The Guided Bicycle Art Tour celebrates culture & arts in Olde Towne Portsmouth on a 3 mile guided bicycle tour visiting new and historic art landmarks, points of interest and murals along the way. “Free for All” ages 12 and up. Bring you own bicycle and helmet with pre-ride safety check by our local Bicycle Ambassadors.
Meet you at TheHUBnear the Ferry Dock on High Street 10:30am
Join us as we map the road ahead through 2021. Moving Forward Meetups include friendly conversation, inspiring messages and time together as we plan, create and ideate! Learn about various community updates and yes deciding where we can make more art! Contact us for location details.
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Inspirational Quotes for Moving Forward 2021
1. “Life is like riding a bicycle, to keep your balance, you must keep moving.” –Albert Einstein
2. “You can’t start the next chapter of your life if you keep re-reading the last one.” –Anonymous
3. “As I look back on my life, I realized that every time I thought I was being rejected from something good, I was actually being re-directed to something better.” –Anonymous
4. “The truth is, unless you let go, unless you forgive yourself, unless you forgive the situation, unless you realize that the situation is over, you cannot move forward.” –Steve Maraboli
5. “We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things because we’re curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.” –Walt Disney
6. “Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today.” –Anonymous
7. “What good is living a life you’ve been given if all you do is stand in one place.” –Anonymous
8. “The hardest part about moving forward is not looking back.” –Anonymous
9. “Don’t look back you’re not going that way.” –Anonymous
Show Some Love for the Community . . . . Make Our Watershed Clean and Thriving Again!
Lake Cavalier Portsmouth VA | 36°47’50″N 76°22’14″W
Environmental Challenge:
The Warfield Canal is a mile long drainage canal that connects Lake Cavalier to the cities storm water drainage system. The project is important because of the historical injustice of the watershed system which created it. Lake Cavalier was borne early effort to create an Interstate Highway System in the US. The Interstate System was built alongside a moderate to low income largely African American community bringing environmental challenges of noise, pollution, traffic creating disproportionate impacts on the community.
Moreover, developers needed filled material for the Interstate Roadway project. The removal of the materials resulted in the formation of the Lake Cavalier System. Since its creation the Warfield Canal, nearly five decades ago, it has become a heavily polluted waterway that has significantly reduced the quality of life for residents including fowl odors, trash and debris, illegal dumping, polluted with sewage, runoff from adjacent yards, chemical pollutants, and contaminated storm water. Despite the loud cries and numerous complaints from residents over decades there has been little or no mitigation of the environmental challenges associated with the canal and no planning, direction or long term strategies for recovery of the canal.
This project will finally allow for effective measures to be implemented that will help the canal to recover and be a useful asset to the community. Moreover, the Warfield Canal is located within the ECO District Hampton Roads Project. The ECO District Hampton Roads Project is conducting the revitalization of the largest African American community in the country which includes the community of Cavalier Manor and several adjacent neighborhoods. The community is being revitalized based on the ECO District Protocol which draws on the principles of Equity, Resilience and Climate Action. In addition, the ECO District Protocol requires us to focus on priorities that require us to closely focus on Resource Restoration and Living Infrastructure which speaks to the recovery of natural resources like the Lake Cavalier and the Warfield Canal.
The project will use a number of scientific techniques and approaches to measure water properties, chemical hazard and pollution levels, assessment of the health of the ecosystem through examination of the mammal, bird, fish populations, evaluation of the shore line including land cover analysis. In addition, an environmental laboratory will perform an extensive chemical and contaminated analysis for hazardous substances. Based on a review of data, appropriate mitigation strategies will be designed and installed to mitigate pollution point sources.
Join us in our call to action as we travel the world on two wheels making our environment and community a better place for all creatures to live and thrive! #changetheworld