Presented by: The Shenandoah Valley Bicycle Coalition (SVBC) and the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Metropolitan Planning Organization (HRMPO) 2016 Summit Agenda 2015 Bike-Walk Summit Topic: Play to Our Strengths: The Secrets to a Biking and Walking Community with Keynote Speaker, Pete Eshelman Director of Outdoor Branding, Roanoke Regional Partnership PDF Slides Part 1 PDF Slides Part 2 Video…
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On Friday November 4, 2016 the Shenandoah Valley Bicycle Coalition in partnership with the Harrisonburg Rockingham Metropolitan Planning Organization, The City of Harrisonburg, Rockingham County, and James Madison Univeristy, hosted our regions fifth annual Bike-Walk Summit. The Summit was held on the campus of James Madison University and brought together community members including, Rockingham County and…
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You can read the full article in the Daily News Record: Bike-Walk Summit On Tap Fifth Annual Event Will Discuss Diversity By NOLAN STOUT Daily News-Record HARRISONBURG — Rhonda Cooper sees accommodations for bicyclists and pedestrians as essential to economic development. “Oftentimes, and we’re seeing this more and more, companies looking to locate to areas aren’t…
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James Madison University (JMU) campus Presented by: The Shenandoah Valley Bicycle Coalition (SVBC) and the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Metropolitan Planning Organization (HRMPO) 2016 “Stronger Together: Building an Inclusive Biking and Walking Community” Each year the Bike-Walk Summit brings together a broad range of partners who are working to make Harrisonburg and Rockingham County a great biking and walking…
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Rocktown Rallies is partnering with the Shenandoah Valley Bicycle Coalition (SVBC) to provide local refugees with bicycles for transportation. Wheels Week is your opportunity to get involved. Local bike shops will be accepting donations of bicycles and bike parts the week of August 15th – 20th, or you can make a tax deductible monetary donation to SVBC…
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The Shenandoah Valley Bicycle Coalition (SVBC) is helping local refugees with bicycles for transportation. Watch the WHSV TV3 Piece on the program Update 6/9/2013: Listen to the WMRA radio piece on the program This initiative began in November 2015 when a group of refugees in Harrisonburg identified transportation as a major challenge. For many refugees, bicycling…
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It’s hard to believe that the (L)earn-a-Bike program has already reached its first birthday! For an introduction to LAB, check out our previous blog post. In the past year, we have have provided bicycle skills and prosocial education to around 30 Harrisonburg and Rockingham County youth. We just finished working with our sixth…
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PRESS RELEASE McGaheysville and Mountain View Elementary Schools to host Bike Rodeos April 29 (3:00-5:00pm) McGaheysville Bicycle Rodeo May 4 (3:00-5:00pm) Mountain View Bicycle Rodeo Contact: Kyle Lawrence, Safe Routes to School Facilitator Rockingham County Public Schools, (571) 277-8121, klawrence@rockingham.k12.va.us or Lawrence.kyle.d@gmail.com Officer Matt Glovier, Bicycle Officer, Rockingham Sheriff’s Office, (540) 271-4134, matt.glovier@rockinghamcountyva.gov Rockingham County,…
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It is easy to forget that the SVBC started with group rides. Before there was a “coalition” before the road bike club and the mountain bike club joined forces to represent all things cycling in Harrisonburg, before we worked for greenways, before we were talking about Safe Routes to School, before we advocated for safely…
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With 2015 coming to a close we want to thank each one of you who has made this year the best ever for the Shenandoah Valley Bicycle Coalition and local cycling. A Bike Capital is not built in a single day nor year but with the help of our members, supporters, and volunteers, we continue…
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