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Williamsburg Walks: Volunteer Orientation Tonight

by Aaron Naparstek on July 16, 2008

Brooklyn's Bedford Avenue will be going car-free for four Saturdays this summer. If you want to be a part of making the event happen, Billburg.com invites you to a "Williamsburg Walks" volunteer orientation session tonight.

Boricua College
186 N. 6th St. (bet. Bedford & Driggs Aves.)
Brooklyn

RSVPs are encouraged, but not mandatory. RSVP to williamsburgwalks [at] billburg [dot] com

Afterwards, everyone will head over to Teddy’s Back Room, 96 Berry Street, for more informal discussion and planning.

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tps12

Surely not the whole thing, right? All the way down to Sheepshead Bay?

July 16, 2008 at 3:22 pm Link # 1
Aaron Naparstek

Just a few blocks in Williamsburg.

July 16, 2008 at 3:42 pm Link # 2

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