change through public involvement.

Sharon was appointed to the Federal Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Task Force by the Secretary of the USDOT; is a member of the SRTS National Review Group; and the review committee for the U.S. DOT Pedestrian Safety Program Strategic Plan. Other active memberships include: NJ Council of Physical Fitness & Sports; the Pedestrian Injury Prevention Program in Newark, NJ; Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center International Advisory Group; America Bikes Board of Directors; and Complete Streets Coalition Steering Committee.

Ms. Roerty has a B.S. in environmental science from Stockton State College; a Masters degree in City and Regional Planning (M.C.R.P.) from Rutgers University; and a Leadership NJ Fellow (2004). She has worked continuously in the planning field since 1982. As a community volunteer Sharon has worked on several committees in Maplewood and South Orange to promote bicycling and walking.

Become a Bike & Walk Montclair Member

Bike&Walk Montclair’s trustees are proud of our organization’s accomplishments, but we need your help to continue these efforts. We rely on members’ dues for our operating budget, community outreach and other special events. Your membership adds your voice even when you can’t fit volunteering into your schedule. Join BWM today and help make bicycling and walking a safe, appealing and feasible choice for all users and all trips.

Become a member online or join at our Annual Meeting.

Bike&Walk Montclair is a non-profit, non-partisan 501(c)(3) organization. All memberships and contributions are tax-deductible.