Bull City Open Streets

Driver Open Street coming along!

admin — Tue, 08 May 2012 18:30:41 +0000

The planning group for the Bull City Open Streets is still working on inviting and finalizing some fun activities on Driver Street on June 9th. Right now on our schedule is Bicycle Rodeo – Police K-9 unit demonstration – Zumba class – Kids play zone – Free Bike blended smoothies – Drumming performance – and African dance demonstration. All in all, a great and fun event!
If you’re interested in pitching in, please contact ninna@cleanenergydurham.org

Wet Earth Day..

admin — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:41:14 +0000

Well, it sure looked like Mother Earth just felt like some rain, while her inhabitants – not so much..

A big thanks to those who came out!

A story from the Herald Sun on the event: http://www.heraldsun.com/view/full_story/18325205/article-Durham-celebrates-Earth-Day-rain-or-shine

Our next Bull City Open Streets is scheduled to be on June 9th 4-7 pm in North East Central Durham on Driver St. There we’ll have the Police dept K9 unit give a presentation as well as host a bike rodeo in the beginning of the event so we hope to have many kids biking around the route after the class is done.

If you are interested in partaking/volunteering on that day please let us know (ninna @cleanenergydurham.org).

Earth Day coming up this weekend!

admin — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 23:38:47 +0000

Bull City Open Streets welcomes you next Sunday, April 22nd, to celebrate Earth Day in Central Park. We hope to meet you somewhere on the route (see Program) by foot, bike, skateboard, scooters, rollerblades/skates, stick ponies… The route will be … Continue reading →

Bull City Open Streets 2012 Update

admin — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 18:14:38 +0000

Hi all!

Our first event this year is on Earth Day April 22nd 12-5 pm and Bull City Open Streets will be adjacent to the festival site, going in the form of a P starting at the Pavilion on Foster St. On the route you will encounter representatives from our city’s three fine bike shops, which will provide the attendants with various free services. Take the time to get to know them and enjoy what they offer on that day, and beyond. You will also be able to come to Clean Energy Durham’s station to enjoy a healthy, tasty and bike-pedaled (!) smoothie. Thanks to Durham Whole Foods for donations and help we can provide this popular feature to all, kid as senior. You’ll have to pedal it yourself, but be sure that it’ll taste much better for it.

One thing we ask of all attendants is to come to the event by bike or on foot or on a bus (free that day) so that there will be a minimum of vehicles on this Earth Day celebration!

If you’re interested in helping us out and volunteer for that day, please contact Ninna Gagnon on ninna@cleanenergydurham.org.

Bull City Open Streets 2012!

admin — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 21:11:28 +0000

Aaaaaand we’re back! Be on the look out for the different Bull City Open Streets our ambitious agenda has to offer in 2012. First one out, Earth Day featuring Bull City Open Streets. Book your calendars for April 22nd 1-5 pm! More … Continue reading →

Tomorrow is the day – last Bull City Open Streets of 2011

admin — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 19:43:13 +0000

and it will be a gorgeous day. High 70′s with mostly sunny skies and low humidity.

Sounds like a great day to come down and ride your bike, walk your dog or just hang out on the car-free streets of Durham.

We will have Chirba Chirba, Bulkogi, BIKEcoffee, Kings and Geer Street Garden open to take care of your lunch.

There is an awesome kids section with the YMCA’s bounce house, games and all of Playworks’ staff on site offering hundreds of games like four square, tag and more.

Finally we are kicking it all off at 1pm with a parade that you can take part in. Marching bands, belly dancers, walking dogs, Bulltown Strutters, dancers, Banghra and you. Get there at 12:45 to join in the parade.

See you there!

Last Bull City Open Streets of 2011 is Sunday October 9th from 1-4pm

admin — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 18:20:14 +0000

Bull City Open Streets invites you to the open streets of downtown Durham
Sunday, October 9th from 1:00 – 4:00 pm
BIKE, WALK, SKATE, DANCE, and PLAY!
During Bull City Open Streets, roads along Central Park and around the Durham Athletic Park will be closed to car traffic, making active transportation easy and safe.

Check out our Kids-zone, Food-zone, Bike-zone & Fitness-zone!

Fun for the whole family. Bull City Open Streets aims to get people moving, to bring neighbors together, and to strengthen Durham’s healthy, active culture.

More details coming soon.

Upcoming Bull City Open Streets

admin — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 20:33:54 +0000

We’re getting our planning hats back on and prepping for the second round of Bull City Open Streets events in 2011, one in September and one in October. We envision doing some things differently than we’ve done before. Along with that, we would really love to hear your ideas. What programming would you love? What exercise/movement classes do you want to see? Are you interested in volunteering the day of the event?

Please post your comments below!

The popular smoothie bike blender!

Dog handler from K9 unit came for a visit

One of our food trucks was the Grilled Cheese Bus