Saris Cycling Group Bike Corral Contest
Saris awards two communities with free Bike Corrals
Old State Bank of Tenino
Union Jack Pub in Broad Ripple Village, Indianapolis, Indiana
Madison, WI, May 31, 2012. Over 2,000 votes were submitted for Saris Cycling Group's Bike Corral contest, and the Old State Bank of Tenino (Tenino, WA) and Union Jack Pub (Broad River, IN) have been declared winners!
After 8 finalists were selected among 70 entries in Saris' Bike Corral contest, both Old State Bank of Tenino and Union Jack Pub were judged by voters as those showing the greatest demand and community support for increased bike parking.
"We are thrilled with the amount of interest for bike parking within communities. We want more people to consider cycling as a means of transportation, and to realize the benefits bike parking can bring to a local business district, and this contest certainly proved there is a desire within communities for increased bike parking" stated Saris parking product manager Sarah Reiter.
Old Tenino Bank showed a great need for increased bike parking: newly purchased and being remodeled after three decades of abandonment the bank sits on the corner of the cities' main intersection and is immediately accessible to the city park bike trail system.
"A bike corral would serve to welcome the thousands of bicyclists using the County's Yelm-Tenino Trail into the Cities Historic Downtown District for shopping, dining and enjoyment of one of the regions last traditional downtowns" said Tenino City Councilman Wayne Fournier. "It is also needed by the Tenino Yellow Bicycle Project, a local non-profit organization which provides a free community bike share program."
Union Jack Pub of Broad River, IN, showed an equally great need for bicycle parking. Union Jack pub has joined forces with IndyCOG and Green Broad Ripple to promote respect for cycling by organizing several events which culminated at the Pub, where both participants and supporters are encouraged to ride.
"We have been lobbying for bike corrals in our Village for years, but need to get proactive by putting in a bike corral and proving to our City that if you invite people to come on bikes, they will ride" stated Brenda Rising-Moore, Broad River activist and owner of Union Jack. "Winning a bike corral will set the course for our future plan of four additional bike corrals within our community."
"A huge congratulations goes out to both of our winners, as well as to all the entrants" Reiter stated. "We hope this will be a beginning to a future of greater cycling within communities."
