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Commute
Alternatives/Ridesharing
| Legal
Beagle - Practice Safe Skateboarding
Care
and Share Day Links Projects, Volunteers | Hot
Volunteer Positions
Commute
Alternatives/Ridesharing
Discover alternatives to traditional commuting! Attend a Clean Air
Vehicle Fair downtown on May 2 from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. The fair, sponsored
by Association of Monterey Bay Area Governments, will showcase electric
and CNG (natural gas) cars, buses, bicycles and trucks. For more info,
call Commute Alternatives/Ridesharing at 883.3754.
Legal Beagle
Practice Safe Skateboarding
Skateboarding is a fun,
healthy and “totally awesome” sport and form of transportation.
Skateboarding can also be dangerous, not only to the skateboarder but
to others as well. An out-of-control board can become a “missile” when a
rider falls or loses control, posing risk to anyone in its path.
You
can have fun and protect others by practicing safe skateboarding and being
aware of and following City rules and regulations.
For example,
skateboarding is not allowed in certain areas due to heavy pedestrian
traffic. Such locations include the downtown area, Custom House Plaza, the
Coastal Trail between Fisherman’s Wharf and Pacific Grove’s city limit,
Fisherman’s Wharf itself and other areas where “no skateboarding” signs
have been posted.
Cars and skateboards can also be a hazardous
combination, so it is illegal to skateboard in City parking lots or
private lots posted as “no skateboarding” zones.
There are many places
in the City where it is safe and legal to skateboard, including the new
Skate Park. Practicing safe skateboarding can be “totally awesome.”
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Care and Share Day Links
Projects, Volunteers
Matching community projects with volunteer helpers – that is what
Care and Share Day on Saturday, April 15, is all about.
Community of
Caring Monterey Peninsula is coordinating the service event to connect
community needs/projects with volunteers. One-day projects are being
identified, and families are encouraged to volunteer together. All ages
welcome.
April 15 coincides with National Volunteer Week and Youth
Service Day.
Hot Volunteer Positions
Historic Preservation Conference - Learn about historic
preservation while volunteering for this four-day event April 13-16. Help
with special events, workshops and registration. Volunteers who work at
least four hours can attend four hours of conference workshops for free
California History Room - Help maintain local history collections and
provide public access to the collections at the Monterey Public Library.
Special Spring Events - Help with special community projects and spring
holiday programs throughout Monterey.
Afterschool Program - Share your sense of fun with young people in afterschool activities.
For more info on any of these volunteer
opportunities, call the City’s Volunteer Coordinator at 646.3719 or email
sammon@ci.monterey.ca.us
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