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What is your favorite outdoor activity? Whether it is kayaking, bird watching or attending a farmers market, GrowWNY.org can help you discover new places to enjoy your favorite outdoor activities. On Saturday, June 21, 2012, GrowWNY unveiled its Go Outside Map, which features 56 regional hot spots for some of the most popular outdoor activities in Western New York. This paper map is an adaptation of the virtual, interactive map that features nearly 200 locations and can be found at GrowWNY.org.

Honorable Byron Brown, Mayor of Buffalo, and the Honorable Paul Dyster, Mayor of Niagara Falls, joined the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo’s President and CEO, Clotilde Perez-Bode Dedecker, at the Spirit of Buffalo on the waterfront for the launch event. The Spirit of Buffalo is one of the 56 locations featured on the paper map. The maps will be free to the public and will be available at Buffalo area Wegmans stores in August. In addition, you’ll find the maps at county visitor’s centers, outdoor stores, and more.

GrowWNY’s mission is to be a resource for the WNY community to learn more about how to enjoy and preserve our region’s natural environment. We encourage residents to eat, live, work and play greener.

Speaking of eating greener, Mayor Brown and Mayor Dyster demonstrated the use of alternative energy to make smoothies with local fruits and juices on Grow’s Fender Blender, a bike powered blender. The mayors pedaled their way to a delicious concoction of blueberries and peaches from Niagara and Allegany Counties.

Here are few links to the media coverage from the unveiling of the maps:

www.wivb.com/dpp/news/local/map-lets-people-explore-outdoor-wny

http://www.wgrz.com/news/article/175433/13/Go-Outside-With-New-Guided-Maps

Still looking for a map? We've given them to the following locations for you to pick up!

• Allegany County Visitor's Center
• Allegany State Park
• Beeton's Cyclery
• Bicycle Man
• Buffalo Audubon Society
• Buffalo Museum of Science
• Buffalo ReUSE
• Campus Wheelworks
• Chautauqua County Visitor's Center
• Community Action for Wyoming County
• Cycle Path
• Ellicottville Bike Shop
• Fleet Feet
• Forest Lawn Cemetery
• Genesee County Park and Forest
• Genesee County Visitor's Center
• Griffis Sculpture Park
• Handlebars Cycle Co.
• Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge
• Jamestown Audubon Society
• Jamestown Wegmans
• Jan's Outdoor Supply
• Knox Farm State Park
• Laux Sporting Goods in Pine Plaza
• Laux Sporting Goods in the Boulevard Mall
• Laux Sporting Goods in the Eastern Hills Mall
• Laux Sporting Goods in the McKinley Mall
• Laux Sporting Goods in the Walden Galleria Mall
• Letchworth State Park
• Mud, Sweat and Gears
• Nannen Arboretum
• Niagara County Visitor's Center
• Niagara Cycle Works
• Niagara Gorge Discovery Center
• Orleans County Visitor's Center
• Paths, Peaks and Paddles
• Penn Dixie Paleontological and Outdoor Education Center
• Pfeiffer Nature Center
• Reinstein Nature Preserve
• Rick Cycle Shop
• Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History
• Runners Roost
• Silver Trail Outfitters
• Sliders
• Spirit of Buffalo
• The Bike Shop
• The Botanical Gardens
• The Geneseo Store
• The Hatch in the Erie Basin Marina
• Tifft Nature Preserve
• Tom's Pro Bike
• Visit Buffalo Niagara
• Wegmans on Alberta Dr.
• Wegmans on Amherst St.
• Wegmans on Dick Rd.
• Wegmans on Losson Rd.
• Wegmans on Mckinley Pkwy.
• Wegmans on Military Rd.
• Wegmans on Niagara Falls Blvd.
• Wegmans on Sheridan Dr.
• Wegmans on Transit Rd.
• Wellness Institute of Greater Buffalo
• West Seneca Wegmans
• Wyoming County Visitor's Center