Press ReleasesFor Immediate ReleaseExhibit Celebrates 25th Anniversary of the San Francisco Bay TrailContact: OAKLAND, CA, April 9, 2014 ...On Tues., April 22, the city of Oakland and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) will host an event from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.to celebrate the opening of Walking the Bay Trail: A Photo Journal, a new exhibition at Oakland City Hall, One Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, third floor. It will feature a welcome by Mayor Jean Quan, who also serves as an MTC commissioner. The featured photo-journalist, San Francisco Bay Trail Trekker Kurt Schwabe, will be on hand to describe his historic walk around 300-plus miles of the San Francisco Bay Trail in 30 days. Attendees of this free public event are invited to enjoy the photography exhibit on the third floor of Oakland City Hall before or after the 5:45-6:15 p.m. welcome and talk. The exhibit celebrates the 25th anniversary of the kick-off of the Bay Trail Project, and is sponsored by the San Francisco Bay Trail, MTC and the Association of Bay Area Governments. The April 22 evening at Oakland City Hall coincides with Earth Day 2014, and will also feature “Blue Trail: Imagination + Innovation for Ocean + Bay Sustainability,” a presentation about Blue Trail, a visionary art-tech-science initiative (http://www.bluetrail.us/). The program will feature Blue Trail collaborators Lisa Zimmerman, a placemaking consultant (http://7story.net/home.php), and Oakland resident Jennifer Parker, founder/director of University of California Santa Cruz’s OpenLAB (www.openlabresearch.com), as well as Marisha Farnsworth, principal at Oakland-based Hyphae Design Laboratory (www.hyphae.net). The trio will present some of the highly imaginative designs for interactive installations from Blue Trail’s design competition, including Hyphae Lab’s “Hyperaccumulator Remediation Barge and Event Space.” About Earth Day Celebrations in Oakland San Francisco Bay Trail Background The Bay Trail increases public respect and appreciation for the Bay by offering easily accessible recreational opportunities for hikers, bikers, joggers and other outdoor enthusiasts, as well as offering an ideal setting for wildlife viewing and environmental education. Among its many benefits, the Bay Trail offers important transportation alternatives for cyclists and pedestrians, currently connecting to numerous public transportation facilities throughout the Bay Area, with plans to expand these benefits by eventually crossing all of the major toll bridges. To learn more about the Bay Trail please visit baytrail.org. MTC is the transportation planning, financing and coordinating agency for the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area. # # # |
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