A Saturday Stroll with

Strong Towns Waco

June 28 | 9:00 AM 

Anthem Stories Building

800 Austin Avenue, Waco

DESCRIPTION:

Join Waco Walks on Saturday, June 28 for a look at Waco through a different lens. You may sometimes wonder: where do my property tax dollars go? Who’s paying more or less than I do and why? What sort of investments do we make (or not make) in our shared places? And hey, what’s with those crumbling roads and sidewalks around town?

We’ll be exploring those questions and more from the perspective of Strong Towns, a national organization with a local chapter focused on Waco.

A bit about Strong Towns: "We advocate for cities of all sizes to be safe, livable, and inviting. We work to elevate local government to be the highest level of collaboration for people working together in a place, not merely the lowest level in a hierarchy of governments."

DATE: June 28

TIME: 9:00 A.M.

LOCATION:  Starting in/around the Anthem Stories building (800 Austin Ave.) and proceeding down Austin Ave – sticking to the shady spots as much as possible

PARKING: Plentiful free parking is available in the public parking lot next door at 810 Austin Ave (next to Waco Ale Company) in addition to lots of street parking

WALK LENGTH: Approximately 1.5 miles

ORGANIZERS: Tiffany Owens Reed, Josh Garcia, Jacob Sowder of Strong Towns Waco, and Ashley Bean Thornton, Waco Walks Organizer.

GOT QUESTIONS?: Please contact Jacob Sowder at jacobsowder@gmail.com or Ashley Thornton by email at Ashley_Thornton@baylor.edu

ACCESSIBILITY: Expect mainly flat surfaces and sidewalks.  A wheelchair or scooter would be fine.

HYDRATION: Please bring your own water.

DOGS: Dogs are welcome, but we will be going into at least one building and non-service dogs will not be allowed inside, so you will need to make plans for someone to wait with your pet during the tour. Dogs MUST be on a leash, and you MUST scoop the poop!

WEATHER/CANCELLATION PLAN: We plan to walk rain or shine, so if it looks like rain, bring an umbrella. In the event that it is a terrible storm or something happens and we have to cancel, we will send out a note to the email list. To subscribe to the email list, click here: http://eepurl.com/cG7kdj.

**** All Waco Walks events are walk at your own risk. ***