April's Walk There! Winners

During the Metro Atlanta Walk There Challenge, more than 4,300 people just like you laced up their walking shoes and put on a pedometer every day, hoping to win a fantastic weekend getaway. Congratulations to our winners, who walked a combined total of more than 4.5 million steps!

We are proud to announce Alana Long of Georgia Pacific Corporation and Carolyn Richardson of Georgia State University, as winners of the Downtown Atlanta Walk There! Challenge. Both won weekend get-a-ways in Downtown Atlanta, complete with tickets to a Theatrical Outfit performance, certificates for dinner as well as stays in Downtown hotels. During the Walk There! Challenge, the total mileage each contestant covered would take them from Woodruff Park in Downtown Atlanta to Charlotte, North Carolina!

In addition to Carolyn and Alana, 8 other participants won an iPod Shuffle just for logging their steps: Ronald McGuire (Turner), Kristina Ziuraitis (Hilton), Carlisa Beal (Family Connection), Robert Boyd (Turner), Sandra Martin (Gensler),Carolyn Richardson (GSU), Beverly Pilgrim(Georgia Pacific) and Melissa Simmons (SunTrust).

Over 550 Downtown employees participated in the April Walk There! Challenge. To track progress, participants were provided pedometers and educational pamphlets before beginning the Challenge. Each participant logged their steps with Commuter Rewards, an online commute tracking program. The combined steps of all the participants would have equaled three trips from Downtown Atlanta, to Seattle, WA and back.

The Downtown TMA would like to thank everyone for their participation in Walk There! You made it a success. Also, we would like to encourage you to keep logging your commutes on Commuter Rewards. You are eligible each month for prizes and more, just for logging.

National Bike Month

The month of May is national bicycle month and a time to celebrate bikes! Join thousands of people around the nation on Friday May 19th as part of National Bike to Work Day. Be a part of two Bike Trains coming to Downtown Atlanta. A Bike Train is a caravan of cyclist following a specific route and a schedule. Riders can join or leave the Bike Train at any point along the route. For information on routes and more please go to http://www.atlantabike.org.

There are also many other events during the month of May. For more information on how you can get involved go to http://www.atlantabike.org.

Bikes Treated Right!

In late March the Downtown TMA hosted a web seminar on innovative bicycle treatments. The objective of the seminar was to share information on a wide variety of innovative treatments to accommodate bicycles. Topics covered included:

For more information on this seminar, including all of the supplementary materials and the power point presentation please go to http://www.atlantadowntown.com/TransParking_BikeTreatments.asp.

The Air We Breathe

The average adult breathes in 3,000 gallons of air each day. Unfortunately, not all of the air we breathe "does a body good." Come participate on May 18, 2006 from 11am to 1 pm in an interactive Lunch & Learn workshop and learn more about air pollution, its impact on the health of our bodies and our communities.

The Lunch & Learn will be held at the Atlanta History Center, 130 West Paces Ferry Road. Please RSVP to spolite@cleanaircampaign.com by Friday May 12, 2006.

ATL- Atlanta Tourist Loop

MARTA has opened up a new tourist loop route serving Downtown Atlanta. The route connects the Georgia Aquarium, High Museum of Art, CNN Center, Georgia Dome/Philips Arena, Martin Luther King, Jr. Center, Underground Atlanta, State Capitol, Fox Theatre, World of Coca-Cola and other major attractions, hotels, restaurants and shops.

Use your monthly card to ride or pay a regular $1.75 fare. Don't forget to ask for your free transfer card between bus and rail! To learn more about the Atlanta Tourist Loop and to see a map please go to http://www.itsmarta.com.

Raise Your Voice!

Public Meetings

May 23, 2006 at Bouie Elementary School from 5 to 8 pm to discuss the Panola Road widening.

May 30, 2006 at the Douglas County Conference Center from 4 to 7 pm to discuss the State Road 92 relocation from Durelee Road to Malone Road.

May 11, 2006 at the Clayton county Adminstration Building in Jonesboro at 7 pm. This meeting will land use issues and priorities affecting Tara Boulevard.

City of Atlanta - Jonesboro Road Redevelopment Plan Public Meetings

May 18, 2006 at Dobbs Elementary School at 6pm for the final recommendations review.

May 24, 2006 at Rosel Fann Community Center at 6:30pm, Planning Advisory Meeting.