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Massachusetts Bike Week 2003
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All events are tentative!
Send your Massachusetts Bike Week (or Bike Month) events to Doug Mink, dmink@massbike.org as soon as you have them scheduled. See the pages for previous bike weeks for ideas.
Check out local event calendars in Cambridge and the Pioneer Valley.
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Wake Up the Earth Day
Saturday, May 3 Boston 11:00 am - 4:00 pm 
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Let MassBike's valets watch your bike while you enjoy this celebration of
spring along the Southwest Corridor near the Stony Brook MBTA station.
There is a rain data of Sunday, May 4. Help is needed at the MassBike
booth; contact Doug Mink,
dmink@massbike.org
Join the ArtBikes in the parade! Bring your bike (decorated or not) to meet up with the ArtBikes at the Green Street T-stop at 10 am. We'll be leaving by 10:30 to join the Wake Up The Earth parade on its way to the festival. |
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Bike to Work Week Commuter Challenge 
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Check with your local Transportation Management Association (TMA)
or fill out the
forms on the ABC TMA web site (http://www.abctma.com/events_bikeweek.htm)
to participate in the
Bike to Work Corporate Challenge during Bike Week May 11-19th.
You have to work in Boston or nearby parts of Cambridge to enter.
Click here for help concerning bike commuting from the League of American Bicyclists. Celebrate with the winners at the Bike Bash, May 21. |
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ArtBike Show
May 13-16 Cambridge | ArtBikes and bike sculptures, photographs, paintings, and other artwork will be on display and then auctioned off on May 16th. The exhibition is free - stop in any time. This fundraiser for Bikes Not Bombs will be at the Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center, 41 2nd Street, Cambridge, off Cambridge St, a few blocks from the Lechmere T-stop. |
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Boston Off the Bike Map
Franklin Park 9:30 am Roslindale Square 1:00 pm |
Meet in the golf course clubhouse parking lot to
join Boston's Bicycle/Pedestrian Coordinator and his Bicycle Advisory Committee
for a ride through Dorchester to the paved-but-not-open Neponset Trail. We'll
follow the Neponset River to Cleary Square in Hyde Park, and ride back streets
to Roslindale Square, where we'll stop for lunch in Adams Park. Riders can
buy lunch from numerous stores and restaurants within a block of the park.
We'll leave Roslindale at 1:00 pm for Millenium Park, Boston's newest large park, which has lots of paved paths with great views. We'll return to Franklin Park via the Arnold Arboretum. There will be lots fewer hills than last year, but neither ride will be real flat. Contact Paul Schimek, 617-635-4606, paul.schimek@cityofboston.gov or Doug Mink dmink@massbike.org. |
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Trail Cleanup
Maynard 9:00 am - noon |
Help clean up the Assabet River Rail Trail in Maynard. Meet at the flower garden
on the corner of Maple and Summer streets. There will be a free lunch following
the cleanup.
The cleanup will proceed rain or shine. The only exceptions are for continuous heavy rain or a thunderstorm. Call the contact number, 978-897-5853, Saturday morning if the weather looks questionable. |
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Berkshire Brevet
Pioneer Valley |
400-km, 250-mile tour of the Valley
Contact Don Podolski (413)562-5237 |
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Alternative Transportation Showcase
and Bike Week Kickoff 9:00 am - 2:00 pm Amherst |
At Big Y
Contact Karen Jones (413)367-9585 |
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Trail Cleanup
9:00am-Noon, Noon-3:00pm Framingham | Meet at "625" Old Connecticut Path, Framingham - the trailhead for Cochituate Brook Reservation Park for Spring Cleanup on the Cochituate Rail Trail. Bring hand-saws, loppers, rakes, and work gloves. Work for an hour - get a CRT-shirt and lunch. Contact: Mara Yale (508-877-1556; CRT-Friends@rcn.com). |
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Bike Rodeo
10:00 am - noon Greenfield |
At Four Corners School.
