Artists Alliance of North Florida and Conservation Trust for Florida
Paint Out
Event, April 7th - 12th,
2006
Florida Scenic Bicycle Loop Ride, April 8th,
2006
All are welcome to ride any
of the event days, April 7-12th, 2006.
If you would like to
be part of a group, gather in downtown Micanopy at 9 a.m. on Sunday, April 9th to join us for a group ride on the route.
This route is a
beautiful tour of
scenic rural Alachua and Marion counties. The group ride pace will be 17-19. Maps of
the route will be available in Evinston and Cross Creek, and will
be handed out at the start of the group ride in Micanopy.
Note on Parking in
Micanopy: The best place to park is alongside the road coming in to
Micanopy from 441--not in front of
businesses.
Cyclists, if you like, let a painter
know you are willing to model for their painting. Fifty painters
will be working on
location in Evinston and Cross Creek. It would be nice to have cyclists in the
painted scenes of
rural Evinston and Cross Creek.
Paintings are for
sale as soon as they are complete at the Post Office in Evinston.
A final Gala and Sale
takes place at the Thomas
Center in
Gainesville,
Friday April 14,
7 - 10 p.m. All events are free.
Profits go to the
Renovation Fund established to make upgrades required for the Wood & Swink Old Store
and
Post Office in
Evinston. This is
Florida's oldest
post office and
one of only a few operating general store post offices in the nation. Without the
upgrades
the
Postal Service will close the post office. This event also inaugurates the Heart of Florida Scenic
Loop.
The Florida's
Eden project will be
developing
this
loop in the next year--including cycle
routes---as part
of sustainable rural economic development.
We look forward to
your participation in this wonderful event!
This event is being
organized by the Artists Alliance of North Florida as part of its
Florida's
Eden plan, and in collaboration
with the Conservation Trust for
Florida; complete info online
at
www.FloridasEden.org
Bicycle
Route Description:
From downtown Micanopy,
go west on CR 234, which
becomes CR 329 in
Marion county. Continue on CR
329
until you come to CR
320. Head east on CR 320 until ou
get to McIntosh. Just before you reach 441, just
west
of 441, take
10th street north to NW
210 street (this
way
you can by-pass traveling north
on 441 through
McIntosh, which is not the safest
route).
Go north on 441 to NW
219th (Boardman Road),
follow
Boardman road out to
its end on the peninsula in
Orange
Lake, back track on Boardman
road to 60th
avenue, head north on 60th avenue to CR 225 and
follow
CR 225 to
SE 185th avenue and go
west on SE 185 avenue
for
about three quarters of a mile.
Back track to
CR 225 and go north in to Evinston,
then continue to CR 346. Go east on CR 346 to
River
Styx or go west on CR 346 to 441. Once you get
to
441, go south on 441 to
SE 165th (on the west side of
the road), which takes you west back in to
downtown
Micanopy.
Ride length: 28
miles
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