Dr. Marc Schlossberg, a professor of city and regional planning at the University of Oregon, will be the guest speaker at a Thrive Umpqua event on Thursday to help kick off National Bike Month in the Umpqua Valley.

Dr. Schlossberg is the author of Rethinking Streets and will talk about his ideas for redesigning streets in a way to make them safer for everyone and improve community livability.

As a professor, Dr. Schlossberg focuses his teaching and research on ways to redesign communities so that more people can walk and bike more of the time. He was awarded the University of Oregon Sustainability Award in 2016.

The presentation will take place from 6-7:30 p.m. in the Ford Room at the Roseburg Public Library on Thursday, May 4. Light refreshments will be served.

RSVP for the event HERE.