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Ron Corbett launches Bike To Work Week with annual Mayor’s Bike Ride
CEDAR RAPIDS - Mayor Ron Corbett launched Cedar Rapids' Bike To Work Week Monday morning by leading his annual bike ride through downtown Cedar Rapids.
Corbett also signed a proclamation declaring May 15-19 Bike To Work Week during a ceremony at Red's Public House, 112 Second St. SE.
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. In particular, Bike to Work Week offers events focused on bike education, healthy incentives to get people active and moving and opportunities to gather with community members who share a love for biking.
Events for the rest of the week are as follows:
- Tuesday - 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 - 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 - The Ride of Silence at 6 p.m. Meet at Marion Square on Seventh Avenue in Marion.
- Thursday - 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 - Bike Ride to Ely. Meet at NewBo City Market, 1100 Third St. SE, at 6 p.m.
- Friday - Handlebar Happy Hour/Wrap-up Party at 6 p.m. at Lion Bridge Brewery, 59 16th Ave. SW.
Mayor Ron Corbett opens his final Bike to Work Week with a ride through downtown in Cedar Rapids on Monday, May 15, 2017. Corbett signed and read aloud the proclamation marking the beginning of a week of events meant to encourage safe cycling and bicycle awareness in the city. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Mayor Ron Corbett opens his final Bike to Work Week with a ride through downtown and the southeast side in Cedar Rapids on Monday, May 15, 2017. Corbett signed and read aloud the proclamation marking the beginning of a week of events meant to encourage safe cycling and bicycle awareness in the city. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Mayor Ron Corbett opens his final Bike to Work Week at Red's Public House in Cedar Rapids on Monday, May 15, 2017. Corbett signed and read aloud the proclamation marking the beginning of a week of events meant to encourage safe cycling and bicycle awareness in the city. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
At-large city council member Ann Poe and Mayor Ron Corbett read a proclamation at Corbett's final Bike to Work Week at Red's Public House in Cedar Rapids on Monday, May 15, 2017. Corbett signed and read aloud the proclamation marking the beginning of a week of events meant to encourage safe cycling and bicycle awareness in the city. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Mayor Ron Corbett a proclamation opening Bike to Work Week at Red's Public House in Cedar Rapids on Monday, May 15, 2017. Corbett signed and read aloud the proclamation marking the beginning of a week of events meant to encourage safe cycling and bicycle awareness in the city. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Mayor Ron Corbett welcomes bikers to the opening of his final Bike to Work Week at Red's Public House in Cedar Rapids on Monday, May 15, 2017. Corbett signed and read aloud the proclamation marking the beginning of a week of events meant to encourage safe cycling and bicycle awareness in the city. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
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