http://twincitiesbike.org Building an advocacy organization for the Twin Cities bicycle community Wed, 16 May 2007 14:34:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hennepin County will close the Cedar Lake Trail in May between Dunwoody Boulevard and Glenwood Avenue to perform environmental contamination cleanup. This closure will occur for about two months and is expected to close any day. Twin Cities Bicycle advocates participated in discussions on the proposed closure and provided a suggested ... http://twincitiesbike.org/2007/05/15/cedar-lake-trail-will-close-for-two-months-in-may/ A lack of posting to this site means a bunch of activity behind the scenes. In March the group met once with Andy Clarke, Executive Director of League of American Bicyclists to gain advice on how to move forward and a second time to take action. This is a group ... http://twincitiesbike.org/2007/04/08/help-promote-bicycling-on-minneapolis-streets/ We have a new name! In recognition to our friends to the east, west, north and south and the reality that bicycling does not see borders, we are now Twin Cities Bike.org. Keep close watch to this site for some exciting issues you can take part in as ... http://twincitiesbike.org/2007/04/06/going-metro/ Our next gathering is Friday. Below find a proposed agenda for the discussion. Bicycle Advocacy Gathering February 9, 2007 6:45 to 8:45 P.M. Brackett Park 2728 39th Ave. S Minneapolis, MN 55442 Phone: 612 370-4924 Topic of Discussion: Developing the mission for an area bicycle advocacy group 6:45 - Welcome and Introductions 7:00 - Group Discussion - What do ... http://twincitiesbike.org/2007/02/04/february-gathering-topic/ There are some new features here at Minneapolis Bikes!  At the right there are additional pages that chronicle some information that will be useful during our creation of a new advocacy group.  These include a running listing of ideas to consider we collect that will be useful when our group ... http://twincitiesbike.org/2007/01/18/expanding_the_site/ Our next event to continue the discussion of an advocacy organization will be February 9, 2007 at Brackett Park in Minneapolis from 6:45 to 8:45 p.m. The park is off its own Greenway exit or 39th Avenue and 28th Street. Our agenda will focus on what will be our ... http://twincitiesbike.org/2007/01/10/feb07_mtg/ We are on our way to the best biking town around! On Friday, 14 people answered a random email and gathered to begin the discussions of an advocacy organization for bicyclists in the Minneapolis area. Now this site is the web home to chronicle these discussions. The gathering Friday was ... http://twincitiesbike.org/2006/12/17/advocate/