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======Livable Lynchburg Someday-maybe list======

- Do something with empty lot by midtown 7/11. Mini park?
    - Connect unnamed bike trail by railroad downtown to Blackwater Creek Trail so it's easy to bypass bumpy Jefferson Street on bike. Right now there's a narrow fence gap that requires dismount.
    - Find and officially recommend a good bike router for Lynchburg that considers topography, safety, comfort **Done. Transit app has a good bike router**
    - Legalize sidewalk biking
    - Legalize using trails at night
    - Paint a crosswalk
    - Put stickers on Route 1A and 1B signs
    - Have a booth at Get Downtown
    - Start a university club
    - Partner with a bike shop
    - Get corporate sponsorship for projects
    - Start an email newsletter. Add city council members to list.
    - Post regularly on social media
    - Find a way to send automatic meeting reminder emails every week (MailMail, Brevo, CampaignMonitor, etc.)
    - Make a bicycle stress/safety map of Lynchburg. Post it on a landing page for cycling in Lynchburg where people new to cycling or new to the city can find safe routes, resources, parking, events, etc. Get local bike shops on board. Include a map. League of American Bicyclists recommends putting up a page like this.
    - Become a 501c(3)
    - Hold an e-bike tryout event
    - Walkability audits of neighborhoods
    - Get branded vests
    - Change twitter handle from urbanlynchburg to something more appropriate
    - Get better sidewalk edging tools
    - Database of bushes that get overgrown often
    - Pick a motto for our chapter
    - Hold an event that's worthy of a well-designed poster
    - Get GLTC to set up Flex service advertising at the airport
    - Make a map of all the places we've cleaned up
    - Prospective member sign up/contact form on website
    - Attend relevant city council meeting as a group
    - Better signage or website to alleviate downtown parking concerns
    - Live map of current sidewalk and planned sidewalk extensions. Public works has upcoming projects but does not have a map, so people don't know about them.
    - Set up a friendly front end to Lynchburg Road Issues like this: https://strongnorthtahoe.org/take-action/report-a-problem-in-north-tahoe-see-it-share-it-fix-it/ (based on https://www.open-user-map.com/)
    - Move the wiki to something nicer like MediaWiki

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