Ride Lawrence and our partners are excited to present our third FREE 
community bike ride Saturday, July 20th 2013 to promote cycling as a part of a healthy lifestyle at the The Rotary Arboretum at Clinton Park (by the YSC Soccer fields).
There are three rides to choose from and they all travel along the South Lawrence Trafficway bike path, a paved surface that is a “car-free” environment:
• Ten-mile ride. It begins at 8 a.m. and travels near I-70 and back.
• Three-mile family ride. It begins at 8:30 a.m. and goes to the Clinton Lake Overlook and back.
• One-mile easy loop. It’s available anytime between 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. and circles around the arboretum.
Other activities from 8 a.m.-11 a.m. include:
• A Training Wheel Takeoff. Experts will help children who are ready to take off their training wheels in a safe and fun environment.
• Safety Zone. Safe Kids Douglas County will help outfit children with helmets and other safety gear while supplies last along with providing cycling safety tips for kids of all ages.
Lawrence Central Rotary organizes and sponsors the event. Last year’s event drew about 200 participants.
We’re really excited and want to thank all those who are helping us to do the ride this year. Our 2013 Sponsors include: Anderson Rentals and Lawrence Central Rotary
The 2013 partners include: The Merc, TeamGP Velotek, Bev West Creative, McDonalds, and the Lawrence Bicycle Club.
And the 2013 Friends of the ride include: Booster Print, Sunflower Outdoor & Bike, Lawrence Memorial Hospital, EconoLodge Lawrence, Ortho Kansas and Safe Kids of Douglas County.
We’ll have them there, but if you want to pre-print a release to be a part of the ride you can download this form, print and fill it out and bring it to the event. It’s that easy!
Here’s more information and Ride Maps. We look forward to seeing you!
Lawrence Complete Streets is a campaign to educate citizens about the benefits of enacting policies that consistently create safe transportation networks for all users.
Do you walk, bike, drive, or use the T in Lawrence or Douglass County? A public open house will be held on Wednesday, June 5 from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Lawrence Union Pacific Depot (
The Lawrence Arts Center, located at 940 New Hampshire Street in the Lawrence Cultural District, does three things: contemporary art exhibitions, performance, and visual and performing arts education. They are open to the public seven days a week for free viewing of exhibitions, concerts, films, art talks, and plays. They offer a fully sequential curriculum in visual arts, dance, and theater beginning with our arts-based preschool. While this rigorous curriculum follows national standards, we also offer beginning and re introductory classes for students of all ages, including adults. They provide scholarship support for families who need it, and work closely with Boys and Girls Club, the Juvenile Detention Center, and other social service agencies to provide arts engagement for all children and teenagers.
The Lawrence Arts Center is a non profit arts organization that receives only 6% of our funding from the city, none from the state, but with great support from individuals, businesses, foundations, and now the National Endowment for the Arts, and are committed to offering the region the best in exhibitions, performance, and arts education. They love being a community intersection of education, scholarship, art, and social service. The Lawrence Arts Center invites everyone to join us in our audiences, classes, on stage, and in our galleries and in our studios.
