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Bike with mayor at Chandler Family Bike Ride Join Chandler Mayor Jay Tibshraeny for a bike ride along the scenic Paseo Trail during Chandler’s sixth annual Family Bike Ride scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Saturday, April 26. The 7.4-mile ride will start at Chandler’s Park and Ride lot, 2100 S. Hamilton St., and travel the Paseo Trail along the Consolidated Canal to Crossbow Park. “This is one of my favorite events,” Tibshraeny says. “I love the gathering of families, the cool morning air, and the smiles and laughter this event generates.” The free event is held in conjunction with Valley Bike Month (April)
and provides families with a great opportunity to get a little exercise and celebrate bicycling for recreation or commuting. Participants will receive information about bicycle safety, transit services and related topics. Plus the first 100 people who preregister will receive a free T-shirt. Preregister online at www.chandleraz. gov/transit until Thursday, April 24, or the day of the event beginning at 7:30 a.m. at Chandler’s Park and Ride lot. All riders must wear helmets. For more information, contact Ann Marie Riley at (480) 782-3442 or annmarie.riley@chandleraz.gov.
CRUISING: Mayor Jay Tibshraeny leads the ride. Submitted photo
March 15 - April 4, 2014
City of Chandler hosts ‘Let’s Pull Together’ annual weed-pulling effort Chandler residents are encouraged to contact the City’s Neighborhood Programs Office with addresses and contact information of elderly and disabled residents or others in the community struggling to keep their properties free of weeds. City staff and volunteers will work with residents to obtain authorization to clean their properties during Chandler’s annual “Let’s Pull Together” weed-pulling campaign organized in conjunction with For Our City-Chandler. “This will be the fifth year of our annual weed-pulling crusade and it is having a significant impact on the lives of both volunteers and those being helped,” says Councilman Kevin Hartke, who also serves as director of For Our City–Chandler.” Volunteers will be organized into weed eradication teams on consecutive Saturdays beginning Saturday, March 29, and ending Saturday, April 12. Volunteers will pull weeds from yards and alleys, assist with front-yard maintenance, and pick up trash from vacant or abandoned homes. The “Let’s Pull Together” campaign was a finalist for the best neighborhood program in the country in 2012 as chosen by Neighborhoods
PULLING TOGETHER: Volunteers gather in the community effort to pull weeds from neighborhoods. Submitted photo
USA, a national nonprofit organization committed to building and strengthening neighborhood organizations. For more information call (480) 782-4348 or email judy. ramos@chandleraz.gov.
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