Waller Creek Bike Tour - This Saturday

Brooks just forwarded me this Austinist post about a bike tour of Waller Creek happening this Saturday morning:

Waller Creek Bike Tour
Saturday, August 1 | 10:00 am
Mexican American Cultural Center Plaza (600 River Street)
Bring Your Own Bike!

The Waller Creek master planning process is well underway. This is an effort to redesign the currently underutilized downtown creek into a premier community space — a potential venue for strolling, jogging, biking, dining, shopping, music, break-dancing, balloon-animal-making, capoeira demonstrations, competitive toenail-painting, and a host of other activities. The master planning process will help us decide what kind of space we want and what kind of activities we want to promote to activate the space.

A key issue shaping the decisions is the facts on the ground — the condition of the creek and the creekside amenities today. Hop on your bike and join us for a two-wheeled exploration of the opportunities and constraints for this future community hub.

We'll be joined by experts and participants in the Waller Creek master planning process, including:

• Council Member Chris Riley
• Jeb Boyt of the Waller Creek Citizen's Advisory Committee and Austin Metro Trails & Greenways
• Jana McCann of ROMA Design Group
• James Moody of The Mohawk and the Austin Live Music Task Force
• Shawn Shillington, the Urban Development Editor for Austinist.com

You’ll be good and educated to participate in future opportunities for public input that will come in August. The tour will end with appropriate libations at the Crown and Anchor.

Decent cast of characters on this ride, and at 10am on a Saturday Waller Creek probably isn't yet cleared of all the people who occasionally call it "home". Might be a fun ride to check it out. Thanks Brooks!