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is new stuff going on at Ironclad... check in at the shop for info on
Sunday rides, and "Get to know your bike" seminars --- The new Greenways extension is open! If you haven't been you gotta check out this cooler than cool shortcut along Granite Creek. From West Granite Creek Park, the trail goes South around the Sam Hill Warehouse, and drops in to the creek at Willis. Then it goes under Gurley, under Goodwin, then crosses over the creek by the Jr. High before it pops out at Aubry... a couple of quick blocks on Granite and you are at White Spar... and the other direction is downhill! Thanks to Chris and Eric of the City of Prescott Parks Dept., The Greenways Committee, and all the volunteer trail workers! --- 5/18/09 We've been busy building some new bikes... stop in and see what's new and cool! ![]() Bike Month Was Great! Thanks Everyone! 5/12/09 Greetings, Friday is National “Ride to Work" day, and the culmination of Prescott’s Bike Month. Our last event is a great community ride: "Ride to Work and School with the Mayor and City Council". Meet Friday at seven AM at the shopping center at Gurley and Thumb Butte (Old Fry’s, new DES) This is a fun family friendly ride, and a great way to show our city’s leadership that having bicycle and pedestrian friendly streets is important to the people that live here. Please come and join in. Please bring others. Please spread the word: put it on your facebook page, or send out a tweet. Together we can bring positive change to Prescott. Please also allow me this one reminder: Prescott’s Bike Month is an effort of our local bicycle and pedestrian advocacy organization - Prescott Alternative Transportation (PAT). PAT is a licensed 501c-3 not for profit organization who’s mission is to help create a more bicycle and pedestrian friendly central Yavapai community. PAT has a staff of three who are diligently looking after our interests. They stand up for us in the city and regional traffic planning process. They will announce at today’s city council meeting that they were successful at landing three major grants (totaling close to $500k) from ADOT to continue their safe routes to schools program, and provide real infrastructure improvements around several of their partner schools (sidewalks and crosswalks, etc) They are bringing positive change to Prescott. To quote PAT executive director Lisa Barnes “Who in our community is responsible for ensuring that pedestrians and bicyclists are safely and adequately accommodated? No one on City staff; none of our traffic engineers or planners has “ensure pedestrians and bicyclists are considered in all roadway projects” in their job description. Only PAT has this in our mission: this is our job description.” In the greater world of bicycle advocacy, the Governor of the State of Hawaii just signed “Complete Streets” legislation in to law (http://www.pathhawaii.org/ If you have not been to a bike month event yet please consider Friday’s ride, we can use the moral support (and it will be fun). If you can do more, why not consider purchasing a few raffle tickets, or purchasing a PAT membership for yourself or others. And if you can do even more... it will really be appreciated, and I can guarantee your investment in this organization will go far. There are a few other events before Friday... including “Bike the Beat” this evening. Check out the calendar at http://www.prescottbikeped.org for details. Ride On! Jim --- April's Whiskey Off Road endurance ride was an incredible success. For highlights see http://www.epicrides.com There is also a photo archive at http://www.dcourier.com --- The Complete Streets Town Hall was 3/26, and it was a great success. Thanks to everyone who came! What will it take for Prescott to complete our streets for bicycling, walking, and transit?Will complete streets accommodate our community? What are the benefits of continuing our car-only transportation system? Come exchange ideas with government officials, business owners, and community leaders at the:Complete Streets Town Hall
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