Posted: August 18, 2020
20 Feet First walkers enjoyed a socially distanced walk last week from the Three Friends Fishing Hole in Kent. Our continued thanks to Chris Ensor and the other Feet First Neighborhood Walking Ambassadors who are continuing to help folks walk during the pandemic! There are three more walks in Kent through the end of September: […]
Posted: August 10, 2020
In the wake of the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police and the resulting Black Lives Matter protests, the Seattle City Council is currently looking at dramatic reductions in police budgets, reallocating funding to alternative public safety efforts that do not rely so heavily on uniformed and armed police officers. Other cities across the […]
Posted: August 2, 2020
Feet First’s Neighborhood Walking Ambassadors in Kent continue to show how to do socially distanced walks, self-guided, with style! They walked the Soos Creek Trail north from Gary Grant Park on Wednesday, July 29th. Walks are open to all! Please see Feet First’s Meetup group for more details. The upcoming walks are:
Posted: July 18, 2020
Announced Friday, Feet First’s Statewide Advocacy Network director Mike McGinn will be the new director of America Walks. The Feet First board congratulates Mike McGinn on the new position and celebrates his achievements in launching and leading the Statewide Advocacy Network. Feet First’s Statewide Advocacy Network has brought together organizations from across Washington State who […]
Posted: July 15, 2020
At Feet First, we miss walking with you. Our group walks, from Jane’s Walks to Stairway Walks to our many Neighborhood Walking Ambassador walks, mean a lot to us, and we are bummed the pandemic has kept us from doing them. That said, Neighborhood Walking Ambassador Chris Ensor, in Kent, has done a fantastic job with walks that meet the King […]
Posted: June 4, 2020
Cities and towns across Washington have instituted curfews that needlessly impinge on people’s freedom of mobility, particularly for those whose primary means of transportation are walking, cycling, and public transportation. We understand the intentions behind instating a curfew. However experience so far shows that curfews are not achieving their objectives, can be selectively enforced (with […]