YSU’s Guin Fit to host active transportation workshop

Youngstown State University’s Guin Fit program, in partnership with the Healthy Community Partnership Mahoning Valley and the League of American Bicyclists, will host the Moving Active Transportation Forward Workshop from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 23, at Stambaugh Auditorium.

Guin Fit, YSU’s employee and community wellness program, promotes health and well-being through fitness, nutrition, education and outreach initiatives. In line with that mission, the workshop will bring together community members, advocates and local leaders to discuss how biking, walking and other active forms of transportation can be expanded and improved in the Mahoning Valley.

The workshop will include opening remarks from Youngstown Mayor Jameal Tito Brown; a keynote address from Ken McLeod, policy director, League of American Bicyclists on “Complete Streets & Safer Communities”; breakout workshops entitled Bike Audit, Bicycle Friendly America, Community Perspective and Organizing and Pop-ups & Projects; and a Regional Panel over lunch called Building Active Transportation in Our Communities.

The workshop aims to promote health and equality, share best practices and foster collaboration to drive local change. The objectives of the workshop are to advance efforts that make neighborhoods more walkable, streets safer for cyclists and make mobility options more accessible for residents in Mahoning, Trumbull and Columbiana counties.

The event is free and open to the public. Registration is requested and available online.