Children will be instructed in bicycle safety (it's a fun, jovial
atmosphere, taught via "courses" that the kids ride their bikes through
after having their bikes checked out & adjusted at a maintenance
station), presented with free helmets which are fitted individually to
them, given the opportunity to register their bikes w/the police dept.
in the event of loss & recovery, given a packet of safety-related
materials (reflectors, coloring books, etc.), an achievement
certificate, a coupon for a free treat (usually a free ice cream from
Friendly's)
Contact Chris Pichette cpichette@heat-fab.com. |
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Scenic Bike Ride
2:00 pm Natick | Meet at the entrance to Shaw's Park on Eliot Street (Route 16, just west of Union Street) for a moderate on-road bike ride in South Natick, Sherborn and Dover; about 7 pretty miles with some hills, a lot of history, and the upper Charles River. Leader: Martin Kessel (508/653-5083; Martin@TheKessels.org. |
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Bike Commuter Breakfast
7:00 - 9:00 am Holyoke |
at Highland Bikes
Contact Rob Gagne (413)539-9314 |
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City Hall Bike Breakfast
7:30 - 9:30 am West Springfield | Contact Jeff Lockwood (413)732-3556 |
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Bike Commuter Breakfast
7:30 - 9:30 am Cambridge |
At University Park on Mass. Ave.
Sponsored by the Charles River TMA For more information contact them at 617-324-6118. |
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8th Annual Bike Party
5:00 - 10:00 pm Davis Square, Somerville |
Redbones, 55 Chester St., Davis Square, Somerville, MA
$10.00 includes great food, a pint of beer, lemonade, or soda, bicycle valet parking and a raffle ticket. There are a lot of raffle prizes, and proceeds benefit MassBike and NEMBA. There is more info on the Redbones web site. |
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Bike Movie
Greenfield |
at People's Pint
Contact Dan Young (413)773-0333 |
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Pancake Breakfast
7:30 - 9:30 am Cambridge |
Broadway Bicycle School, 351 Broadway, Cambridge Meet your fellow bicycle commuters over free coffee and pancakes. See the faces behind some of the names you see on the Internet. |
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Bike Commuter Breakfast
7:30 - 9:30 am Westfield |
at New Horizons Sports
Contact Don Podolski (413)562-5237 |
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Bike Commuter Breakfast
8:00 - 10:00 am Chicopee |
at Mickey's Bike Shop
Contact Hank (413)592-4282 |
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Pizza Ride
6:00 pm Westfield |
Meet at New Horizons Sports
Contact Don Podolski (413)562-5237 |
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Easy Bike Ride
6:30 pm Natick |
Meet at the parking lot for Pegan Cove Park, on Washington
Avenue across from Cochituate Street to ride through downtown Natick,
Pegan Cove Park, Middlesex Path, and Dell Park Cemetery, complete with
historic commentary.
Leader: Dick Miller (508/653-6136, 9am-9pm; TheMillers@millermicro.com. |
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Bike Commuter Breakfast
7:00 - 9:00 am Easthampton |
at the gazebo on the Common
Contact Bill Burgart (413)527-9080 |
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Bike Commuter Breakfast
7:00 - 9:30 am Northampton |
at the corner of Main & King
Contact Craig Della Penna (413)585-9853 |
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Bike Commuter Breakfast
7:30 - 9:30 am Cambridge | Sponsored by Harvard's Commuter Choice Program in Harvard Square at the Au Bon Pain in front of Holyoke Center. Coffee, juice and assorted pastries will be served to any Harvard affiliate who brings their bicycle helmet to our tables. Bike commuters will also receive free front and rear bike lights if they register (or have registered) their bike with the Harvard University Police Department, who will be on site for bike registrations. Also featured will be free bike tune-ups on a first -come-first -served basis from Quad Bikes (what's Quad Bikes? Come find out!). |
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Transportation Fair
11:30 am - 1:30 pm Cambridge |
On the lawn in front of the Harvard Science Center, this fair will
include representatives
from the Amtrak Downeaster; MassBike; MBTA; City of Cambridge; Quad Bikes;
Harvard Shuttle, Mail, Police and Parking Services, and the staff of the
CommuterChoice Program.
