• Join Us for May Bike Month 2015

    CentreBike is gearing up for May!  May is both National Bike to Work Month, as well as National Bike Safety Month, and we have a handful of events to celebrate the start of another warm-weather cycling season.

    “Commuter Coffee Fridays” will offer free coffee to commuting cyclists every Friday morning in May at a different location around Downtown State College. You’ll also have the opportunity to take a family-friendly bike ride with the Mayor, or attend a PennDOT press event about bicycle safety in the region.

    We’d love to see you at any of our May events!

  • Meeting Minutes – April 2015

    MINUTES of CentreBike General Meeting

    April 13, 2015

    Meeting held at the State College Borough Building

    Present:

    • Jim Serene, President
    • Anna Morrison Nelson, Vice President
    • Paul Barsom, Treasurer
    • Joan Potter, Secretary
    • Brian Dempsey
    • Jean Bemis
    • Allan Stoekel
    • Brucie Serene
    • Cliff Kanz
    • Henry Margusity
    • Nan Moschella
    • David Whitmarsh
    • Laura Brown

    The meeting was called to order by Jim Serene at 5:30 pm.  A quorum was present, and the meeting was ready to proceed with business.

    Anna Nelson reviewed plans for the Friday coffee events planned for May:

    May 1st – Allen Street Gate

    May 8th – Old Main Steps; PA Dept Transportation event w/ photo opportunity

    May 15th – The Bicycle Shop

    May 22nd – FreezeThaw Cycles

    May 28th – State College Borough Building

    CentreBike will partner with the Light Step Right Step Festival on May 1st from 6-8:00p at the Sydney Friedman Park. Jim would like to see this festival become an annual event on the first Friday in May to kick-off Bike Month. Anna is compiling a list of places to advertise and will send out an announcement of activities. Food trucks will be offering a variety of options. Music will be playing from 6-7:00p (Anna will create a playlist); tables will be available for all the cycling groups to distribute information; Brian Dempsey & Paul Rito (League-certified cycling instructors) will offer bike safety demos; and Jamie Bestwick may be able to arrange BMX demos. From 7-8:00p a bike-oriented movie will be shown. A public performance license is required to show a movie. Brian will contact Centre Region Parks & Rec to inquire if they have an umbrella license we could use. Lauren is checking with Americorp to see if they can help with the cost. A motion was made by Brucie Serene to approve spending up to $150 for the movie license if needed; 2nd by Henry Margusity.

    Website Update:  Anna announced the new website is live.

    Brian suggested adding “Complete Streets” discussion to future agenda to present to all municipalities.

    Allen Stoekel suggested making car bumper stickers referencing 4 foot rule. Another suggestion was yard signs, similar to the watch out for motorcycles signs that are frequently seen.

    Reminders:

    • The Centre Region Bike Plan public meeting is Wed, April 15th at COG office. Open house is 5-8:00p with presentation at 7:00p.
    • The National Bike Challenge starts May 1st. Regardless of what team, workplace or school an individual registers with, everyone with a zip code in the Centre Region will automatically be grouped in the CentreBike local challenge.

    There being no further business to come before the meeting, it adjourned at 6:55 pm.

    Respectfully submitted,

    Joan Potter, Secretary

     

  • Cyclists, We Need Your Voice! (April 2015)

     

    The Centre Region Council of Governments (CRCOG) is in the early stages of an exciting project: the development of recommendations for a Regional Bicycle Plan. This plan will guide planning efforts around cycling in the region for the foreseeable future. In addition to public review meetings, CRCOG is looking for input from cyclists and non-cyclists alike about the needs in our community, including bicycle infrastructure, programming, and safety.

    It’s important that all cyclists provide input, so that we can demonstrate to our elected officials that this work is important to us. We encourage you to attend tomorrow night’s Public Review of the Bicycle Plan meeting, and stay on the look out for future meetings around this issue. In the meantime, CRCOG is also looking for survey data – a simple 10 minutes of your time.

     

    Ready to provide your input on cycling in the region?  Please fill out the CRCOG bicycling survey!

    Centre Region Bike Plan

     

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