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Neon two-wheelers available at no charge
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
By KEVIN PARKS
ThisWeek Community Newspapers
Clintonville Beechwold Community Resources Center officials want people to, as the song says, "Come on and take a free ride." In this case it's on neon-green bicycles that people can borrow at no charge for up to three days.
The CRC Green Bike Project, which is modeled on the Yellow Bike Project of Portland, Ore., which in turn was derived from the White Bicycles of Amsterdam in the Netherlands, is in keeping with the overall mission of the center, according to executive director Bill Owens.
In part, this is to help people in the neighborhood enjoy a better quality of life.
"It provides people with free transportation to get from place to place," Owens said. "Also, though, it provides people an opportunity to have a healthier lifestyle in that they can exercise using these bicycles, and they may find that bicycles fit into their lifestyles such that they want to get a bicycle themselves."
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