Employees from Harvard Shuttle Services will be available to demonstrate how to mount your bike to the front bike racks on the shuttle buses. Harvard Mail Services personnel will be happy to answer any questions you may have about the transporting of University Mail and their new metering services, as well as parcel delivery. Quad Bikes will continue their program of free tune-ups on a first-come-first-served basis. If you know of anyone who is thinking about carpooling to work in the near future, we will be offering them the opportunity to receive a free stainless steel coffee travel mug if they enroll on-line with the Harvard affiliated carpool database within one week of the Transportation Fair. Anyone who attends the fair may enter the raffle for great prizes, including roundtrip tickets on the Downeaster train (which runs from Boston to Portland, Maine). Refreshments will be provided. Sponsored by Harvard's CommuterChoice Program |
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Bike Commuter Breakfast
7:00 - 9:00 am Hadley |
at Valley Bicycles Trailside
Contact Karen Jones (413)367-9585 |
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Bike Commuter Breakfast
7:00 - 10:00 am Northampton |
at Northampton Athletic Club, with wellness check (blood pressure,
etc.), day passes offered for non-members, and bike checkup.
Contact Heather Skinn (413)585-8500 |
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Bike Commuter Breakfast
7:30 - 9:30 am Amherst |
on North Common
Contact Mark Lerch (413)256-8440 |
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Kendall Square
Bike Commuter Breakfast 7:30 - 9:30 am Broadway btwn. 6 & 8 Cambridge Center | Join us between 6 and 8 Cambridge Center on Broadway for a free breakfast. Boston Properties and the Charles River TMA are the sponsors. For more information contact the Charles River TMA at 617-324-6118. |
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Back Bay Breakfast and
Bike Week Celebration 8:00 - 10:00 am Prudential Center, Boston | Join us at the Boylston Plaza of the Prudential Center for free breakfast, bike tune-ups, vendors, exhibits, and more. Extra bike parking provided. Brought to you by the Prudential Center merchants , Boston Properties, and the Artery Business Committee TMA. For more information contact the ABC TMA at 617-557-7322. |
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Easy Bike Ride
6:30 pm Natick |
Meet at the rear left of Memorial School parking lot, off Route
16 in South Natick for a ride through South Natick, including the
Sudbury Aqueduct and Natick Community Organic Farm.
Leader: Dick Miller (508/653-6136, 9am-9pm; TheMillers@millermicro.com) |
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Bike Commuter Breakfast
7:00 - 9:00 am Springfield |
at Civic Center Esplanade
Contact Tina Manos 748-3495 |
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Boston Bicycle Commuter Breakfast
7:30 - 9:30 am City Hall, Boston |
Come to Boston's City Hall Plaza for breakfast and a celebration of
bicycling in the city on National Bike to Work Day.
Contact Paul Schimek, 617-635-4606 paul.schimek@cityofboston.gov Contact Doug Mink if you want your group ride to City Hall on the calendar. |
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Bicycle Commuter Appreciation
7:30 - 9:30 am Cambridge |
As part of National Bike to Work Day, the Cambridge Bicycle Committee
and the City of Cambridge will be thanking commuters who bike to work
by presenting them with a small giveaway. Members of the Bicycle Committee
will be stationed at locations throughout the city to catch cyclists on
their way to work and give them their gift.
Contact: Stephanie Anderberg - 617-349-4671 / sanderberg@cambridgema.gov |
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Bike to Work Day
Morning rush hour Somerville | The Somerville Bicycle Committee will be handing out all sorts of bicycle goodies to cyclists around Somerville during the morning rush hour. Look for them in Davis Square, Union Square, and elsewhere while you enjoy a refreshing ride to work on the most efficient vehicle on the planet. |
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Bike Commuter Lunch
Noon Greenfield |
On the Town Common
Contact Dan Young (413)773-0333 |
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ArtBike Show and Auction
7:00 pm - midnight Cambridge |
This fundraiser for Bikes Not Bombs will be at the Cambridge Multicultural
Arts Center, 41 2nd Street, Cambridge, off Cambridge St, a few blocks from
the Lechmere T-stop. ArtBikes and bike sculptures, photographs,
paintings, and other artwork will be on display and then auctioned off.
The exhibition, which runs from May 13-16, is free - stop in any time.
