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Bike Month 2013

The Centre Region Bicycle Coalition (CRBC) and the State College Area School District Physical Education Department (SCASD-PE), in conjunction with the State College Cycling Club (SC3), the Nittany Mountain Bicycling Association (NMBA), Rock Hill School at Linden Hall, The Women’s Adventure Club, and the League of American Bicyclists (LAB) are joining together to celebrate and support  Bike Month in the Centre Region during May, 2013.

Apr 26 – Bike Information Table at PSU’s Allen St. Gate

Stop by the table and pick up maps, bicycle registration information and lots more!

Apr 26 – May 11 – Bicycle Photo Scavenger Hunt

Individuals, pairs and teams of 3 to 5 riders will be given a list of 50 destinations around town to bike to and photograph between April 26 & May 11. Try to get all participants, their bikes AND their helmets to appear in each photo of each destination’s sign. List of locations and map will be posted on Thursday, April 25 (evening) in this article (CLICK HERE FOR LIST) and the SCASD-PE website (http://www.scasd.org/Page/215).  No sign-ups or registration needed.

Bring your prints, camera or camera phone with pictures on it, to the Bicycle Extravaganza at Mount Nittany Middle School on Saturday, May 11 at 3pm for validation – remember, each photo must include helmets to be valid. A top prize will be awarded in each category (single, pairs, teams) for the most locations ridden to and photographed. Also, a raffle ticket will be given to each individual for every 5 locations. Raffle tickets can be used in drawings for various other prizes. Have fun exploring the SC area with your family and friends.  All ties will be broken by coin toss.

May 1-31 – Elementary School Bicycling Activities

Elementary students will be issued “Bicycle Calendars” at their schools.  They will color in a spoke for every day that they ride their bicycle at least 15 minutes.  If that accumulates to 20 days or more during the month of May, they may bring their calendar to their PE teacher.  A prize drawing will be held for eligible students.

Individual schools will be offering a variety of bicycling events during the month of May as well.  Corl Street Elementary will celebrate Bike Day on May 22 (rain date May 23) at 3 pm, with a Bicycle Tour de Corl Street supervised ride for students, faculty and interested family members. This will be about four mile ride through the Holmes-Foster and Greentree neighborhoods starting and ending at the school.

May 4 – Linden Loop Bicycle Ride

Join us as we support the work to restore and maintain historic Rock Hill School. Register at 11:30. Ride at 12:30. Two rides are offered, a five mile recreational/family ride and a twenty eight mile supported ride, starting and finishing at 111 Linden Hall Road, near Boalsburg. Cost to register is $20.00 Website for the event: http://rockhillschoolatlindenhall.blogspot.com

May 6-10 – High School Bike to School Week

Students will be encouraged to ride to and from the high school during the entire week.

May 6-10 Middle School Bike to School Rides

Battle of the Bikes at the area middle schools: More info will be provided on the schools’ websites:

May 9 NMBA Beginner Mountain Bike Rides

Beginner mountain bike rides will start May 9, Thursday evenings at 6pm in the Galbraith Gap parking lot.

May 10 SC3 and the Women’s Adventure Club Fun Formal Flat Ride

6pm-7:15pm meet at Westside Stadium Bar & Grill GIGI’s 2080 Cato Ave. Black tie attire/formal wear (biking shorts accepted!!). Happy Hour after the ride (in your formal wear, of course)! Be sure to bring a camera – you WON’T want to miss this!

May 11 Bike Rides and Bike Extravaganza
at Mount Nittany Middle School  (rain or shine!)

Community Bike Rides from Mount Nittany Middle School Parking Lot

    • 23-25 miles – Organized and lead by the CRBC leaves at 12:30 PM
    • 10 miles – Organized and lead by the CRBC leaves at 1:30 PM
    • 4 miles – routes pre-arranged with maps available 1:30 – 3 PM
    • 2 miles- routes pre-arranged with maps available 1:30 – 3 PM

Bike Festival at Mount Nittany Middle School Parking Lot (3-4 PM)

    •       Live Music, Food, Raffle Tickets and Prizes. Drawings and prizes @ 3:30 PM.
    •       Bicycle Scavenger Hunt Check-In @ 3 PM

May 10-12 Bike to Worship

Bike to your favorite worship service May 10, 11 or 12. It’s a great way to get in touch with the wonders of creation (even rain is a wonder after all), do something emission-free for the earth, and care for your body as well.

May 17 – National Bike to Work Day

Join our crusade for a happier, healthier, greener community and ride to work!!! CRBC has a list of local cyclists who will help you figure out the best route for you to commute in to work. These Bike-to-Work Mentors are listed at http://centrebike.org.

