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August 28, 2019 By Mary Dunbar

Making Routes to School for Children Safer

As you may know, I’ve been working since 2010 to make it safer for bicyclists in Cleveland Heights.  City staff has embraced this cause, and as a result, we have much better bicycle facilities now – bike racks everywhere, bike lanes and multipurpose trails to name a few.

Some years ago, then City employee Jennifer Kuzma and I worked on a first application for Safe Routes to School grants to improve walking and biking to school for our school children.  Since then, Joe Kickel, Capital Project Manager, has taken over the application process, and I’ve faded out.  As a result of our efforts, Cleveland Heights has received almost $1 million in SRTS grants, which may take years to actually come to fruition, as you can see from the list below. This is an example of “If you don’t ask, you don’t receive.”  We did it!

Here is a list of Cleveland Heights SRTS Project Numbers and the awarded funds:

2016 – 98324 – $291,711 Bike racks at Canterbury School, and Roxboro School, new curb ramps at Roxboro School and Canterbury School, speed feedback signs at Canterbury School, Monticello Middle School, Roxboro School, and Hebrew Academy

2017 – 98332 Non Infrastructure- $7,650.00 Bike Trailer, Bikes, Helmets, educational materials

2019 – 101112 – $190,620 New Traffic Signal and pedestrian upgrades at Quilliams/Noble (Oxford school)

2020 – 103700 – $298,791 – New curb ramps at Roxboro School, Hebrew Academy, Installation of Pedestrian Refuge Islands and Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacons at Pennfield/Monticello (Monticello Middle School)

2022 NEW AWARD 2019 – $200,000 – new curb ramps at Oxford Elementary School, New curb ramps at Bradford Path (Canterbury School), and new bike racks at Monticello Middle School.

Total Funds Awarded $988,772

Filed Under: Active Community, Healthy, Leadership, Safety, School, The Environment

November 15, 2013 By Mary Dunbar

Cleveland Heights is Bicycle Friendly!

Cleveland Heights is Bicycle Friendly!

On October 15, 2013, the League of American Bicyclists recognized Cleveland Heights as a bronze Bicycle Friendly Community (BFC), making our city one of only eight in Ohio to earn this distinction. Others are Lakewood, Dublin, Westerville, Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Dayton. Ohio has no silver, gold or platinum Bicycle Friendly Communities. The bronze level BFC award recognizes Cleveland Heights’s commitment to improving conditions for bicycling through investment in bicycling promotion, education programs, infrastructure and pro-bicycling policies.

The BFC program is a way for communities evaluate their quality of life, sustainability and transportation networks, while providing a measuring tool to gauge their progress toward a more bicycle friendly community. There are now 291 BFCs in 48 states. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Active Community, Collaboration, Healthy, Leadership, Restoring Home Values, Safety, School, The Environment, Working together

December 9, 2011 By Mary Dunbar

It’s Official!

After the automatic recount on Monday, December 5, it became official:  I won a seat on City Council.  It was a close race – basically a three-way tie between Phyllis Evans, Jeff Coryell and me, with Dennis Wilcox firmly in first place.  Phyllis came in second, and I was third – good enough to win.  All candidates ran impressive races and I know they will stay actively involved in our community, because we all love and are committed to this place. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Leadership, Restoring Home Values, Safety, Working together

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