Yep, that's right. We have a great relationship with our City and County.
The County gives us our north storage space in one of the garage buildings where they keep their heavy machinery.
The City is a huge supporter and we get several contracts and grants from them including Walk & Bike month and the Bike Ambassadors, whom Ryan mentions. The BAs run educational components for CC including tabling, rolling bike clinics, bike rodeos and workshops to businesses and other organizations that want to promote biking.
Someone else from CC can probably give you way more info with better specifics than what I just wrote, but it all really comes down to Boulder being bike-friendly and really looking to make it a better place for cycling. We're one of 3 platinum level bike friendly cities, which may just be a title, but it what it does mean is that Boulder puts thought and effort into biking in the community and, luckily, strives for more than "oh, we got platinum and now, it's done".
We do all kinds of other things with the City and they recognize that we can potentially reach many more cyclists than they can all by themselves for so many reasons.
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> Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2011 10:10:58 -0400
> From: ryan@bikebroward.org
> To: thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org
> Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Car-Free Cities Conference / Examples of city support for bike co-op?
>
> I know that Community Cycles in Boulder, CO has two workshops, one of
> which was donated by the city or county. I'm pretty sure they get funding
> too; when I visited last summer, an employee I met said that his salary
> was paid for by city/county funds.
>
> Thank you!
>
> Ryan Feller, Co-Director
> Bike Broward
> (954) 232-3790
> www.bikebroward.org
>
> > Hello Think-Tankers!
> >
> > I am going to the Towards Car-Free Cities
> > conference<http://carfree.mx/mx/?tag=english>this next month, and I
> > will be doing a presentation/workshop on bike co-ops!
> > First of all, is anyone else from a co-op or bike project planning to go?
> > I
> > think it will be a very educational and inspiring conference, let me know
> > if
> > you are going.
> >
> > Second, I am focusing my presentation on how bike co-ops are a fantastic
> > addition to a transportation system, and how city governments should
> > support
> > them. Does anyone have any good examples of a city or other government
> > agency providing a free space, or funding, or other support for a bike
> > co-op? I already have the Austin Yellow Bike story of how the city helped
> > them get their land...
> >
> > Thank you!
> >
> > Bobby Gadda
> > The Bicycle Kitchen in Los Angeles
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