SIDEWALK TALK Newsletter May 2025
#1 Best Way to Help - REGISTER on our Grassroots Website and TELL US where you want ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION: WalkableWillistown.org
TALK ABOUT - Government News
The 2020 Willistown Survey Results
What is the 2020 Survey? Every 10 years, Willistown completes a survey of its 11,000 residents.
The 2020 results show that walkability is a top priority.
Thanks for joining Walkable Willistown.
TALK ABOUT - Upcoming Events
Photo from past Walk-About Event
@ Willistown Acres, Malvern - May 3rd 2025
Upcoming Walk-Abouts in Your Neighborhood
May 25th at 10am @ 32 Laurel Circle, Malvern
TALK ABOUT - Local Businesses and Organizations
GREAT VALLEY COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION (GCVO)
Great Valley Community Organization - 51 North Bacton Hill Road, Malvern PA 19355
Great Valley Community Organization (GVCO)
Great Valley Community Organization (GVCO)
by Christine Batchelor of Walkable Willistown
The Great Valley Community Organization was formed 24 years ago as a youth sports organization. How they have grown! Today, GVCO serves hundreds, from youth to seniors, and in activities as varied as pickleball and ESL. Some unique current activities include Challenger Gym, an adaptive recreational gym program for children with special needs, and GVCO Caring Hands, an innovative volunteer program that empowers middle and high school students to support their community.
And they continue to expand programming to better serve the community. One proposal is to have a walking club; of course, Walkable Willistown was eager to support that idea! Ironically, the GVCO complex is within ¼ mile of the Chester Valley Trail, yet there is no safe way to access the trail from GVCO-sound familiar?
Over 5,500 families have participated in the organization’s activities and more than a third of the school district’s elementary students currently take part in GVCO’s youth sports offerings. What a great organization to have in our backyard!
