[TheThinkTank] Bike Collectives, an International Effort Deserves Press

[Jonathan Morrison]

If you don't see your organization listed in the directory please get it
listed ASAP!  There are only 79 of 120 listed...

http://www.bikecollectives.org/component/option,com_sobi2/sobi2Task,search/Itemid,51/

We (Community Bike Shops) might be getting on NPR talk of the nation, if so
we will be referencing Bike!Bike! AND that directory as a place people can
go to find their local community bike shop.
-- 
Sincerely,

Jonathan Morrison
Executive Director
Salt Lake City Bicycle Collective
2312 S. West Temple
Salt Lake City, UT 84115
w: 801-328-2453
c: 801-688-0183
f: 801-466-3856
www.slcbikecollective.org

Get Addicted to Crank!
http://www.slcbikecollective.org/crank/

The mission of the Salt Lake City Bicycle Collective is to promote cycling
as an effective and sustainable form of transportation and as a cornerstone
of a cleaner, healthier, and safer society. The Bicycle Collective provides
refurbished bicycles and educational programs to the community, focusing on
children and lower income households.
On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 12:28 PM, Rich Points <rich at richpoints.com> wrote:

> Collectives,
> As you know there are over 110 collectives in North America.  As I learned
> at Bike Bike last year no two bike collectives are the same.  Despite our
> differences we have a common goal, we're all working in our own way to get
> more people riding bikes more often.
>
> That being the case I think our work merits national and international
> media attention.  I've been thinking for a while about how we might get our
> work into the media.
> Bike Bike offers us a great opportunity to do this.  Before Community
> Cycles heads out for this years conference we'll distribute a press release
> discussing the conference, why we're going with an emphasis on the
> international movement.  I think if all the collectives attending this years
> conference should do something similar.  Maybe we can create some buzz and
> get picked up by the AP or something.
>
> I personally would like to see the bike collectives to be as well known
> other re-use places like Salvation Army, Value Village and others.  When it
> comes time to get rid of a bike or pick one up on the cheap the local bike
> collective should be first on the list.
>
> I think using the national media is a great way to show the world that bike
> collectives are more than your local co-op.
>
> What do you guys think?
>
> --
> Rich Points
> Community Cycles Director
> http://CommunityCycles.org <http://communitycycles.org/>
> Rich at CommunityCycles.org
> 720-565-6019
>
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