Welcome to FNT!
Want to get involved? Go to Events
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Wondering about etiquette on the trail? Go to COVID-19 Health & Safety and Trail Etiquette
Looking for something to do this weekend? Go to Local Outdoor Adventures or try our Great Tree Bike Tour.
Missed our annual meeting and want to learn more about FNT? Watch the recording.
Great Tree Bike Tour – 2021 Edition
Ready? Set? GO! Our Great Tree Bike Tour 2021 graphic is now available for download right here.
Ready? Set? GO! Our Great Tree Bike Tour 2021 graphic is available for download today through Sunday, September 26.
Grab your bikes, your friends and your family to celebrate Bay State Bike Month while experiencing 11 of Northampton’s majestic trees. A brochure and map for this free, self guided tour can be accessed below. Our brochure will include an online audio description of these majestic trees, accessible by QR code.
WHERE DO I START?
- Download and print the brochure here: https://tinyurl.com/GreatTree2021
- Head to the parking lot on Old South Street in Northampton. Plug in the code “8989+JG Northampton MA” or “Old South Street Parking” into your Google Maps app to get directions.
- Start trailblazing! Follow the map to destination #1 on Old South Street. Once you arrive, use the camera app on your cell phone to scan the QR code for destination #1. The tour finishes at Maines Field.
Bicycle Benefits Program
Calling all local businesses!
We are partnering with Bicycle Benefits, a program that offers discounts and benefits to customers who bike to participating shops.
Here’s how it works:
Businesses become Bicycle Benefit members through FNT and sell a bike helmet sticker to cyclists for $5 each.
Businesses will be listed on the Bicycle Benefits website as well as a shoutout from us.
Once cyclists buy the sticker, they are eligible for discounts or deals at participating businesses (BOGO, or 10% off etc). We’ll help with outreach to encourage cyclist participation in the program.
The cost of a starter kit is $25 and includes 10 stickers to sell to customers for $5 each, decals for your shop window and cash register and informational material.
We are pleased to offer the first 20 business participants the kits at no cost — just fill out this form and we will be in touch and drop off your kit to your location.
Fill out the form here:
http://bit.ly/FNTbikebenefits
Let’s get folks on their bikes this spring!
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Our Great Tree Bike Tour 2021 graphic is now available for download!
In the spirit of Bay State Bike Month, join your friends and family in a leisurely, socially distant ride through Northampton neighborhoods while experiencing 11 great tree specimens. Our map of the Tree Tour will include an online audio description of these majestic trees, accessible by QR code.
1. Download and print the brochure here:
tinyurl.com/GreatTree2021
2. Head to the parking lot on Old South Street in Northampton. Plug in the code "8989+JG Northampton MA" or "Old South Street Parking" into your Google Maps app to get directions.
3. Start trailblazing! Follow the map to destination #1 on Old South Street. Once you arrive, use the camera app on your cell phone to scan the QR code for destination #1. The tour finishes at Maines Field.
You have one week (until 9/26). READY? SET? GO!
Art wall is up until Sunday - come doodle your heart out behind Taco Bell/KFC 🎨
Climate Action Now MA is providing two candidate forums for Northampton's city council & mayor candidates. Register below at the web.zoom links provided!Northampton: hear the candidates on climate and energy issues!
Climate Action Now hosts 9/21 & 9/23 zoom forums for Northampton’s mayoral and at-large city council candidates
MA: Climate Action Now Western Massachusetts presents two zoom-based candidate forums prior to the primary elections for Northampton’s mayoral and at-large city council positions. The forums will focus on the accelerating climate, energy, ecological, and environmental justice crises facing Northampton and beyond, and the leadership necessary to create municipal solutions to these challenges.
Ben Weil, UMass sustainable building scientist and professor, and member of the Northampton Energy and Sustainability Commission, will moderate. The forums are open to the public and will include Question & Answer periods.
1. The at-large city council candidate forum will take place on Tuesday, Sept 21, 7:30-9pm
Pre-registration required: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAudOyvqDkoG9HjQ3UeNGunD0aw1Oe5Vquq
2. The mayoral candidate forum will take place on Thursday Sept 23, 7-8:30pm
Pre-registration required: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIvduigpzopG9S-M4l1DGg0Ij_kA1O8PopE
Vote Northampton for the Bicycle Friendly Community Award!
This survey is open to anyone familiar with bicycling in the Northampton community. It serves to provide context for the review team's decision-making process, as well as valuable feedback for us from bicyclists in the community. We'll receive a copy of anonymous survey results.
The survey is open until Mon., October 11. Award results will be announced in December!
www.surveymonkey.com/r/app_BFC_Fall21
Fall 2021 Bicycle Friendly Community Survey
www.surveymonkey.com
Share your feedback about bicycling in your community!IT'S TIME!! Dust off ya bikes and go doodle on our trailside Art Wall near King Street in Noho. Check out our FB events for directions.
Registration is now OPEN for the Florence Utopian Bike Tour! Register at bikereg.com/utopian-bike-tour
3rd Annual Great Tree Bike Tour
A detailed map and brochure is available TODAY: tinyurl.com/GreatTree2021
See discussion for instructions!
