Dear Chappy Friends and Neighbors, 
We have some exciting news to report and also need your support. This winter Northeastern University senior engineering students will do a real life exercise in design and planning to address the issues of safety for bikes, walkers, and cars on Chappaquiddick. They will use existing survey information including field gathered data, and input from the Chappy community to specifically answer questions about how best to address the problems of mixing multi-use traffic on a narrow island road. A public forum in Late February will allow the students to present their findings and several possible scenarios, and determine community preference. In April, they will return to present their completed work. 
While this exercise will be completed without cost to the town, there will be expenses for student travel and accommodations this winter. The budget is $2,500, and we need your help in raising this money. 
Please send your tax deductible donation ($25-50, or more if you wish) directly to Northeastern via their web site:
(https://prod-web.neu.edu/webapp6/cashnetdotcom/anonymous/onlinegiving/initial.do). You may also send a check payable to Northeastern University to Development Information Systems, 461 Columbus Place , Northeastern University , 360 Huntington Avenue , Boston , MA 02115 . Indicate in either case that your donation is for the College of Engineering – Chappy Project. Please also send an email message to Chappybikepath@aol.com to let us know the amount of your donation.
Thank you in advance for your support.
We wish you and your families the best in 2010 and peace to all!
Chappy Path Steering Committee 
Bob Colvin, Chair, Melissa Kagan, Co-Chair, Will Geresy, Dick Knight, Joe Sullivan, Tom Tilghman, Peter Wells