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\"Indy<\/em><\/p>\n

You can learn more about the Father of Greenways,\u00a0Ray R Irvin<\/strong>, the man who transformed a once dying Rust Belt city with people powered pathways, here at the podcast<\/strong><\/a> he and I did together..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You can learn more about the Father of Greenways,\u00a0Ray R Irvin, the man who transformed a once dying Rust Belt… read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[83,99,35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-indianapolis","category-mayors-ride","category-ray-irvin-mr-greenway"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3VuuR-3nP","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9089,"url":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2015\/02\/09\/ray-irvin-at-chicago-indianapolis-cincinnati-september-mayors-ride\/","url_meta":{"origin":13009,"position":0},"title":"Ray Irvin at Chicago – Indianapolis – Cincinnati September Mayors’ Ride","author":"awakeagainmartin@gmail.com","date":"February 9, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"I will use my visit to the Cincinnati area to do a Chicago - Indianapolis - Cincinnati Mayors' Ride. 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