May 12, 2010
In this issue: golf to help Keep Omaha Beautiful, it’s bike month, bike with the mayors, sign up for Activate Omaha’s second annual urban adventure race and tell the Nebraska Department of Roads what your transportation issues are.
KOB Golf Classic
Keep Omaha Beautiful (KOB) will host its 17th annual Charity Golf Classic Monday, July 12, at The Player’s Club at Deer Creek starting at noon. Funds raised will support KOB’s mission of litter reduction, beautification and education on recycling and solid waste issues. The event includes 18 holes of golf, a cart, lunch and dinner. Golfers will have an opportunity to win $10,000 cash, a golf resort vacation and a set of golf clubs. Sponsorships are available at the $5,000, $2,500 and $1,000 levels. The cost is $500 for a team of four or $125 per individual to reserve a space. Entries are limited to the first 144 golfers. Visit www.keepomahabeautiful.org to download a sponsor and player entry form. For more information, call 402.444.7774.
It’s Bike Month
May is National Bike Month, so dust off your two-wheeler and give it a spin. Activate Omaha and friends have developed a local calendar of events to help mark the event. Check it out and get involved!
Mayors’ Bike Ride
Omaha Mayor Jim Suttle and Council Bluffs Mayor Tom Hanafan will hop aboard bikes Friday, May 14, to participate in a ride to promote commuter cycling in the metro. Mayor Suttle will ride to city hall in downtown Omaha, and Mayor Hanafan will ride to Bayliss Park in downtown Council Bluffs. The start and end point for the ride is the Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge, 660 Riverfront Drive. Registration begins at 9:00am, followed by the double-mayor proclamation at 9:30am and the ride at 9:45am. All interested cyclists are invited to participate. For more information, contact Activate Omaha at 402.934.5923 or info@activateomaha.org.
Urban Adventure Race
Activate Omaha will host its second annual urban adventure race Saturday, June 5. The event, which will start and finish at Midtown Crossing’s Turner Park, is expected to attract teams of competitors from throughout the Midwest. Teams of three will bike, run, climb, paddle and navigate their way through the downtown and midtown areas while searching for checkpoints. The race will feature two divisions – the long course (four to six hours) and the short course (one to two hours). The course will cover city trails, streets, parks and businesses. Men’s, women’s and co-ed teams are invited to participate. All competitors must have their own bike. The cost is $75 per team member for the long course and $35 per team member for the short course. To register online, visit www.raceregister.net. The deadline is June 2. For more information or to volunteer, contact Julie Harris, outreach coordinator with Activate Omaha, at 402.934.5971 or jharris@activateomaha.org.
State Transportation Survey
The Nebraska Department of Roads (NDOR) is updating its long-range transportation plan and wants your input. The public is encouraged to participate in an online survey designed to identify statewide, regional and local transportation issues facing Nebraska. The results will guide the NDOR in developing goals and objectives for its Long Range Transportation Plan: Vision 2032. To take the survey, go to www.roads.nebraska.gov/lrtp/vision2032. The deadline to respond is May 21, and participation is open to all Nebraska’s traveling public 14 years of age and older. The survey is anonymous, and responses will only be reported in the aggregate. It takes about 10 minutes to complete. For more information, contact Mary Jo Oie at 402.479.4512.