2Wheels 2Work: National Bike to Work Day Edition

Happy National Bike Month, Bike People!

This week, May 17-21, is National Bike to Work Week (hope you didn’t forget!) The hope of NBTWW is that one of you out there who rides a bike will take this opportunity to use it to get to and from work one or more days this week. While we encourage everyone to try it every day this week, month, and year, an excellent opportunity for a first bike to work is our National Bike to Work Day 2Wheels 2Work bike commuting convoy this Friday May 21! Join us and May’s sponsor, the Chatham Environmental Forum for a group ride from its start at Habersham Village or anywhere along the way (Habersham north, west on 41st, north on Lincoln, west on Harris, north on Abercorn, west on Bryan into Ellis Square) to our finish and breakfast extravaganza at Ellis Square.

In the great new/old public space that is Ellis Square, we will enjoy coffee and breakfast treats courtesy of the Chatham Environmental Forum and Jittery Joe’s beginning just before 8am. We encourage everyone who commutes by bike to join us at Ellis Square up until 9am even if you can’t join us for the group commute.

We are especially pleased to have the support of the Chatham Environmental Forum whose Green Plan for Chatham County (joininchatham.com) includes a plan for action to bring trips by bicycle in the county up to 3% by 2012 and 5% by 2015. A laudable goal, and one you can help achieve, starting with your ride to work this Friday!