Westlawn event helps create healthier environment for neighborhood

Anne Dressel in Picnic Area of westlawn with bike repair in back

Get Wheelin’ in Westlawn” is a community bike ride and bike repair event, but it’s part of something bigger than that, Anne Dressel says.

“The Westlawn initiative is one of the ways we’re trying to get people out of cars and onto bikes instead,” Dressel, UWM assistant professor of nursing, said at this year’s event, the 10th annual. “It addresses air pollution, but it also engages people in a healthy activity. It’s community building.”

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