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BEC hosts Chico Car Free Day Oct. 6

A no-cars event! I received a press release from Mark Stemen, on behalf of the Butte Environmental Council, announcing the upcoming Chico Car Free Day. BEC is inviting everyone in Chico to participate in this event, which will take place from 1-5 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 6, in downtown Chico. “[M]ultiple streets, behind City Hall, will be closed to automobile traffic to open up space for educational and fun-filled activities,” the press release said. “The idea behind Car Free Day is to reconsider urban transport with the prospect of sharing streets more efficiently,” it continued. “This day is an opportunity for us to take personal, positive and constructive measures to reduce greenhouse gases in our community as well as enjoy the company of our friends in a quiet stroll along the tree-lined streets of downtown Chico.” The event will be centered along Flume Street, between Fourth and Seventh streets. For more information, go to www.becnet.org or call 891-6424.

Code Blue update In more BEC-related news, Nani Teves, BEC’s water-outreach coordinator, sent me an email advising folks that the Delta water-education field trip BEC canceled in June due to excessively hot weather has been rescheduled for Saturday, Oct. 12, from 8 a.m. (sharp!) to 5 p.m.

CHICO -- Dancers, musicians and people playing games filled Chico streets instead of cars Sunday during Car Free Day. The area between East Fourth and East Sixth streets and Orient and Main streets were closed to traffic from 1-5 p.m. and people took advantage of the opportunity to roam roadways without fear of possibly being run over by cars. Luann Manss ran the event for the Butte Environmental Council.

"We did this to give people the chance to see what it'd be like with less cars on the road," she said.

CHICO — The Butte Environmental Council is hosting Chico Car Free Day Oct. 6 in downtown Chico. During Car Free Day, BEC will provide a safe and secure area for educational activities and to come and "play in the street" from 1-5 p.m. The city has approved road closures from noon-6 p.m., including Flume Street between East Fourth and East Seventh streets, East Fifth and East Sixth streets between Main to Orient streets, and Wall Street between East Fifth and East Sixth streets.