Thank you to everyone who pedaled past the pump to park at Pedal & Park this year. You took part in one of the quiet revolutions happening a little at a time in Central Indiana, as more and more of us learn the personal and community value of alternative transportation. Pedal & Park is happy to be a much-appreciated part of the cycling infrastructure that allows this to happen. More than 5,000 of you trusted your bicycles to our care this year, shattering all previous records. Thanks again for your support.
— tom mcCain, Pedal & Park Program Director
Mark your calendars for Sunday, November 6, and join us for “Feeding the Community Body: A Day of Wellness” at the Jewish Community Center. This free event will bring people of all ages, faiths and backgrounds together to participate, observe, learn and share in a wide range of workshops and activities. Guests are welcome to come for one or as many of the day’s offerings as they’d like. The schedule for the day of wellness is chock-full of activities — visit the JCC web site (and scroll down to November 6) for details.
Our Pedal & Park corral will be front and center, next to the food trucks and the NUVO tent, at 6701 Hoover Road. The event lasts from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The 4th Annual Diamond in the Rough will be held September 24, 2011 at Leonard Park, 15th & Lynhurst, Speedway, Indiana. The “Diamond” 5K and 10K Walk/Run/Ride event uses former railroad right-of-ways, levee trail and the newly finished Main Street bike path to highlight the Speedway area’s need for smoothly paved walking and riding trails for residents and visitors. Check-in will be at 8 a.m. Event starts at 9 a.m. Afterward, join the Town of Speedway to celebrate homecoming with the Speedway Spectacular parade and other fun events for the day.
Look for a Pedal & Park corral in the heart of the event, staffed by volunteers from the Speedway Trails Association.
A fowl ride if ever there was one, come along Sunday, September 18 for the Tour de Coops. This ride is self-guided like the Meridian-Kessler Home Tour, just with chicken shacks instead of million-dollar homes. Tourists are encouraged to ride their bikes from coop to coop, as they are all within the Broad Ripple / Meridian-Kessler / Butler-Tarkington / Rocky Ripple area but cars are still welcome.
Learn how much fun urban chicken farming can be while spending an afternoon on a bicycle. There is a $5/person donation and all proceeds benefit Keep Indianapolis Beautiful and INDYCOG, a local bicycle advocacy group. The ride is from 2 to 5 p.m.; come to the south parking lot in Broad Ripple Park to register and ride.
Each coop location of will feature a Pedal & Park bike rack for your convenience, and the “re-COOP-eration” after at Union Jack in Broad Ripple will also have bike parking. No staff, just racks, so lock responsibly.
Artists, craftspeople and musicians combine on Saturday, September 24 for the Rocky Ripple Festival, a fund-raising event for the Rocky Ripple Community Association. Musical groups will perform an eclectic assortment of tunes against a backdrop of art and food vendors.
Look for Pedal & Park on-site, parking bikes; as always, it’s free. Plan your route via the nearby Central Canal Towpath Trail using the resources on our Indy Greenways Trail Maps page and we’ll see you there!
