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Board Candidate Spotlight: Karen Jenkins

By bikeleague | November 12, 2013
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The League’s Board of Directors serves a critical role in guiding the organization. Candidate Karen Jenkins has executive non-profit management experience and currently serves as the Chair of the Board of Directors of the New Jersey Bike & Walk Coalition. Read more…

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Candidate Spotlight: Alison Hill Graves

By bikeleague | November 11, 2013
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The League’s Board of Directors serves a critical role in guiding the organization to a sustainable and vibrant future. You can read more about all of the candidates and how to vote at bikeleague.org/vote. We are also highlighting each of our nine candidates on the blog this week and next. Today’s candidate spotlight is Alison Hill Graves, a current board member who is up for reelection.

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Candidate Spotlight: Diane Albert

By bikeleague | November 11, 2013
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The League’s Board of Directors serves a critical role in guiding the organization to a sustainable and vibrant future. The Board is made up of both board-appointed and member-elected seats — and currently, there are five open seats and nine candidates for those member-elected spots. We need YOUR votes to determine who will join the board for the next three years. You can read more about all of the candidates and how to vote at bikeleague.org/vote. We are also highlighting each of our nine candidates on the blog this week and next. Today’s candidate spotlight is Diane Albert.

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Candidate Spotlight: Steve Durrant

By bikeleague | November 7, 2013
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The League’s Board of Directors serves a critical role in guiding the organization to a sustainable and vibrant future. The Board is made up of both board-appointed and member-elected seats — and currently, there are five open seats and nine candidates for those member-elected spots. We need YOUR votes to determine who will join the board for the next three years.

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Federal Agencies Becoming Bike Friendly

By bikeleague | November 7, 2013
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Despite the recent government shutdown, federal workers in the nation’s capital are pedaling through the gridlock toward a healthier and more vibrant future. Today, the League of American Bicyclists announced 91 new Bicycle Friendly Businesses (BFB) from across the country, extending the program to 43 states and Washington, D.C. These new awardees join a trendsetting group of more than 600 local businesses, government agencies and Fortune 500 companies across the United States that are transforming the American workplace.

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Candidate Spotlight: Suzanne Deveney

By bikeleague | November 6, 2013
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The League’s Board of Directors serves a critical role in guiding the organization to a sustainable and vibrant future. The Board is made up of both board-appointed and member-elected seats — and currently, there are five open seats and nine candidates for those member-elected spots. We need YOUR votes to determine who will join the board for the next three years. You can read more about the candidates at bikeleague.org/vote. We are also highlighting each of our nine candidates on the blog this week and next. Today’s candidate spotlight is Suzanne Deveney.

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Thanks, Gabe Klein & Janette Sadik-Khan

By bikeleague | November 5, 2013
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The phrase “…it’s amazing, compared to where we were five years ago…” crops up in pretty much every interview I give and presentation I make these days. And the comparison is simple: we’ve come a long way, whether you are talking about ridership numbers, the people who are riding, or the places people are riding.

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Cast Your Vote: Board Elections

By bikeleague | November 5, 2013
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The League’s Board of Directors serves a critical role in guiding the organization to a sustainable and vibrant future. The Board is made up of both board-appointed and member-elected seats — and currently, there are five open seats and nine candidates for those member-elected spots. We need YOUR votes to determine who will join the board for the next three years.

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Building Business Support for Biking

By bikeleague | November 4, 2013
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This blog is cross-posted from the Advocacy Advance blog, and is authored by Brighid O’Keane. Chambers of Commerce – at the local, regional, state and national level – are organizations of businesses that advocate on behalf of the business community. As advocates, we know that safe infrastructure that gets more people biking and walking in their communities is good for business. If your Chamber develops a platform that represents this, elected officials will hear the demand not just from us, but from the voice of businesses themselves.

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Educator of the Year Award

By bikeleague | November 4, 2013
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Bike educators do the work on the ground to get more people on bikes — and riding safely and confidently — every day in communities across the country. To honor and thank those educators who have gone above and beyond in the past year, we’re putting out a call for nominations for the 2013 Educator of the Year Award.

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