Adding Handrails To Steep Paths: A BPWA Priority
Thanks to your generous donations, BPWA has been paying for handrails to be installed on some of the 35 or so new, wood-timber stairways that our volunteers have built since our organization began in 1998.
Take note! Karen Kemp returns to BPWA
Some 20 years after serving on the first Path Wanderers board, Karen Kemp has returned to help reboot the lovely notecards that she designed for us then, featuring her original watercolors of Berkeley paths.
Path Pal Barbara Robben: Paths runner, booster, and volunteer
Barbara Robben, 87, has been a path runner, booster, and volunteer for the more than half a century that she’s lived in Berkeley.
Path Pal Diane Resek: Mattocks and mimosas
“I love the physical exertion,” says Resek, 81, a retired SF State math instructor. “For me it was really exciting to do something with my body that made a difference, and helped people.”
The best map of Berkeley just got better!
The 9th edition of Berkeley Path Wanderers Association’s indispensable map, Berkeley and Its Pathways — featuring more than 136 public stairways and footpaths in Berkeley, and much much more — is now available for purchase.
Four paths renamed for founders of Berkeley Path Wanderers Association
On January 19, the Berkeley City Council unanimously approved the renaming of four pedestrian paths in honor of the founders of Berkeley Path Wanderers Association (BPWA): Ruth Armstrong (Moskovitz), Jacque Ensign, Eleanor Hall Gibson, and Patricia DeVito.
Temporary Art Event Launched on the Paths
Five local artists share perspective on points of connection and place on public paths
Path Forward: Berkeley Path Wanderers Association 2030 Plan
In mid-2019, BPWA's current board and other stakeholders met to chart out a vision for our next year, and next decade.
Go, Elsa, Go!
Inspired by a Facebook post that she saw in January about an English grandmother who cleaned up 52 beaches in 2018, Elsa Tranter embarked on a mission to make Bay Area beaches better, one beach a week and one soda can at a time.
GoFundMe Campaign for Terrace View Paths
The Alliance’s fundraising target is $70,000, which will enable the addition of handrails to the most popular paths to make them safer for residents, especially those who might be mobility impaired or elderly. The funds will help to complete Columbia Path and potentially build Del Mar Path, and to make improvements in Glendale Path, Atlas Path, and Wilson Walk.
Three New Berkeley Walks Make Perfect Spring Outings
Consider taking one of three terrific new routes that walking guru Bob Johnson has created. They cover Upper Shattuck and the Marin Circle, Strawberry Creek Park and the Santa Fe Railway, and Berkeley Woods, a hilly neighborhood in Northeast Berkeley.