Author Archives: Jason Roberts
Eno’s New Upstairs Pub Soft Opening with Karaoke!
Come out this Thursday night (March 25th) from 6pm to 10pm and check out Eno’s brand new upstairs pub! This is a soft opening for one night only where you’ll get a chance to see the new space, enjoy incredible views of downtown, and sample free microbrewed beers. We’ll also be busting out the karaoke […]
Gold Sprints Competition
We’re getting this out a little late, but wanted to make sure everyone knew about the Gold Sprints Competition. Three locations and dates including: 3/22 at Lola’s in Fort Worth 3/30 at Rubber Gloves in Denton and 4/22 at Doublewide in Dallas Looks like Chrome is a sponsor, so there might be some cool accessories […]
Tonight…Meet the Muralists at a Cocktail Gallery Walk along Tyler and Davis
(Brian Scott, OC Muralist, Working on the 7th Street Mural Project) This evening, be sure to come out and for the cocktail crawl and lend your support to the 7th Street Murals Project! This is your chance to meet the muralists, see the project plans along with some of their past works. If you make […]
Bike Friendly Arlington Online!
We’ve been a little slow at our game, and somehow overlooked one of the latest members of the BF Family: Bike Friendly Arlington! Be sure to show them your support and check-up on all things happening at BFA if you happen to be in the mid-cities area.
Kids’ Mural Project for Seventh Street Bike/Ped Friendly Corridor Begins
This weekend, 36 children from North Oak Cliff elementary schools (Kahn, Peabody, Rosemont, Winnetka) set to work on multiple 24″x24″ art pieces that will be combined together for a single mural on the back of a local business along Seventh Street. Go Oak Cliff, a new area news and advocacy non-profit founded by BFOC’ers to […]
Google Now Mapping Dallas Bicycle Trails
Google is now offering an option to note bicycle directions when requesting routes within Google Maps. It’s a good way to see a birds-eye view of our trail system, and will hopefully help when plans develop to complete the comprehensive bike/ped map for the city.
Speaking of Community Gardens
Community Gardens of Oak Cliff have an official web presence now. Go here to catch up on all of the latest details on the different gardens around the Cliff, and sign up to get involved.
BFOCer’s on NPR’s THINK
(image from Oak Cliff People) Tomorrow at 1PM, Community Organizer Amy Cowan, OC Community Garden Founder Mariana Griggs, and BFOC Co-Founder/OCTA President Jason Roberts will be on NPR’s THINK on 90.1FM. Tune in to hear about all of the new activism occurring on the left banke of the river.
More From the OC Community Gardens: Experiments on Code Hybridization
Article by OC Community Garden Advocate, Scott Griggs In gardening and biology, hybridization is the crossbreeding of two species to create a plant with some characteristics of each parent. We all remember high school botany and the stories of the great Gregor Mendel using hybridization in pea plants to discover that one inheritable trait would […]
A chance to fight for our community gardens!
(photo from Willard Farms) Many of you may know that BFOC has several community gardener’s as members, and currently we’re planning a group ride which takes you to visit several of the plots they currently have developed. With that in mind, Mariana Griggs, Founder of Oak Cliff Community Gardens sends out a note to all […]
Bike Friendly Oak Cliff 