The Michigan Fitness Foundation invites you to attend a Safe Routes to School (SRTS) regional training! Each training will consist of a series of presentations as some of Michigan’s most innovative SRTS projects share best-practices and success stories, followed by hands-on, sessions designed to help you build or sustain a SRTS project. Breakout session topics include:
- >Action planning for success
- >Conducting a meaningful walking audit
- >Addressing parent fears and safety concerns
- >Building stronger student and parent encouragement programs
- >Navigating the Michigan Grant System application site
- >Sustaining a district-wide SRTS project
- >Infrastructure and non-Infrastructure eligibility challenges
If you are an award recipient, principal, teacher, school transportation supervisor, city planner, road authority, or community member, this training is for you. All trainings are FREE, but registration is required as space is limited.
GRAND RAPIDS
Thursday, May 18th
4-7pm (Light meal provided)
Grand Rapids Public Schools University
1400 Fuller Ave NE, GR, MI 49505
Register for the Grand Rapids training
DETROIT
Wednesday, May 31st
4pm-7pm (Light meal provided)
SEMCOG Offices, Suite 1400
1001 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI
Register for the Detroit training
SAULT STE MARIE
Wednesday, August 23rd
10am-3pm (Lunch provided)
James Norris Physical Education Center
Lake Superior State University
W Easterday Ave, Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783
Register for the Sault Ste Marie training
MARQUETTE
Thursday, August 24th
11am- 4pm (Lunch provided)
Peter White Library
217 N Front St, Marquette, MI
Register for the Marquette training
Questions? Email Operations Coordinator, Mariama Lockington or call (517) 908-3826.