The Reception costs $20 for adults, $15 for BNB members, $10 students/seniors, free for volunteers working the event. The entry price includes a full dinner by Redbones Barbeque, ice cream by Toscanini's, and music by True Life Bluegrass. Harpoon Brewery will be there with drinks. |
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Bikepath Cleanup
9:30 am Somerville | Join neighbors and Friends of the Path to clean the future "Community Path" in Somerville at the Lowell Street Bridge. Bring pushbrooms, gloves, old plastic grocery bags, recycling bins and other cleanup supplies. Our event is part of the city's Somersday spring cleanup. |
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Historic Somerville Bike Tour
10:00 am City Hall Somerville |
Presented by the Somerville Historic Preservation and the Somerville Bicycle
Committee, the Second Annual Historic Somerville Bike Tour will
celebrate both Bike Month and Preservation Month with a bike tour of
many of Somerville's historic treasures, hosted by members of the
Somerville's Historic Preservation Commission and the Bicycle Committee.
Sites on the tour will include Prospect Hill Tower, Bow Street Historic District, Walter Durrell House B&B, Oliver Tufts House, Powder House, Somerville Theatre, and the Somerville Museum. The ride will start and end at City Hall, will be about three hours long and will include a snack stop halfway through. Families are welcome, helmets are encouraged, and the ride will be paced according to participants' skill levels. Registration Fee $3 - $1 for students and seniors For more information contact Ron Newman at 617-628-8895 e-mail: rnewman@thecia.net or Brandon Wilson at 617-625-6600 ext 2500 |
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GoGreen Bicycle Tour
10:00 am Cambridge Common |
Members of the Cambridge Bicycle Committee and the City of Cambridge
will be leading a bike tour of Cambridge. The tour will progress at a
leisurely rate, and will include short stops at points of interest along
the route. We will have a few intermediate gathering points
(check here for updated route information), so feel free to join
us for all or part of the route.
Contact: Tim Ledlie - 617-493-6578 / ledlie@post.harvard.edu who has posted the cue sheet and some pictures of the ride here. |
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FPC Annual Meeting
9:30-11:30 am Franklin Park Boston |
At the Franklin Park Coalition Annual Meeting, the Boston Park Rangers
will be honored for their dedication and service with the annual Park
Preserver Award and there will be a "Park Fair" with booths describing
different Franklin Park issues and projects. This is your opportunity
to offer input, ideas, and concerns. There will be a children's corner;
families please join us!
Make it a full day of park activities! At the close of the meeting there will be a variety of park tours - walking, bicycling, or in a van to the woodlands, around the golf course path, to different entrances and historical sites, or to play in the tot lots. Discover an area of the park you've never known before. The Kite Festival will take place in the Playstead all afternoon. Wander over to the FPC face painting table staffed by youth volunteers. Please RSVP so breakfast refreshments can be planned - call 617-908-4002 or send an email reply to franklinparkcoalition@yahoo.com. If you are not an FPC member, please consider joining by making a contribution of $5 or more, whatever you can afford. |
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Bike Rodeo
10:00 am - Noon South Deerfield |
At the police station. children will be instructed in bicycle safety
(it's a fun, jovial atmosphere, taught via "courses" that the kids ride
their bikes through after having their bikes checked out & adjusted at a
maintenance station), presented with free helmets which are fitted
individually to them, given the opportunity to register their bikes
w/the police dept. in the event of loss & recovery, given a packet of
safety-related materials (reflectors, coloring books, etc.), an
achievement certificate, a coupon for a free treat (usually a free ice
cream from Friendly's), and an opportunity for children to be fingerprinted
and entered into a Safe Kids database.
Contact Chris Pichette cpichette@heat-fab.com |
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Bikepath Cleanup
1:00 pm Cambridge | Meet at the John Wald Memorial on the Minuteman Bikeway just over the Little River/Alewife Brook bridge from the Alewife MBTA station for a general cleanup of the site and some landscaping. |
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Easy Bike Ride
1:30 pm Natick |
Meet on the south side of parking lot for "Especially for Pets",
on Route 27 just south of Route 30 in Cochituate for
an unusual and bumpy bike ride on the Snake Brook Trail in Cochituate
State Park (North Natick and Cochituate). We might have a walking group, too.
