Town of Penetanguishene, Township of Springwater Township of Tiny

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communities for Active Transportation, including a walking review of
existing pedestrian and bicycling infrastructure;
� An exercise, using large scale maps of the communities of the Town of
Penetanguishene, Township of Springwater, and Township of Tiny, to
identify their principal destinations for AT, the most important routes for
AT, and particular danger areas;
� An exercise for participants, in groups initially and then in plenary
session, to recommend a series of next steps that their communities
might undertake in order to advance AT;
� Participant observations and workshop evaluation.
The workshop was attended by twenty-six persons, including municipal staff,
elected officials, volunteers, health professionals, and others.
In addition to participants from the three communities, there were planners
from the County of Simcoe and the Midland Director of Parks and Recreation.
The initial presentation of the workshop provided the participants with a
common definition of Active Transportation: any form of travel undertaken by
human power, and provided background information on the importance of