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2009 Business Challenge Results!
Thanks to the following 15 Loveland businesses for submitting
forms for this year’s business challenge: Woodward, McKee
Medical Center, Penton Media, Reporter-Herald, Interweave Press,
Group Publishing, Medical Center of the Rockies, Constant
Contact, Abound Solar, EMC, Kroll Factual Data, McWhinney,
Safebuilt, Keypoint Gov Solutions, and Heart Center of the
Rockies.
TOP AWARDS ($20 STARBUCKS GIFT CARDS)
Most Participation, Less Than 100 Employees – McWhinney
Most Participation, 100 – 500 Employees – Woodward
Most Participation, More Than 500 Employees – McKee Medical
Center
Most One Way Miles – Kroll Factual Data
GOOD EFFORT AWARDS ($10 STARBUCKS GIFT CARDS)
Highest Miles/Riders Percentage – Constant Contact
Most Days Riding This June – Woodward
So Close! (Impressive 2nd Place in any Top Award) –
Group Publishing
Breakfast Station Photos
Bicycles everywhere!
On Wednesday, June 24, 2009 cyclists of all shapes and sizes left their cars at home and rode their bikes to work as part of the Bike to
Work Day event sponsored by the City of Loveland.
Why use a bicycle to
get around? Save money on gas! Get healthier, burn calories, reduce
stress, preserve air quality and reduce traffic congestion. Check out
this page for other events offered during bike month.
Loveland
Bike Month 2009 - Schedule of Events
Local Sponsored RIDES – PEDAL
Club/Peloton CYCLES
Ride Information at
www.velocal.org
PEDAL
website:
www.frii.com/~pedal/
Bike week official in loveland!
NOW,
THEREFORE,
we, the City Council of the City of Loveland, do hereby proclaim
the week of June 22 through June 26, 2009 as
BIKE WEEK
in
Loveland and encourage citizens to try bicycling as an
alternative transportation method and to participate in
Bike-to-Work Day on Wednesday, June 24.
Attention CITY EMPLOYEES:
2 life
points: Sign in at a breakfast station between 6:30am -
8:30am
Send Life Steps a photo
Stop by Human Resources
Call us X2371
Email Life Steps
Be Creative
Bike to Work Day
Wednesday, June 24,
2009
Bike to work
and stop at a breakfast station for food and a free prize. Food
provided from Schmitt’s Bakery and Antonio’s Burritos at certain
stations. Check this webpage for updates.
Bike to Work Day Breakfast Station Locations
June 24 • 6:30 – 8:30 a.m.
Downtown:
Thompson Pocket Park,
4th @ Lincoln --
Sponsored by
City of Loveland. Food from Antonio’s Burritos and Schmitt’s.
Bike tech support provided
by Loveland Cycle & Fitness.
Xeriscape Garden,
1st @ Washington -- Sponsored by City of Loveland.
Food from Antonio’s Burritos and Schmitt’s.
Bike tech
support by 3 X Fast.
West:
North Lake Park,
29th
and Taft -- Sponsored by Loveland Chamber of Commerce and
Engaging Loveland. Bike tech support provided by Rocky Mountain
Cyclery.
Schmidt’s
Bakery,
808 SW 14th St. –-
Sponsored by Schmidt’s Olde
Time Bakery and PEDAL. Food provided by Schmidt’s.
Bike tech support provided by Peloton.
Group
Publishing,
W. Eisenhower
Blvd./Cascade Ave. (NW Corner). Food provided by Fireside
Café. Bike tech support by Breakaway Cycles.
East/Centerra:
McKee Medical
Center,
2000 N. Boise -- Sponsored by McKee and City of Loveland. Food
from – Antonio’s Burritos, City and McKee.
Bike tech support provided
by TBD.
Centerra at the
Marketplace,
McWhinney Blvd./Fall River Dr. – Sponsored by Centerra and
Panera Bread. Food provided by Panera Bread. Bike tech support
provided by the Trek Store of Loveland.
Medical Center
of the Rockies (MCR),
2500 Rocky
Mountain Ave. (Pavilion between entrance and parking lot) –
Sponsored by Centerra and MCR. Food provided by MCR. Bike tech
support by Trek Store of Loveland.
Panera
Bread at the Marketplace, US 34/Fall River Drive - Inside
their restaurant cyclists will receive a free bagel and grande
brewed coffee.
Free Prizes for Riders!!
Large “I Biked to Work,
Loveland, CO” buttons with event logo
provided by:
EmbroidMe Loveland, 1460 SW
10th Street
Bike Rodeos
a Huge Success in April at 3 Elementary Schools!
Gracious
Volunteers Make Bike Rodeo Dream Come True
Retired
Principal Sharon Olson & Crime Prevention Officer Dave Sloat had
a vision to bring back Bike Rodeos to Loveland students. Bike
Rodeos promote the choice of bicycling to school by teaching
students skills in riding, safety awareness and proper
maintenance.
The City
of Loveland’s “T-n-T Tuesdays” Safe Routes to School program
provided a perfect vessel to make it happen. Rodeos are being
held on-site, after school on Wednesdays April 15-29 at the
first 3 “tennies-n-tires” schools: Centennial, Garfield & Winona
Elementary.
Local
bike shops: 3xFast, Peloton Cycles, Rocky Mountain Cyclery &
Trek Bicycle Store of Loveland provided mechanics to inspect
each participant’s bicycle mechanics and fit. They brought out
their tools and carefully & thoroughly inspected each and every
bike, fixing and wrenching, pumping and adjusting.
PEDAL,
the Cycling Club of Loveland, designed the 8 station educational
course that students traveled through. PEDAL members chalk out
the course and train the station volunteers.
Loveland
High School Key Club Students assisted with the setup & teardown
and helped students through the 8 stations. They received
training by PEDAL prior to the events & were looked up to by the
elementary student participants. High School Students are SO
COOL!!
Local
businesses & other organizations: Lee’s Cyclery, CanDo Coalition
for Activity and Nutrition to Defeat Obesity, Prosci Research,
AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, Healthy Kids Club & Safe Kids
of Larimer County provided donations of money, supplies and
volunteers.
Bike
locks and helmets were given to each child that needed one.
Parents were given an opportunity to watch the film; “Children
in Traffic” while their child road through the course.
Many
thanks to each and every volunteer & sponsor who helped make the
Bike Rodeo an excellent learning experience.
Please
make safe bicycling and driving a lifetime commitment, not just
a one-day "crash course"!
For more info about Loveland’s Bike Month, call Derek at 962-2647;
email schuld@ci.loveland.co.us
Colorado Bike Month (click here)
Illustration:
Diane Stolz, 2008 |
