What if it was easier to walk, bike and ride around rural Vermont? Learn how Bethel and rural towns can boost mobility. Join us for this interactive forum. Learn why mobility matters to everyone. Find out how to get involved. Share your ideas and help shape Bethel’s future.
What if everyone felt safer on downtown streets? How can we slow traffic without speeding tickets? How can bike and pedestrian accessibility boost health, equity, the local economy, climate action and more?
Come learn why safe, accessible small town streets are essential to small town livability and success, and how we can start creating them today. This interactive forum will use Bethel as a case study, but look at challenges and solutions common in rural communities around Vermont.
In the first half, we’ll hear from two speakers about what active, accessible streets can look like and strategies that any town can use to create more mobility options for people of all ages and abilities. Hear initial findings from audits and studies of Bethel’s streets, discuss how small towns can address these challenges, and learn about walk audits, pop-up demos and other ways to get involved.
Stick around for an interactive forum in the second half – we’ll use breakout groups and interactive maps to dive into Bethel’s streets, map problem areas and priority sites, then brainstorm quick ways we can start taking action.
Speakers:
Kelly Stoddard-Poor, Associate State Director of AARP Vermont
Dayton Crites, Senior Planner at DuBois & King
Accommodations
We will offer automatic captioning at this event. Do you need additional accommodations? If so, please email betheluniversityvt@gmail.com and we will do our best to make arrangements.
Host: Bethel for All. This event is one of four accessibility forums organized by Bethel for All —a community-driven planning process making Bethel, Vermont a more connected, vibrant, welcoming and accessible place for all. Join us for the other three forums to learn about creating accessible public spaces and services, a thriving local economy, and cleaner watersheds. Bethel for All is a Vermont Better Connections project. bethelforall.org
Bethel University Vermont (BU) is a free community pop-up university based in Bethel, Vermont and created by the Bethel Revitalization Initiative. We offer free courses by the community, for the community, during the month of March each year. Learn more about Bethel University and check out more free course listings at betheluniversityvt.org.