FCCB’s Bill Carey traveled to Lexington, KY to the campus of Transylvania University on Friday, where we were quite pleased to be included in a panel discussion in this year’s KY Bike Walk Summit. The purpose of the panel was described well here:
THE ROLE OF COMMUNITY BIKE SHOPS AND HOW TO GET ONE STARTED
Panelists:
- Brad Flowers, Broke Spoke Community Bike Shop
- Bill Carey, Falls City Community Bike Shop
- Todd Young, Ashland Transportation Station
- Michael Flueckiger, Spin Doctor Bike Clinic
Community bike shops provide a unique service in providing communities with resources to help people of all ages and backgrounds acquire and maintain bikes for transit and recreation at low cost or through opportunities to earn bikes through volunteer hours. This session will focus on the vital role these organizations play in the community and the various ways to create and get a community bike shop started.
An audience of about 25 asked questions which demonstrated that most in the room had thought about a similar venture, or were presently considering it. The panelists offered what insight they could and directed them to some resources they had come across in their years of operation.
The entire event was very well run and full of people doing pretty amazing things. We highly recommend it if you ever have a chance to go.
Speaking of which…..
I hope you will all have a chance to go to CycLOUvia: Three Points on Sunday, August 19, 2018, from 2 to 6 pm. Regular FCCB Open Shop hours are cancelled. We will be closed but we will be at Cyclouvia all afternoon.
Thanks, hope to see you there!