Encouragement
May 23, 2017
As part of the City of St. Petersburg’s official Bike Month celebrations, Mayor Kriseman led his annual Bike to Work Day ride on Friday, May 19. Nearly 100 participants joined the Mayor and his staff in demonstrating how easy it is to commute by bicycle to the City’s urban core. The event featured three departure […]
May 24, 2017
As part of the City of St. Petersburg’s observance of Bike Month, Mayor Kriseman announced Black Crow Coffee Company as the first business to receive recognition in the City’s Bike Friendly Business initiative, recently launched as part of the League of American Bicyclists’ nationally-recognized program. The City of St. Petersburg is taking a proactive approach […]
May 26, 2017
“I am still a kid at heart and I remember what it was like to get that first bike,” said Joey Redner, owner of Cigar City Brewing in Tampa Bay. The local brewery teamed up with CAN’d Aid to build 101 bikes for the first grade class at Tampa Boulevard Elementary on May 24, 2017, […]
June 15, 2017
On December 1, 2007, local bicyclist Leo Rodgers was in a motorcycle crash that cost him his leg. On June 14, 2017, he gave a speech about what his injury taught him, one of many ways he has come to inspire others since he started riding a bicycle for transportation, exercise, and athletic achievement, riding […]
June 19, 2017
On June 14, 2017, Bike/Walk Tampa Bay hosted its inaugural Awards Ceremony at the “People, Places, and Perspectives” event. The purpose of the event was to bring the conversation about bicycling and walking to the public. “People, Places, and Perspectives” featured equal input from experts and local bicyclists, and the Awards celebrated community members for […]