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Cedar Rapids announces schedule for 2017 Bike to Work Week
CEDAR RAPIDS - A slew of events focused on bike education, health incentives and getting people active are slated for next week.
May 15-19 has been deemed Bike to Work Week in Cedar Rapids. May is designated as National Bike Month.
'In celebration of National Bike Month, residents are invited to participate in a variety of bike friendly activities throughout the month of May designed to encourage cycling, enhance bike safety education and continue growing a bike-friendly culture,” according to a news release from city officials.
Here is a look at the scheduled activities:
- Monday, May 15 - Mayor's Bike Ride and Proclamation at 7 a.m. at Red's Public House, 112 Second St. SE.
- Tuesday, May 16 - Pit stops for educational material, snacks and giveaways from 7 to 9 a.m. and 4 to 6 p.m. at NewBo City Market, 1100 Third St. SE; First Avenue E at the Fourth Street corridor trail across from the DoubleTree Hotel; and Rockwell Collins, at the corner of F Avenue and Collins Road.
- Wednesday, May 17 - Bike to Lunch with the Mayor. Meet at City Hall, 101 N. First St. SE at 11 a.m. and bike to Sag Wagon, 827 Shaver Road NE. Event concludes by 1 p.m.
- Wednesday, May 17 - The Ride of Silence at 6 p.m. Meet at Marion Square on Seventh Avenue in Marion.
- Thursday, May 18 - Pit stops for educational material, snacks, and giveaways at 7 to 9 a.m. and 4 to 6 p.m. at NewBo City Market, 1100 Third St. SE; First Avenue E at the Fourth Street corridor trail across from the DoubleTree Hotel; and Rockwell Collins, at the corner of F Avenue and Collins Road.
- Thursday, May 18 - Bike Ride to Ely. Meet at NewBo City Market, 1100 Third St. SE, at 6 p.m.
- Friday, May 19 - Handlebar Happy Hour/Wrap-up Party at 6 p.m. at Lion Bridge Brewery, 59 16th Ave. SW.
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From left, Steve Shriver, Cedar Rapids Mayor Ron Corbett and Kathy Murphy, all of Cedar Rapids, lead a pack of cyclists down the Third Avenue SE bike lane on a three-mile ride kicking off Bike to Work Week on Monday morning, May 13, 2013, in Cedar Rapids. Following the ride, Mayor Corbett read a proclamation declaring this Bike to Work Week in Cedar Rapids. Local businesses will offer special events discounts to cyclists and cyclists will ride the city bus with their bikes for free this week. Wednesday evening at 6 p.m., cyclists will gather at Marion Square on Seventh Avenue in Marion for the Ride of Silence, an annual event held nationwide to honor cyclists killed and injured by motorists. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)
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