May 17-19 Dirt Rag’s Dirt Fest at Raystown

Dirt Rag’s annual celebration of bikes, presented by SCOTT Sports, Allegrippis Trails at Raystown Lake, Pa, 30 plus miles of singletrack bliss.. Dirt Fest is a gathering to promote the mountain bicycling community in an environment of inclusion not based around ability, but rather hearty spirit for adventure, festivity, and camaraderie.

http://www.dirtragdirtfest.com/. Register now: http://www.bikereg.com/events/register.asp?eventid=14465

May 28 – SC3 and the Women’s Adventure Club Ice Cream RideTuesday May 28th at 6pm. Meet at Bernel Road Park for SC3’s regular Tuesday ride , stopping at Berkey Creamery on campus mid-ride.

June 8   Happy Valley Biking Race Rothrock

Rothrock TrailMix, proceeds benefit NMBA. More info at http://www.happyvalleybiking.com/

Bike Month Sponsors:

Freeze Thaw Cycles 2013_Cata_Logo Videon Central  The Bicycle Shop

 

Bicycle Scavenger Hunt, List of Parks: 

  1. South Hills Park
  2. Nittany Village Park
  3. Tussey View Park
  4. Westerly Parkway Wetlands
  5. Smithfield Park
  6. Lederer Park
  7. Walnut Springs Park
  8. Shamrock Park
  9. Thompson Woods
  10. Dalevue Park
  11. Slab Cabin Park
  12. Nittany Orchard Park
  13. Mountainside Park
  14. Spring Creek Park
  15. Penn Hills Park
  16. Millbrook Marsh
  17. The Arboretum
  18. Overlook Heights Park
  19. Suburban Park
  20. Oakwood Park
  21. Marjorie Mae Park
  22. Woodycrest Park
  23. Green Hollow Park
  24. Tudek Park
  25. Bernel Rd Park
  26. Graysdale Park
  27. Circleville Park
  28. Patton Township Woodlands
  29. Park Hills Park
  30. Homestead Park
  31. Greenbriar Saybrook Park
  32. Holmes-Foster Park
  33. Orchard Park
  34. High Point Park
  35. Haymarket Park
  36. Foxpointe/Lexington Place Park
  37. Fairmount Park
  38. Sidney Friedman Park (Central Parklet)
  39. Community Field
  40. PSU Alumni Garden
  41. Sunset Park
  42. Fogleman Field Complex
  43. Nittany View Park
  44. Kaywood Park
  45. Blue Spring Park
  46. Country Place Park
  47. Stan Yoder Preserve
  48. Fairbrook Park
  49. Meadows Park
  50. Park Forest Tot Lot

Meeting Minutes – March 2013

MINUTES of CRBC Meeting

 

Written by Joan Potter

March 5, 2013

 

Meeting held at the State College Borough building.

 

Present:  

·         Jim Serene, President

·         Brian Dempsey, Vice President

·         Lynda Crow, Treasurer

·         Joan Potter, Secretary

·         Paul Rito, ex officio

·         Roy Greenfield

·         Jean Bemis

·         Nathan Geiger

·         Laura Brown

 

The meeting was called to order by Jim Serene at 6:00 pm.  A quorum of directors was present, and the meeting was ready to proceed with business.

 

National Bike Month

Reviewed the proclamation of May as National Bike Month and May 17th as Bike-to-Work Day drafted by Brian Dempsey for the Borough, COG, PSU and surrounding Townships. Each entity will be contacted to request the resolution be added to their April meeting agenda. Brian will attend the Borough meeting, COG, PSU, Patton Twp and Harris Twp, Jim Serene will attend College and Ferguson Twp, and Joan Potter will attend the Halfmoon Twp. meeting.

 

Bike Path Commemoration

Jim Serene proposed CRBC commemorate the new bike path to the Mt. Nittany Middle school with a sign designating it as “Remick Way” in honor of Forrest Remick. Mr. Remick is on the College Township Counsel and initiated the effort to change the path from gravel to paved asphalt. Usage of the path now exceeds expectations. Discussion followed and the general consensus was positive, there were no objections to our supporting recognition of Mr. Remick in this way.  Motion by Paul Rito:  Move to approve up to $200 for a sign; seconded and unanimously adopted.  (The township manager, Adam Brumbaugh will provide us with further details.)

 

CRBC Membership Campaign

The current CRBC membership form was reviewed, and there was discussion of when to send out the dues notice. Motion by Roy Greenfield:  Move to approve the annual dues remain as is and the notice be emailed in May; seconded and unanimously adopted.  

 

Laura Brown suggested asking PSU/Borough to send a CRBC membership notice to their bike permit list along with information on the benefits of bike registration.

 

Friday, April 26th, the last day of PSU classes, was selected as the date to have a membership drive and distribute Bike Month awareness information at the main gate of PSU on College Ave.  Jackie Sheader at CATA will be contacted to request a $150 grant for promoting Bike Month. Lydia Vandenbergh at PSU will be contacted to arrange for the table set-up.

