Get Ready for The Big Walk 2012

"The Big Walk" is a one-day 50-mile walk through suburban and urban New Jersey ending in New York City organized by the FreeWalkers and in support of the East Coast Greenway. Greenway staff also provide SAG assistance along the way. Best of all, it's a FREE event and open to the public. All it takes is the will to walk...and walk....

Once again Koening Russo & Associates has promised to provide support to our walkers at the Cranford train station stop. Union County and Cranford officials will join with us again in cheering our hearty walkers along. And, of course we look forward to the Embankment Preservation Coalition in Jersey City for their hospitality for the 3rd year in a row at our late afternoon/early evening break.

Wondering what last year's The Big Walk 2011 was like? 
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Article - WSJ.com: Greenway Clears Gritty Hurdle - Wall Street Journal - 5/9
Article - Nj.com: Union County opens new section of East Coast Greenway Bike Trail - Oct 26, 2011

Background on The Big Walk

The origin of a 50-mile walk, or urban hike, dates back in the 1963 when President Kennedy challenged the American Public to actively pursue a better, healthier lifestyle. Today, although we know more about how to live better,  we often make the wrong choices or are too busy to pay proper attention to our own health and creating communities that we want to live in.

By participating in the "Big Walk" we can break out and experience a new pro-pedestrian movement that provides opportunities to exercise, experience and contribute to improving our communities as well as ourselves. It's up to you to create your own challenge and test your own limits.