To increase the safety of students crossing from UCF’s Rosen College of Hospitality Management to the Lake Cay Commons shopping plaza, the Orange County School Safety Coordinator along with other parties like Rosen Hotels & Resorts installed new flashing signs…
MEDIA ADVISORY Immediate Release: August 22, 2014 FURTHER INFORMATION: Amanda Day (407) 716-8221 Joan Carragher (508) 415-3351 ___________________________________________________________________ *MEDIA TIP* School is Back in Session & Enforcement Ramps Up with $164 Tickets for Crosswalk Violations What: Orange County…
August 5, 2014 was America’s NIGHT OUT Against Crime, and your Best Foot Forward team participated in 5 local National Night Out events, promoting safe communities across Orange County. At Avalon Park’s event, BFF partnered with the Florida Department of…
National rankings means national coverage. Orlando was no exception - from the Washington Post and USA Today to the Huffington Post - reporting the #1 ranking in preventable pedestrian deaths by the Dangerous by Design report. What was different this…
NPR - All Things Considered - produced a lengthy segment on region's ped problem and detailing the steps FDOT, MetroPlan Orlando, Orange County and City of Orlando are taking to make our streets walker, biker, people friendly -- especially since…
Smart Growth America released a report, Dangerous by Design 2014, ranking how safe it is to walk in the major metropolitan areas. It looked at the number of residents who walk to work and the pedestrians killed over 2003-2012 -…
Karate exhibitions, live R&B music and true community fun united at the Inaugural Juneteenth Festival at Ivey Lane Park. Best Foot Forward was honored to be a participant at the inaugural festival along with community partners like Get Active Orlando.…
Amanda Day, project director for Bike/Walk Central Florida, shared the BFF update with the Board of County Commissioners (BCC) this past month where they all celebrated the success and stressed the importance of the BFF mission to encourage drivers to…