AIA Redwood Empire Downtown Santa Rosa Bike Tour

Join your local chapter, the American Institute of Architects, Redwood Empire Chapter for an all ages, informative cruise, presented by the AIARE Board of Directors and the Committee on the Environment (COTE).

• This Downtown Bike Tour is centralized around downtown Santa Rosa with five areas of historical and architectural interest/foci. 1. Historical Architecture 2. New Architecture: Housing Development 3. New Architecture + Unbuilt Potential: all other (e.g. Caritas, Cannery) 4. Filming Locations. 5. Bonus: Public Art

• The goals of this tour are 1. To increase awareness of Santa Rosa’s bikeability and demonstrate how to safely navigate city streets, neighborhoods, and connectivity (e.g. Prince Greenway Memorial, Smart path) 2. To highlight our unique historical and contemporary architecture and how they each interact in and with the community as well as some fascinating history of the area in general. 3. To showcase the amazing public art that’s available to everyone!

• This event is a six mile, family-friendly, slow cruise with safety at the forefront. We have created a map with route markers/stops and will have this available in print for riders. Tour participants will hear brief talks at each stop throughout the route from architects, historians, infrastructure experts, and a public art expert highlighting the importance and relevance of each structure and location. In addition, a transportation expert from Santa Rosa may be present to speak to the current and proposed bicycle infrastructure.

Please bring your own water. Restrooms are limited along the route, so please plan accordingly.

WHEN: Saturday, August 29

TIME: 10:00 am arrival/sign waivers | 10:15 am begin ride | 1:30 pm finish

WHERE: Downtown Santa Rosa Area, route map with stops provided to participants upon arrival. Start at Juilliard Park, South A St. Sculpture

Street parking is limited along South A St. and surrounding neighborhoods.

COST: Free | Donations accepted for the Sonoma County Community Architectural Foundation

EARN: AIA CES Credits upon course approval

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