Sunday in the park with Lois is a 'Walk+Roll' success

Aug 25, 2006 - Steven Litt, The Plain Dealer

Rockefeller Park, which meanders three miles from University Circle to Lake Erie at Gordon Park, easily ranks as one of the most beautiful public green spaces in Cleveland.

But Cleveland entrepreneur and civic activist Lois Moss always wondered why so few people used it. This summer, she injected liveliness in the 200-acre linear park by organizing "Walk and Roll Cleveland", a kind of giant block party.
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Walking+Rolling in Rockefeller Park

Aug 11, 2006 - Lila Hanft, Cleveland Jewish News

Most Clevelanders know Rockefeller Park only as a slim corridor of green glimpsed from a car speeding down Martin Luther King Blvd.

But once it was a real park, a run of trees, meadows, rocks and river devoid of the noise and menace of auto traffic.
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Doing the Impossible is Fun

Aug 2, 2006 - CoolCleveland.com

Ask Lois Moss, who, after building Century Cycles into one of the top bike shops in the country, set out to close MLK Drive to traffic for two entire Sundays this month, allowing Clevelanders to walk, roll and generally enjoy themselves along Rockefeller Park, the Cultural Gardens and the Greenhouse. Watch our video interview and pick up on her can-do vibe.
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A Day Without Cars

Jul 19, 2006 - Michael Gill, Cleveland Free Times

It took Case and University Hospitals to give the nod before the Civic Innovation Lab would pony up the dough for Walk and Roll Cleveland, but now that the big University Circle players are on board, Lois Moss' plan to close Martin Luther King Boulevard to cars has plenty of alternative fuel.
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Woe to the old-schoolers

Aug 6, 2006 - CoolCleveland.com

Woe to the old-schoolers still hanging at the Feast of the Assumption. Just a short stroll North, entrepreneur Lois Moss and her mighty band of volunteers comandeered Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, shut it to traffic and staged the first Walk+Roll Cleveland on 8/6 & 8/13.
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The Other Blossom Center

May 10, 2006 - Michael Gill, Cleveland Free Times

George Parras doesn't tell it like a once-upon-a-time kind of story, but still: The king of Azerbaijan came to Cleveland a few years ago to visit one of our famous hospitals. While he lay in bed, his ambassador had some time to familiarize himself with the city. No doubt he visited the art museum and Severance Hall. But what seems to have made the most lasting impression was a walk in Rockefeller Park, with its cultural gardens.
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Great Quote!

For most of my 62 years, I've driven MLK without taking my eyes off of the bumper in front of me. It was great seeing people biking, blading and walking in the area.
- Len Nagel

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