Featuring shopping, hot cocoa, cookies, clowns, and crafts, this year's event has several fun activities for the entire family to enjoy. In the mood for a parade? it starts at 5:00 p.m. How 'bout a tree lighting celebration? Be there at 6:00!

You can click below to view the schedule of events, or you can visit www.fergusoncitywalk.com to get more information. [View the schedule...]

Ordinance #2008-3375 established guidelines to make sure that streets are designed and operated to enable safe access for pedestrians, bicyclists, motorists and transit riders. The "Complete Streets" policy is one more piece of evidence that the City of Ferguson is on the leading edge when it comes to creating a more sustainable community.

From the APA:

"The American Planning Association’s Planning Advisory Service (PAS) has selected the [Complete Streets Ordinance] for inclusion in the upcoming Essential Info Packet: Complete Streets, to be released in December 2009.

An Essential Info Packet is a compilation of APA publications and selected documents including code excerpts, plans and policies, studies, and reports on a topic of cutting-edge or perennial interest to practicing planners across the country. Essential Info Packets are distributed in digital format to PAS subscribers and made available in print form for a fee to non-subscribers. We are including this public domain document because it exemplifies a best practice in planning."

Way to go Ferguson!

Probe Students from Ferguson Middle School embarked on a project in August of 2009, and over the next several months they covered the entirety of January Wabash Memorial Park cataloging and mapping out Dedicated Trees. The Dedicated Tree Program has been in Ferguson for over 20 years now and dedicated over 250 trees, roughly 175 of those located in January Wabash Park. The students, under the guidance of their Probe teacher Hilary Hawkins, created a detailed map of the entire park with color- and number-coordinated tree locations throughout the park. The map has created a guide for the loved ones that have dedicated the trees in January Wabash Park to easily locate and visit the trees. The City of Ferguson honored the Probe Students and their teacher at the October City Council Meeting by having them present the tree dedication map to the City Council.
For more on this project or the tree dedication program
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