Catherine leads a Professional Development Ride in Dover, OH for representatives from the city and ODOT District 11. Photo credit: Deo Martinez
Welcome to the monthly feature in which we round up all our events, earned media, program delivery, meetings and speaking engagements for the month. Representation and outreach like this is what you fund with your membership dollars and major gifts, folks! Behold, April:
All month
Delivered Columbus Bike Maps to bike shops throughout Central Ohio
April 3
Chaired the MORPC Community Advisory Committee meeting
April 5
Presented to 8th graders @ Columbus Gifted Academy
CDC.gov: Step It Up! Status Report for The Surgeon Generals Call to Action to Promote Walking and Walkable Communities (pdf, page 21, regarding the Ohio Active Transportation Plan, which Yay Bikes! helped develop)
April 6
Bike the Cbus planning meeting
April 7
cleveland.com: Summit Cycling's 'How We Roll' tours teach Akronites to ride bikes safely in the city
April 8
Year of Yay!, 'Healthy Earth' theme
April 10
Delivered a Professional Development Ride in New Philadelphia and in Dover
Pinchflat: Bike Poster Blowout planning meeting
April 11
Met with Connex, Portsmouth's bicycle advocacy group
Presented to the Westerville Bicycle Club
Presented to the Italian Village Society
April 13
Delivered a Professional Development Ride in New Albany
Part of the Ohio Active Transportation Team that received the Ohio TZD (Toward Zero Death) Award for Regional Collaboration at their Spring 2017 meeting
April 14
Ohio Action Institute planning meeting
April 15
Yay Valet! @ OSU Spring Game
April 16
Delivered 2 Professional Development Rides in Portsmouth
April 17
Attended the State Route 161 study Advisory Committee Meeting
April 20
Bike the Cbus planning meeting
Columbus Underground: Pinchflat: Bike Poster Blowout
April 22
Yay Valet! @ Earth Day
April 24
Delivered a Professional Development Ride in Racine
Met with the Director of the Athens County Library System about a bike rack purchase
April 25
Attended a Comfest Grant Committee meeting
April 27
Attended the Ohio Active Transportation quarterly team meeting
WOSU, All Sides with Ann Fisher: Ohio Bike Laws (rebroadcast)
April 30
Hosted a Yay Bikes! member appreciation event
