Shenandoah Valley Bike-Walk Summit
2024 Summit Details
- Where: The Loft at Liberty St. (Next to Magpie Diner in downtown Harrisonburg)
- When: Friday, November 14
- Food: Breakfast and Lunch will be provided, but you must RSVP if you plan to attend
- Time: 8:30 am – 2 pm (join us for what you can!)
Our Keynote Speaker For the 2025 Summit
Melicent R. Miller, DrPH, MSPH
President and CEO of Health Forward LLC
is a public health strategist with over fifteen years of experience working in the public and non-profit sectors, where she honed her skills in public health program planning, monitoring, and evaluation, grant and budget management, quality improvement, and health communication.
Dr. Miller has led initiatives at the state and local government level and national non-profit organizations by engaging community, clinical, academic, and governmental partners in population health-focused initiatives to reduce chronic disease burden across the lifespan, including Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias, arthritis, diabetes, heart disease, lupus, and obesity. Additionally, Melicent has established state-level healthy community recognition programs, developed trainings, built multi-sectoral learning collaboratives, and written state-level health policies.
Schedule
2025 Harrisonburg & Rockingham Bike-Walk Summit Agenda…Coming Soon
Goals of the Summit
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Connect the Valley. Bring community members and local leaders together to share solutions and spark new partnerships for safer walking and biking.
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Equip with real tools. Showcase proven projects and hands-on activities so attendees leave with templates, checklists, and ideas they can use right away.
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Catalyze action. Help every community commit to concrete next steps—and link them to funding and resources to make it happen.
