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BTAC Makes Grants to Bike-friendly Community Initiatives |
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Friday, 22 February 2008 |
Thursday, February 14, 2008 - The Bicycle
Trade Association of Canada (BTAC) has announced the six recipients of the
$25,000 in grants. Awarded twice a year and available to cycling focused
community groups, BTAC's Grant Program will support projects that put more
people on bikes.
This spring the funding goes to organizations that are conducting projects
which fall into the following categories: education, advocacy and facility
enhancement. An important selection criterion is whether the project will make
measurable improvements to the overall cycling landscape in Canada.
Education:
Vancouver's After School Bikes Program receives $5000.
Developed by PEDAL Energy Development Alternatives (PEDAL) and partially funded
by Translink, the three year program will seek to improve access to bicycles
and cycling in Vancouver
elementary schools. PEDAL is a Vancouver
based non-profit with a mandate to reduce the environmental impact of our
community by getting more people riding bicycles.
Edmonton's Bike Rodeo Resource Kit Program receives
$2,500. The combined efforts of Shape Alberta,
Capital Health Edmonton, City of Edmonton
and United Cycle will provide a Bike Rodeo Resource Kit as a resource to
educators, parents, and community and bicycle representatives to successfully
teach youth the importance of bicycle safety.
Velo Quebec's
three year project Towards Pedestrian
Friendly Communities will receive $5,000 for activity in the first
year. Velo Quebec's target is to provide the
necessary technical and organizational tools to help municipalities plan,
facilitate and promote cycling and walking in communities across Canada. Velo
Quebec Association is an international leader in the promotion of cycling for
the transportation, leisure and tourism with 40 years of experience.
Advocacy:
Toronto Coalition for Active Transportation's - Cycling Policy Conference scheduled for spring '08 will
receive $5,000. This policy conference expected to garner worldwide attention,
will feature high profile speakers and detailed presentations of studies,
statistics and facts that are supportive of the position that governments which
dedicate funds to programs that encourage cycling reap a broad range of
societal, transportation and economic benefits.
Toronto Cyclist Union
(TCU) will receive $2,500. As the first membership-driven bicycle advocacy
organization in the Greater Toronto Area, the TCU has a target of engaging one
million cyclist across the region. This is consumer focused group are dedicated
to promoting bicycles use, create positive perceptions of cycling and to shift
the gears of political culture towards sustainable and bike friendly planning.
Facility:
Moncton's Centennial Bike Zone will receive $5,000.
Dedicated volunteers in Moncton
focused on promoting healthy living through cycling, working with the City are
in year two of a five year process to create the only mountain bike park in the
region. Located within Moncton's Centennial Park, the 12 acre site features free
ride, dirt jumps and skills areas and is focused on promoting healthy living
through cycling.
To learn more about the BTAC grant program or to reach the representatives of
the organizations receiving BTAC grants, please contact: Janet O'Connell, BTAC
Executive Director, at 866.528.BTAC (2822) or 905.853.5031 or
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