Making suburban Cook County a healthier place to live, work and play Free Webinar: Understanding Legal Barriers to Community Gardens and Bikeways Community gardens and bikeways are great ways to make healthy options easy and accessible within your community. However, before you plant your garden or mark your bike lanes, it’s important to know what the legal implications are to this work. Come learn all about it at our upcoming webinar! Two time slots are available, Note: Model Communities Sessions I and II will be covered for each time slot: grantees are required to May 10, 2011 attend as a component of your 10:00 am – 11:30 am Change Institute training! May 12, 2011 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm Session I: Overcoming Liability Concerns of On‐ and Off‐Road Bikeways Speaker: Ed Barsotti, Executive Director of League of Illinois Bicyclists Session Description: Illinois has a unique liability policy that acts as a disincentive for communities to designate on‐road bicycle facilities. However, with some good planning, adding bike lanes and routes to existing roads is very doable. Learn more details about on‐road and off‐road bikeways and their liability issues, so that your agency can help build these healthy options into your community! Session II: The Benefits and Legal Barriers of Implementing Community Gardens Speakers: Quang “Q” Dang – Senior Staff Attorney, Public Health Law and Policy (PHLP) Heather Wooten – Senior Planning and Policy Associate, PHLP Session Description: Community gardens offer a place where residents can gather to grow fresh foods, socialize with neighbors and get a little exercise. Public Health Law & Policy is proud to provide this overview of the benefits of community gardens, land‐use policies that protect and promote gardens and examples of community gardens in action, as well as addressing legal and other barriers to garden implementation. To sign up for either session, go to http://guest.cvent.com/d/ndqy4q/1Q or call Guddi Kapadia at 312‐355‐1144.