Meet Your Target Audience at the
Transportation and Healthy Living Fair on September 22

Helping Hamilton Commuters Get Active!

The Transportation and Healthy Living Fair is an outdoor exhibition that showcases the services, resources, infrastructure, community organizations and business partners that support sustainable active transportation in Hamilton.

Attendees to the fair will be able to speak directly with exhibitors and get answers to their questions on sustainable active transportation, healthy living, available services and supportive infrastructure in Hamilton.  They will also be engaged on how to help their workplace benefit by supporting active commutes for its employees.

The fair occurs during the City of Hamilton’s Clean Air Commute Week and is well promoted alongside other Smart Commute Hamilton activities.  On fair day the HSR bus service is free to all Smart Commute member employees wearing participant wristbands.

Event Details

Date:                
Thursday, Sept 22, 2011 (rain or shine)

Time:                
Exhibits open 11:30 am to 1:30 pm (set-up 10:30 – 11:15 am)

Location:            
Gore Park (outdoors) - downtown at King and James Streets

What to Bring:     
Displays, props, activities, prizes/giveaways, resource materials

What is provided:
One table (draped) and two chairs per exhibit space – more details to follow

Cost:                  
No cost to exhibitors and attendees

Who Will Attend the Fair

Individuals

-  working downtown (on lunch break)
-  residing in the downtown area
-  interested in health, active transportation, quality of life, sustainability

Business Representatives

-  interested in benefits to their organization
-  already involved in helping staff use active transportation
-  decision makers

What Attendees Will Seek at the Fair

Find Hamilton services, business and organizations that provide health and active transportation solutions.

-  Find local businesses that are leading the way on active transportation and sustainable commuting and learn what their workplace can do to reap the benefits of helping staff get active and healthy.
-  Connect with seasoned cyclists and walkers about services, favourite routes, bike maintenance and more
-  How to make safe, fun and healthy trips part of their family routine.
-  How to improve personal and community health.
-  An opportunity to share their ideas to enhance their active commutes.
-  Learn what the City and others are doing to improve healthy active commutes in Hamilton.
-  Prizes and gifts to top off their trip to the fair and remind them of your efforts.

Get Involved

The June Transportation and Healthy Living Fair attracted over 800 people to Gore Park. By participating at this City of Hamilton, Smart Commute hosted fair your company is demonstrating its commitment to sustainable active transportation in Hamilton.  To reserve your space and for further details please contact air@greenventure.ca .  You will be contacted with updates and the details you will need for the day of the event.

Contact      

Paul Barrett
Air Quality & Transportation Coordinator
Green Venture
air@greenventure.ca
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