WNRN’s Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call

On the April 12 edition of the Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call, host Rick Moore opens with a conversation with Ari Daniels of the Earth Week Eco-Fair, scheduled for this coming Saturday, April 18, at the Charlottesville Pavilion, a free event spreading knowledge about how to repair and conserve our environment, with green-minded businesses, government organizations, conservationist societies, local food producers, natural health care practitioners, along with live music, speakers, children’s activities, and more.

Rick then turns to a conversation with John Cruikshank of the the Piedmont Group of the Sierra Club and Stratton Sallidis of the Coalition to Preserve McIntire Park about efforts to stop the controversial Meadowcreek Parkway, a project to build a road through Charlottesville’s largest public park that has been in the planning stages for 40 years.

 

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On the December 14th edition of WNRN’s Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call, host Rick Moore chats with Meredith Richards, former City Councilwoman, on her work with Charlottesville Citizens for Better Rail Alternative, an advocacy group dedicated to providing convenient, cost-effective, clean, and comfortable passenger rail service from Charlottesville to Washington, D.C.

 

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Zachary Shahan new director of the Alliance for Community Choice in Transportation answers questions about ways, besides the private car, to get around the area. Included in the discussion: competition for space on the road which leads to conflicts between the various modes of transportation, as well as the options for expanding infrastructure such as bike paths and lanes and bus routes.

 

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