Sunday, July 29, 2012

Community Bikes!

These are some examples of what we are trying to do in our community, (Arrowhead Farms, CA.). Give a comment if you want to hop on.

Innovative Transportation


In the future, communities will thrive and prosper through their own innovative methods to mobilize goods and people.

            We are bringing better biking, better health, and better business to our community. We have come up with a grand proposal to introduce a bike path along a safe and scenic corridor near/from our local college. We are now at a stage where we would like to drum up more support. We are gathering support from the local community and would like those in the larger, global community to support this endeavor as well.                                                                                                                        


    The aim is to promote better health and safety while creating an atmosphere that will bring entrepreneurs to our local environment and community.  We have devised a plan to bring business and leisure to our area. This past spring I helped work with a design team to improve the community because of the poverty and crime that continuously plagues our community. It is cancerous and needs to be remedied. Our plan is like a surgical incision that cuts through our community to begin the healing process.
                                                

We hope to partner with a Bike Sharing Organization to create pathways of prosperity. Several communities throughout the world have used an array of different organizations to better their overall environment. Some examples are:


   and one we have spoken with,                
             
What do you like about the ones in your area, and what more would you like to see?                   







                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

Which types of trails do you like most; natural, manmade, other?







                                                                                                                                                                                Do you prefer medians with landscaping or painted stripes and lanes?
    

           

What types of amenities would you like or expect; restrooms,businesses, other amenities?  

We are extremely interested in what you would like in a bicycle sharing system. Please tell us what you expect from your bike system!
                                                                   
                

Thursday, June 21, 2012

Hangin' with the Stephmeister. Some of the most blessed moments I get to have. Some of these things before us are simply put there to be enjoyed. I am, are you?

Thursday, June 7, 2012

At Mickey Dee's wit my daughter. It is a lot of fun just to be near her!..

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

You Are Here!

Yes, you are here, but what does that mean? You can be at any place, at any time, yet not be anywhere at all. Are you in a place of me, me, me? Or are you in a place that includes we and us? It would seem, based on the conditions of life we are all facing that the majority is in a ‘Me’ mode. The ‘me’ mode is a highly subjective and closed minded place to exist. Personally, I like to try to stay within a community that includes we and us. It is a more realistic way of being. When people live 'together', they tend to be open to give and receive the help that is available. Money is not the only thing that we have to offer each other. We also have time, effort, and skills that are useful to the entire community, and the world at large. In the sense of politics, one world can appear quite scary. But in a one world community, differences can be set aside, albeit briefly, in order to accomplish a single, universal goal. As the world progresses, we can see that it also becomes smaller in the sense of the numerous commonalities that we all do share. Wants and desires aside, we all share the same needs. We all need clean air to breath, fresh, clean water to drink, and safe foods to eat. Shortage of even one of these things has caused great civilizations to collapse. There are ways and means to provide these necessities to ALL people. It just takes time and effort to organize. We spend so much time and effort to produce things in society, not realizing that in the long run, we are merely making mountains of trash. Do I think we need to give up our way of lives? No, but a reconsideration of the things we deem important should be undertaken. If I, a selfish, self-centered alcoholic, can find a way to put others first, then I believe anyone can do it. We are fast approaching a time where we will be forced to make some drastic decisions. It behooves us to start before it is too late, if it is not already.