Rust Shaker 2010

We haven’t even reached the one year anniversary marking the creation of the MMCC mountain bike trail and there is already a race event scheduled. Mark your calendars for April 10th and then head over to the Mid Michigan Community College website for more information… bit.ly/RustShaker

‘Walk Bike Midland’ Plan Up For Vote

Show your support of the ‘Walk Bike Midland‘ plan that is up for vote by Midland’s City Council on Jan. 25th.   Email your council members and encourage their support.  If you can, please attend the council meeting 7pm @ city council chambers.

City Council Members include:

Tom Adams (ward 1): tadams@midland-mi.org

Scott Gaynor (ward 3): sgaynor@midland-mi.org

Maureen Donker (ward 2): mdonker@midland-mi.org

Bruce Johnson (ward 4): bjohnson@midland-mi.org

Marty Wazbinski (ward 5): mwazbinski@midland-mi.org

More details can be found here…

http://bit.ly/Walk-Bike-Midland

Thanks to Curt Peterson and many others for their efforts!  Curt cites many benefits that the proposed plan will bring:

• Lower crime rates.
• Healthier citizens and workforce.
• Bicycle Friendly Communities always on short lists of best places to
  live.  (6 in US News’ latest Top 10)
• Higher property values - Housing adjacent to bicycling facilities sell faster and for 9% more (Brown County, WI)
• Consumer’s Survey on Smart Choices for Home Buyers finding that trails
  ranked the second most important amenity out of a list of 18 choices
• Safety improvements: e.g. 8X increase in bicycle use = no increase in
  bicycle accidents (Portland, OR)
• Bicycling tourism, events, and retail = $1 B in Colorado (CO DOT)
• Lower cost transportation for citizens