Posted by Jason on Jun 11 2010
Tags: Get Involved, Safe Routes To School
This Saturday, June 12, Local Motion and Safe Kids Vermont will offer a FREE bike safety fair and helmet check at the University Mall in South Burlington from 10 to 1. The event will take place right in front of the old Home Goods store, next to Hannaford. Loaner bikes and helmets will be provided [...]
Posted by Chapin on May 18 2010
Tags: Biking, Burlington, economy
Over 60 people packed into Terry Precision Bicycles‘ new Burlington headquarters on May 18 to celebrate their recent relocation from Rochester, NY. Their move is another example of how our region’s growing outdoor recreation industry is strengthening our economy. Read the full press release.
Burlington Mayor Bob Kiss, Burlington Business Association Director Kelly Devine and I [...]
Posted by Jason on May 14 2010
Tags: Fun
Calling all bike-loving residents of South Burlington’s Orchard neighborhood! This Sunday, May 16 from 11 to 3, Local Motion will be participating in a neighborhood bike festival in Szymanski Park. There will be all kinds of fun stuff — including a bike parade, free bike tune-ups, and a raffle with [...]
Posted by Todd on Apr 27 2010
Tags: Fun
Commuting into work today, Local Motion staff experienced some vastly different weather conditions. Maybe it was the recent string of sunny weather that lulled us into thinking Summer was officially here. Indeed, it is still April and this is Vermont, after all!
Posted by Todd on Apr 22 2010
Tags: Women
Local Cycling Company Looking for Female Riders
Terry Bicycles, a new arrival in Burlington, and local design firm JDK are looking for women cyclists for an upcoming photoshoot. If you’re a women who rides for fun or fitness (or both) and wouldn’t mind earning some extra cash in exchange for your smile, check out their ad [...]
Posted by Todd on Apr 15 2010
Tags: Charity
I almost didn’t believe this story at first: local policeman, Ben Kaufman, plans to make 575 laps around the Winooski traffic circle by bicycle. That’s 100 miles!
Why would someone embark on such a seemingly crazy ride? His motives are noble: to raise $10,000 for cancer awareness. And he’s not alone: hundreds of folks around the [...]
Posted by Charlene on Mar 12 2010
Tags: Nordic Skating
There was a great posting last week on the VTNordicSkating listserv about a recent drill some skaters did in Shelburne Bay to practice how they’d handle falling through the ice. (I wasn’t there.)
It’s great to have the list serv — I get a thrill out of following the escapades that get reported on it (though [...]
Posted by Todd on Jan 13 2010
Tags: Bike Commuting, Winter
This came in from Nancy Schulz, ED of the VT Bicycle & Pedestrian Coalition about a recent discussion about winter bike commuting on VPR:
You may recall that a recent “Vermont Edition” program was devoted to bicycling in winter. ”Vermont Edition” is a VPR program that airs at noon every weekday and is re-broadcast at 7:00 [...]
Posted by Todd on Dec 11 2009
Tags: Trails, Winter, XC Skiing
We’re gearing up to groom 3 miles of cross-country ski trails in Burlington’s Intervale. Volunteers are key to making this happen, but we also need feedback from you! If you skied the Intervale during our demonstration last year, how did we do? Once grooming begins this year (we’ll need some snow first), tell us what [...]
