Jane’s Walk 2008 a smash success across the country!

Over six thousand people took part in Jane’s Walk 2008 – strolling through 152 neighbourhoods in ten Canadian cities – Vancouver, Calgary, Winnipeg, Guelph, London, Toronto, Ottawa, Charlottetown and Halifax – plus Salt Lake City Utah.

Reports are pouring in from tour guides and organizers across the country about the exhilarating experience they’ve had getting people out walking, discovering, connecting and telling stories. Walkers prevailed over adverse weather conditions in some cities – it rained in Toronto and Guelph on one day, it snowed in Winnipeg – but most cities basked in beautiful sunshine all weekend. But regardless of the weather, people showed up in droves - it was clear that people wanted to get out and walk their cities – we persevered, we laughed, we talked, we bonded!

We are in the process of posting lots of great photos from the walks on our site and flickr sites – here's where you can check them out www.flickr.com/photos/janeswalk
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Jane’s Walk is clearly hitting the spot with people everywhere and we are likely to expand again next year, internationally even. So drop us a line with your input on this year’s events and suggestions for the future.

Thank you so much for making Jane's Walk 2008 a vibrant, fitting tribute to writer and urbanist Jane Jacobs.

Jane Farrow, Executive Director, Jane’s Walk and Centre for City Ecology

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