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THE GREAT SAUNTER 2008 SEE MANHATTAN AT 3 MPH! Experience New York City like you never have before! Online Registration for the Great Saunter of 2008 has closed. Additional participants can register the morning of the walk. Look forward to seeing you there! If you still need to pay for your ad in the GS Journal 2008, please click here. On Saturday, May 3, 2008, the Shorewalkers will hold the 23rd annual Great Saunter—a 32-mile walk around Manhattan's rim. The pace is steady, but not fast. Most of the route is fairly flat. We keep to the waterside as much as possible. There is no rain date; we will go rain or shine. The Great Saunter is a World Famous Civic Event that attracts tourists and walkers from New York, as well as other states, and countries. It is truly an international event in an international city! The Great Saunter has received support from New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, NYC Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe, and the Manhattan Borough President. Join the Shorewalkers on this spectacular 32-mile walk around the rim of Manhattan Island, starting early at South Street Seaport and ending there that evening for a celebration. Walk through 20 parks, experience many cultures, and celebrate the new Manhattan Waterfront Greenway. See the Statue Of Liberty, New Jersey, the Palisades, all four outer Boroughs, people fishing in the rivers, cherry trees in bloom, spring flowers. A press conference in front of the Circle Line Terminal at 42nd Street begins at 9:45 am. Enjoy lunch in Inwood Park. Walk part or all of the route. Meet people from all over. Financial supporters and donors to GS2007 included Con Edison, Time-Warner Books, The River Project, Stuyvesant Cove, NY Water Taxi, Transportation Alternatives, New York Restoration Project, Roma Wines and Spirits, Friends of Hudson River Park, Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club, The Durst Organization, Riverside South Planning Corporation, Riverside Printing Service, Dive Bar, Heartland Brewery, and many valued individual donors. Thanks to all who support us and continue to do so! Help publicize the Great
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To join the Great Saunter Committee,
Call Coordinator Walt Wright
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