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Category Archives: Florida
Place, ecotourism, and the East Coast Greenway
by Herb Hiller We all know about “place” – about our house and streets, our commute, about where we work, and also about where we play. Could be golf and its clubhouse, trails where we bike, routes that we run. … Continue reading
Posted in Florida
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The fist-pumping week that was
by Herb Hiller You have to love a week that makes you laugh, pump your fist, salute the work of colleagues, and marvel how the convergence of effort, eagerly sought, leaves scant time for contemplation before new ideas surge ahead. … Continue reading
Posted in Florida
Tagged Bike Florida, East Coast Greenway Alliance, FDOT, Florida Bicycle Association, Florida Department of Transportation, Green Mobility Network, Gullah-Geechee, John Hopkins, Ken Bryan, Paul Haydt, Prosperity Bank, Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, Sr., State Sen. Anthony C. "Tony" Hill, Steve Davis
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Dumbing down before wising up
by Herb Hiller, Southeast Region Program Consultant The first budget-cutting whack at Florida’s Office of Greenways and Trails is like programming Bizet and Tchaikovsky to pull listeners into the concert hall. Both moves are part of dumbing down when times … Continue reading
Bike Florida helps the Greenway sidle ahead
by Herb Hiller Southeast Region Program Consultant My nom de plume Cancer the Crab sidled nicely onward last week, advancing the Greenway by speaking to the Bike Florida board of directors in favor of having that not-for-profit extend its tour … Continue reading
Posted in Florida
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A Week in the Life
Best job in the world? No two weeks – no two days! – alike, the constant need to be inventive about building 750 miles of bi-state trail with no capital, no maintenance dollars; everlastingly persuading others to ante up for … Continue reading
Promising leadership forms for the Greenway and for trails in Jacksonville
What a ride it’s been and it only gets better! 2010 marks the start of my 34th year in adult cycling and my fourth with the Greenway Alliance. Whatever I may have learned so far seems ready to peak in … Continue reading
Serving today by future change
December 25th, 2009 by Herb Hiller One of the simplest deferred gratifications I enjoy is making the bed. I make it after I awake so that come evening, getting ready for sleep, I burrow beneath the layered sheet, comforter and … Continue reading
Posted in climate change, Florida
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Correcting our outlook
What if it turns out that the arrow straight, ever upward material improvement of our lives isn’t a good idea? What if steady augmentation of what we own has been a tragic malfunction of the industrial revolution and its epoch … Continue reading
Safety First
There are many reason to support greenways. Greenways reduce traffic congestion, provide an economic stimulus for family businesses, reduce CO2 emissions, prevent obesity, provide recreational opportunities and contribute other values that support a high quality of life. But life … Continue reading
Posted in Florida, North Carolina
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Getting to know the greenway in Georgia and Florida
by Dennis Markatos-Soriano After biking and hiking along our East Coast Greenway route in Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, DC, and North Carolina – I’m glad to now be getting down to explore far southern sections in Florida. Over the … Continue reading
