From Blight to Bright in Willow Glen

Dallas of Bay Area Cargobikes meets
with some community volunteers
before the event start.

A dedicated crew came out yesterday morning to show community support for the northern half of Willow Glen. The goal was to create a pedestrian and bicycle connection from the growing residential community near Lincoln Ave. just north of Freeway 280 to the increasingly popular Willow Glen Business District (see map below).

I put this event together to get more residents to walk or bike to Willow Glen instead of taking the light rail to downtown Campbell. If residents don't feel that it is safe, clean, or health to walk the mile long route the won't be spending their money in the Glen.

This first event was modest but there will be others this summer. We will be asking volunteers from the cycling community to lend a hand in the future.  Thanks to all those that came out.

88 containers of trash and garbage
 were cleaned up in addition to
containers of oil, and mattresses

View Willow Glen - Lincoln Ave. From Blight to Bright in a larger map