Tie up your running shoes because there will be a walkOn meeting at the Eastern Ontario Health Unit on Wednesday October 26th to promote walking and cycling in the City.

PHOTO CREDIT - Jason Setnyk, OurHometown.ca

Cornwall - Oct. 11, 2011 - Tie up your running shoes because there will be a walkOn meeting at the Eastern Ontario Health Unit on Wednesday October 26th to promote walking and cycling in the City.

The Eastern Ontario Health Unit, the Heart and Stroke Foundation, and the University of Ottawa Heart Institute in partnership with Ontario Communities walkON are hosting a session of "Designing a more walkable & bikeable City of Cornwall." The meeting will identify ways to improve the walking and cycling conditions for local residents and ultimately to improve their health.

Ontario Communities walkON is a program that will help make 24 Ontario cities and towns including Cornwall more walkable. This project aims to change the current social paradigm so that walkable communities are the cultural and social norm across Ontario.

During the meeting, walkability experts from Green Communities Canada and the Canada Walks Department, will focus on the links between walkable communities and issues of planning, development, health, transportation, traffic safety, the environment and economic development.

At this meeting you can hear about what other communities are doing to plan for active living and provide your local knowledge to see how these and new strategies can be applied in the City of Cornwall. There's also a walk-about to look at factors that can help or hinder walking and cycling, so dress comfortably.

Public input and creative ideas are critical to the success of the meeting and the creation of a plan for the City of Cornwall.

The workshop will take place on Wednesday October 26, 2011, from 9:00am to 2:00pm at the Eastern Ontario Health Unit, located at 1000 Pitt Street in Cornwall Ontario.

RSVP by October 20th, by emailing Chantal Lalonde at chalalonde@eohu.ca or by calling 613-933-1375, x250