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    '); document.writeln(' Livable Memphis'); document.writeln('

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    Walk Bike Memphis!

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    '); document.writeln('Livable Memphis, in only five years, has become the “go to” entity on issues affecting neighborhoods’ quality of life, whether it is through walking and biking advocacy, as a voice of concern about suburban sprawl and for balanced transportation plans, or working on issues affecting the more than 125 neighborhood groups that are members.

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    '); document.writeln('Its latest project, the Walk Bike Memphis! Campaign, has attracted broad community support, political attention, and funding from the Hyde Family Foundations as Livable Memphis performs its various roles to create bikable, walkable neighborhoods.  It is cheerleader, convener, lobbyist, urbanist, and nudge.

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    '); document.writeln('As a result, there are new and unfolding strategies to make our community bike and pedestrian-friendly, and most of all, Livable Memphis is moving biking/pedestrian issues from an afterthought in city planning into a concrete plan for action.  Working on the grassroots group’s bike/walk agenda are more than 30 volunteers who meet monthly to discuss how to encourage smarter investments in bike routes and lanes, sidewalks, crosswalks, and safe car-free pathways that make streets easier to use, provide healthy choices and connect neighborhoods. 

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    '); document.writeln('In keeping with its values, Livable Memphis, with members in 32 zip codes, works from a two-pronged approach: 1) influencing public policy and public officials to mitigate or reverse trends that prevent the community from being bike and walk-friendly, and 2) engaging the community to show citizens how they can play a role in shaping policies and decisions.

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    '); document.writeln('"Challenges to livability don’t just happen,” said Sarah Newstok, who directs much of the group’s day-to-day activities.  “It happens based on the type of infrastructure that government decides to make.”  That’s why Livable Memphis has been acting as a watchdog on repaving and road projects.  “We are tracking projects to see if they include bike facilities and to ask why if they don’t,” she said. Click here to read the full profile.

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