PeopleForBikes announced the recipients of its most recent cycle of Community Grants, with eight awards totaling $51,750.
In total, the Community Grants Program has funded more than 350 advocacy and infrastructure initiatives since 1999, including bike lanes, paths, parks, and advocacy programs. With this round of grants, PeopleForBikes has now funded at least one project in every U.S. state. Grant recipients this round include:
Bike Friendly Oroville: Routes, Riding and Repairs (Oroville, WA), where the Borderland Historical Society will encourage bicycle tours and recreational riders to experience Oroville by adding to the bicycle amenities at their tourism center.
Chestnut Ridge Ride Center, Westerville, OH
Central Falls Protected Bike Lane (Central Falls, RI), where students at the Learning Community Charter School evaluated the need to build 1.5 miles of protected bike lanes that will link three schools, a park, and a playground.
Chestnut Ridge Ride Center (Westerville, OH), where Central Ohio Mountain Bike Organization will complete the pump track, skills park, and a two-mile beginner loop at Chestnut Ridge.
Equitable Bike Parking (Baltimore, MD), as Bikemore will create and manage a community outreach initiative and online bike rack request system to add an additional 100 bike racks in Baltimore City.
Kickapoo Rail Trail (Mahomet, IL), where the Forest Preserve Friends Foundation will help fund Phase 1 of an off-road connection between Urbana and Danville, extending 24.5 miles once completed.
The Underline (Miami, FL), for the newest multi-use trail that will use land running beneath the MetroRail Line for a 10-mile path from the Miami River to Dadeland South Station.
Kalamazoo River Valley Trail (Downtown Connection (Kalamazoo, MI), as Parks Foundation of Kalamazoo County, in partnership with the City of Kalamazoo, will connect two halves of the 22-mile Kalamazoo River Valley Trail with one mile of protected bike lane through the city.
Santa Cruz Coastal Rail Trail (Santa Cruz, CA), for Friends of the Rail Trail/Ecology Action to advance fundraising and develop community and business support for the 32-mile projected Trail.
