Friendly Town was established by the Danville Police Department with the cooperation of many local businesses in 1970 . The purpose of Friendly Town is to help educate the children of our community, proper bicycle and pedestrian safety rules.
Students attend an eight hour course spread out over four days.
Each day students receive class instruction on safe bicycle riding, pedestrian safety, stranger safety and fire safety. Instuctors use videos and handouts to help teach the students with their lessons. Friendly Town students also receive practical experience in bicycle and pedestrian safety through use of Frienldy Town's outdoor facility. Frienly Town is a miniature replica of an actual town using real paved roads , signs , and traffic signals. Frienly Town contains scaled down versions of real buildings that students would see in their own communities.