Sunday, September 5, 2010
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Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Mayor David Bowers will lead the annual Mayor’s Bike Ride on Saturday, May 1. The two and one-half mile trek will take bikers from 210 Reserve Avenue downtown to the Mayor’s Monument in Elmwood Park. The Event will start at 10:00 a.m. with the ride beginning at 10:30 a.m. sharp. Cyclists of all ages and [...]
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Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Jeremy Holmes Program Director of RIDE Solutions and Beth Deel (myscoper.com)of New Years Eve bouncy-ball fame supported by Hank Bostwick Legal Aide attorney pulled together at least 70 people Tuesday evening at The Water Heater on 5th Street. Councilman Dave Trinkle and his wife Ann, Carter Turner the Democratic opponent who failed in his bid for Delegate [...]
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Streets were blocked off in downtown while cyclists, skateboarders, rollerbladers and a few hula hoopers took over Jefferson Street. Young Tristan Sanson of Salem with his father Jesse and Aunt Kaitlyn DeForest were wrapping up the morning event. Tristan is pictured left with helmet in hand about to call it a day. Ciclovia in Roanoke [...]
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Sunday, July 12, 2009
Cary, North Carolina resident Bruce Roser, 56, brother of James Roser who operates Sharebike located in the corner of the Market building in downtown Roanoke was tragically killed during a 62-mile biking excursion. He collided with a vehicle in Apex. According to The News & Observer Bruce Roser was a retired IBM software engineer who [...]
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Saturday, July 4, 2009
What is “Rails With Trails?” Barbara Duerk will be glad to explain. She lobbied for her passion to Governor Tim Kaine as he was preparing for his Roanoke Greenway bike ride on Thursday morning. Anyone that knows Barbara knows of her outspoken advocacy for the Greenway, biking and walking trails. Barabara wants to see Roanoke become [...]
Friday, July 3, 2009
In September 2006 the “Clean and Green” campaign was launched by Councilwoman and now Democratic candidate for the 17th District Gwen Mason. The business leaders jumped on board and under the leadership of Stan Breakell twelve of the largest employers in the city of Roanoke voluntarily joined the campaign. Stan Breakell of Breakell, Inc. said that the business [...]
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Thursday, July 2, 2009
Governor Kaine arrived a few minutes after 10:00 AM this morning to a group of about 70 avid Roanoke City bikers from the very young to the mature. Mayor David Bowers participated in the bike ride as he did in the “Mayor’s Bike Ride” on May 2. In May Dana Martin, Commonwealth Transportation board member presented [...]
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Monday, June 29, 2009
From Babara Duerk: Governor Tim Kaine visits Roanoke, Virginia on Thursday, July 2, 2009. At 10:00am Kaine will lead a bike ride on the Roanoke River Greenway. Cyclists will ride 5 miles from the Wasena Park parking lot to the 13th Street Parking lot. Cyclists returning by bicycle to Wasena Park will ride a total [...]
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Sunday, June 14, 2009
Barbara Duerk had no time to watch the entertainment at Washington Park’s Juneteenth Celebration Saturday. Come to think of it I did not see her with any food either. All I saw was a crowd around her tent as child after child was fitted with a bike helmet in return for a pledge to always wear [...]
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Saturday, May 2, 2009
Saturday in Roanoke was a great day! 90+ people of all ages and riding experience opted to go car less and ride with Mayor Bowers 2 ½ miles from Wasena Park to the Mayor’s monument in downtown Roanoke. Many riders enjoyed the Strawberry Festival and the Chili Cookoff in the historic city market before cycling [...]
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Friday, January 30, 2009
Valerie, Ron’s daughter, Reanna and Ron McCorkle Pedicabs are all the rage in big cities like New York and Boston. Now Roanoke will soon be counted among them. Ron McCorkle, an officer of Sharebike has purchased a Pedicab that can best be described as a rickshaw with a driver in front. McCorkle said he has [...]
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