About Us

About Us

We’re Feet First. Our focus is promoting walkable communities in the Puget Sound region and across Washington State.  

We help people take steps that create better places to live, learn, shop, work and play—a world that cares about health, community and design.

Our Origins 

We began in 1995 as a group of citizens and professionals interested in promoting the rights and interests of pedestrians and finding ways to encourage walking. In 2001, we became an official 501(c)(3) non-profit. A grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation allowed us to hire our first staff person at the end of 2003. 

Today we’re a fast-growing organization with a core of staff, board, members and volunteers supporting our strategic agenda. 

Our Influence

We provide a pedestrian voice in wide-ranging discussions with government agencies, developers and community groups. We regularly meet with community members to discuss options for improving walking conditions in their neighborhoods. We hold on-street events to call attention to unsafe pedestrian sites and to promote a search for solutions. We also serve as a partner in important research projects related to planning, public health and policy. 

Although our work centers on communities in Washington State, our reach is far broader. Our organization belongs to the America Walks Coalition, which mobilizes local pedestrian groups nationwide. We also collaborate with the National Partnership for Safe Routes to School and other national initiatives and research programs to bring leading information and solutions to the local level. 

Through our members, we are connected to dozens of local, national and international organizations concerned with promoting pedestrian issues.