Email from 1000 Friends of Wisconsin

AUG 2025

Join Our Board!

Thank you, Jean Wells & Lynn Hobbie, for your years of service on our Board! We couldn't have steered this ship without your thoughtful insights, dedicated help, and commitment to our mission. Jean, we're also grateful for the accounting assistance you brought to our little non-profit and wish you the best in your next endeavor! Lynn, we're also grateful for the skills you shared with our team and wish you a wonderful retirement! :)

Want to share your skills and experience with 1000 Friends by becoming a Board Member? Please send your resume/CV to Trevor Roark: [email protected]

TODAY (20 Aug.) - Deadline to Submit Your Comment(s) to the USDOT

The current authorization for Federal surface transportation programs is set to expire on September 30, 2026. In preparation for the next surface transportation reauthorization bill, and to ensure that the public’s perspectives and ideas are considered, the Department of Transportation (DOT) invites the public to provide ideas, comments, and information for consideration in the development of the next surface transportation authorizing legislation.

This is an important opportunity to advocate for better transit, more walkability/rollability, and/or safer bicycling infrastructure.

Access the Advocacy Toolkit developed by

Alliance for a Just Society (transit focus)

Webinar Alert ... Thursday

21 Aug., 12-1pm (CT)

Transportation Access to Public Health Options (TAPHO) is an innovative mapping tool that shows how people can reach places that impact health, such as clinics and hospitals, parks and recreation sites, access to food and nutrition, infrastructure for safe walking and biking, and more. Stakeholders can use data in this tool to close gaps in transportation access gaps and support healthier community outcomes.

ТАРНО was developed by the Bay Lake Regional Planning Commission (BLRPC) in northeastern Wisconsin. Local attendees can learn how to use this resource in their community. Those elsewhere will learn how they could create similar tools.

Suggested Audience: Policymakers, members of local government, advocates of active transportation, advocates of public health

Presented by: Natalie Blackert and Bryce Thompson, Transportation Planners, Bay Lake RPC

Hosted by: 1000 Friends of Wisconsin

Visit our website to register

Community Transportation Academy

in Green Bay!

1000 Friends is excited to announce the Community Transportation Academy is coming to Greater Green Bay in Fall 2025!

Applications are now open until August 27, 2025.

Stipends are available!

We understand that some individuals may still have financial or logistical barriers to participation. Limited stipends are available for assistance, but if a stipend would help alleviate financial or logistical barriers that would otherwise prevent you from participating, please indicate this in the registration form.

What: FREE ten-week course that helps bridge the gap between local community advocates and decision makers in transportation and provides participants with skills and knowledge to advocate for safe and accessible transportation networks that work for everyone. Learn about transportation plans and processes, interact with local and national experts invited as guest speakers, take local tours, connect with other participants, and more.

When: Wednesdays from 4-6pm, September 3 - November 5

Where: 5 in-person sessions in Green Bay, 5 virtual sessions via Zoom

Who: Community members, local elected leaders, city and county staff, and college students in the Greater Green bay area who are interested in learning more about local transportation to be a better advocate! No previous knowledge or experience required.

How: Visit https://1kfriends.org/community-transportation-academy/ to read more on the 1000 Friends website and apply.

Questions? Email Jen Walker, Community Programs Manager at [email protected]

Urban Forestry Catastrophic Storm Grants Due 10 Oct.

This grant is for tree repair, removal or replacement within urban areas following a catastrophic storm event for which the governor has declared a state of emergency under s. 323.10, Wis. Stats. A catastrophic storm means damage to urban forests caused by snow, ice, hail, wind or tornado. Catastrophic storm does not include insect infestation or disease, forest fire, drought or water saturation due to flooding.

Contact your Wisconsin Emergency Management representative for all other disaster assistance including the Wisconsin Disaster Fund (WDF). WDF applications must be submitted within 72 hours of an incident.

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