The 2014 Pedal Medal awards celebration is scheduled for Thursday, May 15, from 5:30 – 7 p.m. at ThincSavannah, 35 Banard St. (Third Floor). The annual awards, held since 2012 recognize individuals who are working to make Savannah safer, friendlier and more convenient for people who ride bikes.
This year’s Pedal Medal award winner is Jane Love, a transportation planner at the Coastal Region Metropolitan Planning Organization. Love coordinates the annual pedestrian and bicyclist counts and is working to update the much-anticipated Chatham County Bikeway Plan.
Also presented at the Pedal Medal Awards Celebration is the Volunteer of the Year award. This year’s recipient is Jen Colestock, who has led Spokemodels mechanics nights, aimed at teaching basic bicycle repair and maintenance skills.
The awards celebration features drinks and hors d’ oeuvres and a silent auction. This year’s speaker is SCAD architectural history professor Robin Williams, Ph.D. He will talk about the role of the League of American Wheelmen (now the League of American bicyclists) in lobbying for the first paved roads in America, the design of Savannah’s streets, and our city’s history of innovation in street design and construction.
