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Active SGV In A Nutshell...Community events, family-friendly bike rides, open streets, transit improvements, green infrastructure, and advocacy for a more sustainable, equitable and livable San Gabriel Valley!
ActiveSGV's team of staff and volunteers does a lot. Check out out this video to get a better look at our work. |
Mission
ActiveSGV's mission is to support a more sustainable, equitable, and livable San Gabriel Valley.
Vision
ActiveSGV envisions a San Gabriel Valley where:
- People of all ages, incomes, abilities and backgrounds have the opportunity to thrive.
- Decision-making accounts for the needs of current and future generations.
- Local and regional investments help address our most pressing challenges, including climate change, housing affordability, and inequity.
- Elected leadership reflects and accurately represents one of the United States’ most diverse regions.
- Communities pilot best practices in public policy, health, sustainability and governance.
A Brief History...
San Gabriel River Trail
Started as a simple Facebook page devoted to cycling in the San Gabriel Valley by Monterey Park resident and City Clerk Vincent Chang (at the time an MPK Environmental Commissioner and President of the local Chamber of Commerce), ActiveSGV was launched by a group of concerned community members who shared a vision of a cohesive network of people-friendly streets in the San Gabriel Valley.
Since 2010 the group has spearheaded a 5-city regional bicycle master plan with the cities of Baldwin Park, El Monte, South El Monte, San Gabriel and Monterey Park; opened the region's first youth-focused community bicycle cooperative and education center in El Monte; facilitated the most multi-jurisdictional open streets event in the country (8 communities!); and launched one of the first 'traffic school for bikes' programs in the state of California, among other projects.
Since 2010 the group has spearheaded a 5-city regional bicycle master plan with the cities of Baldwin Park, El Monte, South El Monte, San Gabriel and Monterey Park; opened the region's first youth-focused community bicycle cooperative and education center in El Monte; facilitated the most multi-jurisdictional open streets event in the country (8 communities!); and launched one of the first 'traffic school for bikes' programs in the state of California, among other projects.
