The streets of Green Bay will be closed to traffic and open to fitness fun on Saturday, July 16 when the 4th Annual Aurora BayCare Open Streets event takes place in downtown Green Bay. The event’s six activity zones will be open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., extending along Dousman Street from Fisk Park to the City Deck.
All lanes will be closed to motorists and “open” to bicyclists, walkers, runners, roller-bladers and other modes of active transportation. The event is free and open to the public without registration.
The Fit Fest activity zone at Leicht Memorial Park is a partnership of Aurora BayCare and the City of Green Bay Parks & Recreation Department. It will feature 30 booths with experts from a range of health and fitness professionals to offer tips, products and ways to help you live well. Visitors to Fit Fest will also have the opportunity to try Zumba and Tai chi.
Other zones will focus on safety, music and dance, family fun, nature and kids’ activities. A complete list of activity zones and Fit Fest vendors is available online at www.OpenStreetsGreenBay.com.
In addition to Fit Fest, this year’s event will feature these themed activity zones:
* Rock n’ Roll Zone at Neville Museum parking lot – Participants can get energized with music and skating. There will also be a kids bike safety rodeo, free bike helmets (while supplies last), and an antique bike show.
* Safety Zone at Fisk Park –Stadium Bike will be on hand to demonstrate bike tune-ups and the proper ways to fix flat tires. The Fisk pool splash pad will be open for kids of all ages.
* Family Zone at City Deck – Get your mind and body in gear with a variety of activities. These include a giant Twister game, guitar lessons, bean bag toss and hula hoops. There will also be CrossFit demos and self-defense demos, along with the opportunity to make your own T-shirt at the squirt-a-shirt booth. And the water jets of the City Deck splash pad are always fun for kids.
* Kids Zone – Enjoy family-friendly inflatables and games. The Kids Zone will feature the Sumo-suit obstacle course, face painting, giant Jenga, recess games, crime prevention information and a GBFD fire truck
* Nature Zone at City Deck – Get close to a variety of animals at the critter corral, courtesy of Barkhausen and the Bay Area Humane Society. There will also be an interactive science activity with the Green Bay Botanical Gardens, easy access to Broadway’s farmers’ market, and free use of the Fox River Trail, courtesy of the Brown County Park department.
Aurora BayCare Open Streets visitors are encouraged to start their day at the Info Hub area situated at the center of the Main Street (Ray Nitschke) bridge. Kids can pick up “passports” here that they have stamped at all of the zones mentioned above. If they get stamps from four of the zones, they receive a free T-Shirt and enter into a drawing for a free bicycle, provided by Stadium Bike.
The Dousman Bridge will also be “open” for activities and events. These include yoga on the bridge at 9:30 am (bring your own mat or towel), balance bike races with local mascots at 10:30 am and the kids bike giveaway announced at 1:00 pm.
For additional event information, go to www.openstreetsgreenbay.com or www.facebook.com/openstreetsgreenbay.
