Cycle the City Tour

Sunday, April 28th

9am - Meet at Maglianero Cafe

10am - Noon: Ride!

You can ride solo or in a group.  All levels and abilities welcome.  No one will be left behind!  There will be pre-ride and post-ride festivities at the cafe (47 Maple St, Burlington).

We'll visit Ethan Allen Tower (on right), the Ethan Allen Homestead, the Intervale and Old Spokes Home's bike museum!

Mega thanks to mega-volunteer Nic Anderson who volunteered countless hours to coordinate the re-branding, re-signing and re-designing of the route and all its materials.  Thanks to JDK for providing such great branding services.  Thanks to Preservation Burlington and Burlington Walk/Bike Council for funding the printed materials and this launch party.  Thanks also to Burlington Parks and Recreation and Burlington Public Works for helping with key parts of this project.

Seeking Ride Leaders for Women's Ride Series
 

• Ride leader needed for 7/6 ride, "Bike Paths of South Burlington"
• Assistant ride leaders needed for 5/25, 6/8, 6/22, 7/6, & 7/20
• Ideas and leaders needed for 8/3, 8/17, 8/31, 9/14, 9/28

Click here to submit your ride ideas.

Click here to volunteer as a ride leader or assistant, or just to find out more. 

Thanks to an incredible team of volunteers and partners, we were able to provide free groomed XC skiing for the 5th year in a row.  The highlight was our January 6th Wintervale event that drew 400 folks to snowshoe, ski and play in BTV's Intervale.  See pictures here. 

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Rachel Gitajn -- As a dedicated commuter cyclist, mountain biker, and bike polo player, I'm extremely passionate about groups that support, advocate for, and help build the local cycling community.  No one does that better here than Local Motion!  I've committed a ton of time the past 7 years growing the commuter cycling scene at Burton Snowboards, and advocating for the local Bike Polo community.  I'm excited to join the Local Motion Board and expand my impact to the broader community.  I'm also extremely humbled and honored to learn from such a talented and diverse team of Board Members and Staff. 

Rachel is a design engineer for Burton Snowboards.
 

Michael Jager -- Local Motion was a magnet for me because it is a positive culture changing group of dedicated, lead-by-example people. A group that is absolutely dedicated to educating individuals and communities about human power, potential and need. Local Motion propels positive change forward.  I'm extremely excited about the collaborative creative process ahead. Working toward new ways of educating and inspiring people in accessible ways and ideally creating a rapidly enlightened shift in how people view the way they move together with their communities and also in the world we are all a part of + responsible for.   

Michael is the creative guru at Jager Di Paola Kemp Design & co-founded Maglianero 

Joyce Gallimore -- I was drawn to Local Motion from the first week that my husband and I moved to Vermont. We discovered the joys of the Burlington recreation path on our first visit and we have been enjoying the expanding paths ever since. The leaders and members are enthusiastic, upbeat and caring individuals who like to enjoy the outdoors and to lead healthy lifestyles. I am thrilled to be part of the organization's mission to create as many ways as possible for people to use their personal energy to explore the area, commute and spend time with each other.  

Joyce is a health care consultant who serves on the board of the Vermont Public Health Association and also serves on the planning committee for Vermont's annual Worksite Wellness Conference

Luis Vivanco -- As a Burlingtonian, bike nut, randonneur, everyday transportation cyclist -- and parent of young transportation cyclists -- I benefit everyday from Local Motion's accomplishments, and I have long felt the need to pitch in and help advance this cause. I also happen to be a scholar who studies and teaches about urban bicycle mobility, and I appreciate how Local Motion's work is situated at the intersection of so many of the Big Issues of our time: obesity, environmental sustainability, quality of life, the effects of automobile-centered sprawl on all of us, and others. I am a big believer in people power: the ability of citizens to make social change, and so a key agenda item for me is invigorating, growing, and diversifying our membership in ways that will more deeply engage us all in the advocacy.  It just so happens that right now, a lot of leaders are actually listening, so we need to take advantage of this moment.  

Luis is an anthropology professor at the UVM and has just published a book Reconsidering the Bicycle   

For a complete list of LM Board Members, click here. 

Help raise over $100,000 for area children by volunteering at the 5th annual Lund Ride for Children on May 11th.  As part of our commitment to our community, Local Motion has co-sponsored this ride since its inception.  Will you pitch in and help too?

There are many different volunteer opportunities available.  Click here to get involved!