*Editor's note: Tickets for the li'l bridgey 5k are on sale now and will increase in price after March 14, which will be after the full release of this article. As such, anyone already interested should visit here if they wish to get tickets at the reduced rate.
RIVERVIEW PARK — Last summer, the new Davis Avenue Pedestrian Bridge was opened to the public, once more reconnecting Brighton Heights directly to Riverview Park after 26 years. Now, a new 5k race is set to take advantage of that crossing.
The li’l bridgey 5k will hold its inaugural run on May 30 starting, and ending, at the Davis Avenue Bridge. The race will take runners on a scenic, though not unchallenging, route through Riverview Park.
The race is the co-creation of Benjamin Cole and Patrick Sanders, who organize the Lil Swervy Run Club. The group meets every Sunday and Thursday in Legion Park (located in Brighton Heights) for regular runs. However, this is the first formal 5k race Cole and Sanders have organized.
“The one thing Patrick and I are really focusing on with the race is the community,” Cole told The Chronicle in an interview.
Check out the April issue of The Northside Chronicle for the full story.