 

Brief discussion of Bike Month activities followed. Community rides are planned for Saturday, May 11th in conjunction with the SCASD.

 

Treasurer’s Report

Approval requested to pay the following:

·         $  75 – League of American Bicyclists advocacy coalition dues

·         $100 – Alliance for Biking and Walking advocacy coalition dues

·         $  88 – Liability insurance

·         $  86 – Post office box rental

Motion by Brian Dempsey:  Move to approve payment of the above listed expenses; seconded and unanimously adopted.

 

Bicycle Advisory Committee

Jim Serene reviewed the concept of a Bicycle Advisory Committee and shared information about a similar organization in south central Pennsylvania that could be used as a model. Website:  http://www.spcregion.org/about.shtml.

 

CRBC Website

Members present were asked to review the CRBC website and make suggestions on what should be updated. Discussion on the best use of CRBC funds resulted in the following list being drafted:

·         League Certified Instructor Training ($300 fee)

·         Street Skills for Cyclists ($5 subsidy towards $33 cost for up to 20 attendees per year)

·         National Bike Summit fee for one attendee per year

·         Bicycle education

·         Community biking activities

·         Promotion of Bike Month awareness

·         CRBC marketing

·         Advocacy group memberships (League of American Bicyclists, Alliance for Biking & Walking)

·         Basic expenses (insurance, post office box, etc.)

 

CVIM Cycling for Care

The 5th annual CVIM fundraising ride is scheduled for Saturday, June 29th. They asked CRBC to include an announcement on our website. Discussion followed. It was suggested that CVIM be asked to do a presentation in May during Bike Month on the health benefits of cycling.

 

The next general membership meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, April 2nd at 6:00 pm in the Borough Building.

 

There being no further business to come before the meeting, the meeting was adjourned at 7:30pm.

 

Respectfully submitted,

Joan Potter, Secretary

Meeting Minutes – February 2013

MINUTES of CRBC Executive Meeting

Written by Joan Potter

February 17, 2013

Meeting held at Videon Central, 2171 Sandy Dr, State College, PA.

Present:

·         Jim Serene, President

·         Brian Dempsey, Vice President

·         Lynda Crow, Treasurer

·         Joan Potter, Secretary

·         Paul Rito, ex officio

·         Joyce Eveleth, SC Borough – AmeriCorps

The meeting was called to order by Jim Serene at 4:10 pm. A quorum of directors was present, and the meeting was ready to proceed with business.

Bike Light Giveaway

Joyce Eveleth gave a quick overview of the proposed bike light giveaway by the Bicycle Ambassadors. They have 70 sets of small bike lights to distribute one evening during the week of March 11th. She asked for recommendations on the location to distribute. Lynda suggested in front of the Borough building, and for effect, to have a police officer available to flag down cyclists without a light. And then reward them with the lights. Also a way to provide positive reinforcement for safe cycling habits, such as wearing a helmet. Jim suggested creating a feedback mechanism – a handout to go with the lights that asks the recipient to send an email to acknowledge receipt of the lights. Joyce will send us a notice of the date/time. She departed from the meeting at 4:30pm.

Executive Committee

Jim suggested setting a regular meeting date every other month on the first Tuesday night of the month.

A new Executive Committee was proposed as follows:

·         Jim Serene, President

·         Brian Dempsey, Vice President

·         Lynda Crow, Treasurer

·         Joan Potter, Secretary

·         Paul Rito, ex officio

·         Sue Barsom, PSU Institute for Sustainability

·         Terri Rudy Pontzer, NMBA

·         Kurt Deutsch, SC Biking Group

·         Erik Scott, The Bike Shop

There was discussion of forming a Bicycle Advisory Committee to COG which would meet quarterly with Trish Meek. This was the #1 recommendation on the list of improvement recommendations from the League on the Bicycle Friendly Community award. Jim proposed that it include the CRBC Executive Committee as well as a representative from the School District, the State College Police, Penn Dot, and all the bike shops.

The next ‘Street Skills for Cyclists’ course will be taught by Paul Rito on April 20th. Brian Dempsey expressed interest in becoming a League Instructor, which would be great to have more than one in the area.

Discussed the annual membership renewal announcement; suggested sending out an email to the list serve on or before May 1st.

There was mention of planning ahead for next year to sponsor someone to attend the National Bike Summit, the premier advocacy event. It would be a worthwhile use of funds and FreezeThaw offered to make a donation to support this.

The next general membership meeting will be Tuesday, March 5th at 6:00 pm in the Borough Building.

There being no further business to come before the meeting, the meeting was adjourned at 5:30pm.

Respectfully submitted,

Joan Potter, Secretary

 

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