Leader: Jill Miller (508/653-6136, 9am-9pm; TheMillers@millermicro.com) |
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Bike Repair Clinic
3:00 pm Westfield | Contact Don Podolski (413)562-5237 |
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Trips for Kids
"Rock Your Soul" Benefit Concert 7:00 pm Sons of Italy, Quincy, MA |
An evening featuring an opening speech by Dan Pallotta and a concert
by Cindy Bullens.
Dan is the creator of the AIDS Rides, Breast Cancer 3-Days, AIDS Vaccine Rides, among many of his productions. His inspirational story and belief that kindness can change our world will be something you won't soon forget. Cindy is a two-time Grammy Award nominee who gives soul to rock and roll. Her dynamic music and lyrics promise a concert that you'll be talking about the next day. This event is being produced to support the programs of Trips For Kids-Boston, Inc., (TFK), a volunteer led non-profit organization that provides mountain biking outings and environmental education to inner-city children at no cost to the kids. TFK provides everything from a bike, helmet, and food, to the volunteers who lead the way. Tickets are $28 each or two for $50 and $35 at the door. To get your tickets or for more information, visit www.tripsforkidsboston.org or call 508-747-6691. |
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CRW Spring Century
7:00 am for 100 9:00 am for 62 and 50 10:00 am for 25 | Meet at Wakefield High School, 1 mile east of Wakefield Center on Rt. 129 East. There will be 25, 50, 62, and 100 mile rides. Sponsored by the Charles River Wheelmen. Preregister for lower fee. |
Bike the East Coast Greenway 10:00 am - ? Boston |
We'll try out Massachusetts first designated
stretch of the East Coast Greenway from the Boston Museum of Science to the
Charles River Museum of Industy in Waltham. We'll start by the Schrafft's
building on Sullivan Square in Charlestown and check out an entire route
through the cities of Boston, Newton, and Waltham, returning through
Watertown, Cambridge, and Somerville along and sometimes on the eastern
end of the Mass. Central Rail Trail.
Contact Doug Mink, dmink@massbike.org. Yahoo map to start of ride |
BIKE-Arlington Tour
9:30 am Arlington |
The 6th annual BIKE-Arlington Tour is an easy-paced bicycle tour around
town organized by the Arlington Bicycle Advisory Committee (ABAC) in
local celebration of National Bicycle Month. The family-friendly tour
will pass on both the Minuteman Bikeway and local roadways, featuring
scenic rest stops at Cooke's Hollow, Mill Brook, Meadowbrook Park,
Alewife Brook Reservation, and Spy Pond.
The tour is free of charge, and all participants will be responsible for their own safety. Bicycle helmets required. Bring something to drink. Meet on Sunday, May 18, 9:30 a.m., at Hurd Field parking lot, off of Drake Road (behind Trader Joe's) in Arlington Heights. Steady rain will cancel. The tour will cover about 8 miles and end around 12:30pm. For more information, see the ABAC website. |
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Wednesday, May 21
Commute A Better Way Day All Day Cambridge |
Cambridge's voluntary car-free day to encourage single occupant vehicle
commuters to try a different mode of transportation. Participants will
take the "Commute A Better Way pledge", stating that they will try walking,
cycling, taking the T, carpooling, or another option, instead of driving
to work. Commuters who take the pledge will receive a recognition packet
in return. To take the pledge, send an email, including your name, commute
mode choice for May 21, usual commute mode, and round trip commute mileage.
Contact: Stephanie Anderberg - 617-349-4671 / sanderberg@cambridgema.gov |
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Wednesday, May 21
Bike Bash 5:00 - 7:00 pm Boston |
Celebrate the end of Bike Week and honor the winners of the Bike Week
Commuter Challenge at the first ever Bike Bash at The Rack, near Fanieul
Hall, sponsored by the Boston area TMA's, City of Cambridge, and Harvard
University. The event will feature an Awards Ceremony honoring the winning
companies of the 2003 Bike Week Commuter Challenge, free raffles, food,
and free pool.
For additional information please contact David Straus at the Artery Business Committee TMA at 617-557-7322 or dstraus@abctma.com. |
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