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<rss version="2.0">  <channel>  <title><![CDATA[Latest blog]]></title>  <link>https://cycle.ptny.org</link>  <description><![CDATA[Our latest blog feed]]></description>   <lastBuildDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2016</lastBuildDate>  <item>    <title><![CDATA[Smoking Ban in NYS Parks Upheld]]></title>    <link>https://cycle.ptny.orghttps://cycle.ptny.org/news-and-media/general-blog/2016/04/smoking-ban-nys-parks-upheld    </link>    <description><![CDATA[The New York State Court of Appeals upheld a decision that would ban smoking from certain public spaces in New York State Parks and Historic Sites.]]></description>    <category>    </category>    <pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 16 16:29:00 +0000</pubDate>  </item>  <item>    <title><![CDATA[Kids Connected to Parks]]></title>    <link>https://cycle.ptny.orghttps://cycle.ptny.org/news-and-media/general-blog/2016/04/kids-connected-parks    </link>    <description><![CDATA[New York State launched the "Connect Kids to Parks" Initiative, in partnership with the National Park Service's Every-Kid-in-a-Park program that will allow all New York State fourth graders and their families free access to NYS Parks.]]></description>    <category>    </category>    <pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 16 15:53:00 +0000</pubDate>  </item>  <item>    <title><![CDATA[New Senate Tourism Chair Named]]></title>    <link>https://cycle.ptny.orghttps://cycle.ptny.org/news-and-media/general-blog/2016/04/senator-funke-new-friend-new-yorks-outdoors    </link>    <description><![CDATA[After spending 40 years as a broadcast journalist, mainly in Rochester, Rich Funke decided to run for state Senate to give back to his community. Since taking office in 2015, Senator Funke has proven to be a great friend to New York’s parks and trails.]]></description>    <category>    </category>    <pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 16 13:15:00 +0000</pubDate>  </item>  <item>    <title><![CDATA[New and Improved]]></title>    <link>https://cycle.ptny.orghttps://cycle.ptny.org/news-and-media/general-blog/2016/04/new-and-improved    </link>    <description><![CDATA[The budget deal reached earlier this month includes a new $90 million capital appropriation for improvements to state parks and will keep the momentum going for the entire parks system. Here’s a roundup of the latest projects at parks around the state.]]></description>    <category>    </category>    <pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 16 09:29:00 +0000</pubDate>  </item>  <item>    <title><![CDATA[Keeping Up with the Old Croton Aqueduct]]></title>    <link>https://cycle.ptny.orghttps://cycle.ptny.org/news-and-media/general-blog/2016/04/keeping-old-croton-aqueduct    </link>    <description><![CDATA[The Friends of the Old Croton Aqueduct have been helping with the renovation of the historic Keeper's House in Dobbs Ferry for fourteen years. With the help of a Park and Trail Partnership Program grant, they're getting close to the finish line.]]></description>    <category>Friends groups    </category>    <category>Park and Trail Partnership Program    </category>    <pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 16 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>  </item>  <item>    <title><![CDATA[Featured Friend: Linda Hall]]></title>    <link>https://cycle.ptny.orghttps://cycle.ptny.org/news-and-media/general-blog/2016/04/featured-friend-linda-hall    </link>    <description><![CDATA[Linda Hall loves birding, taking walks, and enjoying the outdoors. She stumbled upon the Friends of Chenango Valley by accident, but she sure is glad that she did.]]></description>    <category>    </category>    <pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 16 10:58:00 +0000</pubDate>  </item>  <item>    <title><![CDATA[You Gotta Have Tips: the CHAR 500]]></title>    <link>https://cycle.ptny.orghttps://cycle.ptny.org/news-and-media/general-blog/2016/04/technical-tip-char-500    </link>    <description><![CDATA[In this week's Technical Tip, PTNY explains the mysterious New York State CHAR 500: who has to file it, why, and what to do if you run a non-profit and this is the first you've ever heard of it!]]></description>    <category>    </category>    <pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 16 10:48:00 +0000</pubDate>  </item>  <item>    <title><![CDATA[Advocacy Matters! Funding for Walking and Biking Advances in NYS]]></title>    <link>https://cycle.ptny.orghttps://cycle.ptny.org/news-and-media/general-blog/2016/02/funding-walking-and-biking-gains-momentum-nys-legislature    </link>    <description><![CDATA[February's Active Transportation Advocacy Day was more than a mere exercise for participants. Their efforts have resulted in 46 legislators so far signing support letters for dedicated funding for biking and walking projects in the state budget. ​]]></description>    <category>    </category>    <pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 16 16:32:00 +0000</pubDate>  </item>  <item>    <title><![CDATA[Speak out for biking and walking on February 2]]></title>    <link>https://cycle.ptny.orghttps://cycle.ptny.org/news-and-media/general-blog/2016/01/speak-out-biking-and-walking-february-2    </link>    <description><![CDATA[Join Parks & Trails New York and the New Yorkers for Active Transportation (NY4AT) coalition in Albany for meetings with our state senators and assembly members to tell them all New Yorkers, regardless of age or ability, need access to trails and infrastructure that supports safe and healthy biking and walking.]]></description>    <category>    </category>    <pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 16 17:11:00 +0000</pubDate>  </item>  </channel></rss>