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The Savannah Bicycle Campaign presents the Sixth Annual Savannah Earth Day Wheelie Bike Ride on Saturday, April 20, 2013. The free, family-friendly ride is part of the City of Savannah’s Earth Day Festival and will depart from the south end of Forsyth Park at 4 p.m. An after‐ride party, the Post Wheelie Dealie, will be held at the new location of Blowin’ Smoke BBQ, 1611 Habersham St., at 5 p.m.
This is the first group ride organized after the Savannah Bicycle Campaign’s
founding and it remains one of its most popular events. The police‐escorted ride through some of Savannah’s most picturesque historic neighborhoods will emphasize the fun and benefits of bicycling in Savannah.
The Savannah Wheelie fits well with this year’s Earth Day Festival Theme, “Save. Recycle. Grow.” Bicycling as transportation can help save money that would be spent on fuel and other automobile-related expenses. “We are working on a program that will recycle discarded bicycles and provide them to people in need of affordable, dependable transportation,” said Savannah Bicycle Campaign Executive Director John Bennett. “And the word ‘grow’ relates to the fact that a growing number of people are making bicycling a healthy part of their daily routines in Savannah.”
During the Earth Day Festival, the Savannah Bicycle Campaign will also present a workshop called “Get Back on Your Bicycle,” according to Bennett. “It’s aimed at people who may have bicycles collecting dust in their garages,” he said. “The workshop will help them determine if the bike can be made street safe with minor adjustment or if it needs attention from a professional bicycle mechanic. We’ll also cover safe cycling and other tips to make the experience of getting back on a bike more enjoyable.”
As with all Savannah Bicycle Campaign Wheelie rides, helmets are strongly encouraged.
Our friends at the Savannah Stopover Music Festival are throwing a free concert in Forsyth Park on Friday, March 8 featuring of Montreal and opening act Royal Canoe. To make this amazing musical experience even more amazing, we are offering bicycle valet parking. Simply present your bike at the valet stand and we’ll make sure it is safely stored while you’re enjoying the music.
Need more convincing to ride to the concert? Here’s a preview of the show from our other friends at Connect Savannah.
The Savannah Stopover Festival packs 100 performances into a weekend (March 7-9) and we encourage all festival goers to go by bike. Without a doubt, bicycles are the best way to shuttle between concert venues. Just make sure to use lights at night!
WHO
Friends and lovers of a better Savannah through bicycling.
WHAT
Share the road, make a friend, share a cocktail!
WHEN & WHERE
Ride there with us – 5:30pm from Baldwin Park; or
Meet us there – 6:00pm at the Distillery, 416 W Liberty St
Tuesday Feb 19
WHY
You+bike+friends+
craft beer at the Distillery=
a great Tuesday.
This dynamic, fun-loving organization seeks a full time Executive Director to build on five strong years of growth. The position offers the opportunity to develop innovative programs for bicycling education and encouragement and to engage local and state government to promote sustainable transportation in one of America’s most beautiful, quirky and diverse cities.
The Executive Director of the Savannah Bicycle Campaign (SBC) is responsible for working with the engaged SBC board of directors to implement the vision of a better Savannah through bicycles. The Executive Director has a varied set of tasks:
The successful candidate possesses the following skills and characteristics:
The position offers competitive compensation for similar organizations in the area. Sound financial management offers the opportunity for annual pay increases. The work schedule is flexible and day-to-day work variable. Savannah is a welcoming city with an active arts community and ample opportunity for outdoor recreation.
This is a unique opportunity – apply today! Resume and cover letter including your minimum required salary should be sent with three current references to the Selection Committee at jobs@bicyclecampaign.org. Applications must be received by Friday, February 15, 2013. We can be reached for questions at 912-228-3096.
2012 Year-in-review:
• Price Street bike lane, a striped southbound bike lane connecting Bay Street to Victory Drive, finally became a reality, fulfilling a goal we set at our founding.
SBC hosted a traffic officer bicycle training course for SCMPD officers in concert with Georgia Bikes.
• Working with advocates from across the state and Georgia Bikes, we helped to achieve adoption of a Complete Streets policy for GDOT that will change the way GDOT builds roads and which will be a model for policies in the city and county.
• Bike education continued with offerings at SCAD, the city of Tybee Island, area schools and Safe Kids.
• Our bicycling champion Kristin Mulzer defended our Dump the Pump Challenge title, again winning the race with car and bus.
• We assisted the City of Savannah in their continued expansion of convenient bike parking throughout the city, and have provided bike valet for temporary bike parking at events including the Savannah Music Festival and Savannah Food Day.
• SBC held our 4th Annual Midnight Garden Ride and played host to 650+ participants on a casual nighttime cruise through Savannah. We also put on many other free community rides including our 5th Annual Earth Day Wheelie, the Tellu-Ride, National Bike to School Day to name a few.
2013 Goals:
Among the projects we will be working toward in 2013 are the following:
• Together with the City of Savannah and Healthy Savannah, we will host 4 Ciclovia-style Play Streets events as a result of a recently awarded grant from the Alliance for a Healthier Generation.
• We are still working toward our goal of an SBC Bike Restoration and Education Center, to serve as a center of cycling activities in Savannah-Chatham, to provide a physical presence for SBC and to allow for collection and rehabilitation of discarded bicycles to be put into safe operating condition and distributed to members of the community who have limited means for transportation and often resort to dangerously ill-fitted, poorly maintained bicycles.
• More east-west bike facilities; we will continue input toward development of a corridor that would provide an improved link from eastside Savannah to downtown and assist the city with plans for new bike facilities on Windsor Drive and Largo Drive;
• Directed advocacy for adoption of Complete Streets policies by Savannah, Chatham County and the incorporated municipalities within Chatham County;
• More educational outreach to area schools and universities; we invite any and all leads for critical pathways to get access to audiences in the education community;
• Continue working toward Bicycle Friendly Community Status for Savannah. SBC helped Tybee achieve its recent designation as a Bronze BFC; we can do it here in the Hostess City.
We need your help to achieve these goals – please donate today!
Do you know someone who is helping us all to build a better Savannah through bicycles? A business that goes out of its way to serve cycling customers? 
A media organization or journalist dedicated to covering issues of importance to cyclists? A school or university that encourages students and teachers to ride bikes to class? An individual from a government agency or nonprofit organization who’s working to on behalf of cyclists?
Make sure these bicycle heroes get the credit they deserve by nominating them for the Savannah Bicycle Campaign’s Pedal Medal Award. Nominations were taken in December 2012, and selections have been made, which will be announced on Jan. 17.
The winner of the Pedal Medal will be honored at the Pedal Medal Celebration on Thursday Feb. 21, 2013 – buy your tickets today!
Nominations are closed. See you at the celebration!
