The Boise event was a huge success and Rocky Brown is currently pedaling to Portland with an escort out of town by BPD Bicycle Officers Oster and Swift. Brad Hem from the Idaho Statesman ran an article about the event in this morning's paper (thank you, Brad) and three of our major television news stations covered the press conference. Attached are a few photos of the event to post on the NBG website. Rocky was a great spokesperson!
THANKS again for including the City of Boise in your route. We've become a pretty big bicycling town and love these type of community events. Please let us know about next year's ride.
P.S. Alan Shealy's proclamation is on its way via snail-mail.
Sam Harmer
Special Assistant to the Mayor
Note: Alan Shealy, a City Council member and former rowing Olympian presented the Boise proclamation, ed.
BOISE EVENT TO PROMOTE BICYCLE-FRIENDLY ROADS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT: Sam Harmer
July 10, 2003 384-4401
Boise - Bicycle relay riders traveling from Washington, D.C. to Santa Cruz, Calif., will be greeted by Boise City Council Member Alan Shealy in front of Boise City Hall at noon Friday, July 11. The bicyclists are meeting with elected officials in major U.S. cities to promote the National Bicycle Greenway, a nationwide network of bike-friendly roads connecting cyclists to major cities throughout the United States.
Local bicycling groups and Boise Police Department bicycle units will attend the conference to support bike-friendly roads.
Bicyclist Jim Redd will complete his 338-mile ride from Salt Lake City to Boise on Friday morning and "pass the baton" to rider Rocky Brown. To conclude the conference, the crowd will send off Brown on his 429-mile trek to Portland. The promotional cross-country ride began on May 2 in Washington, D.C. and ends on Aug. 17 in Santa Cruz, California.
For more information, please call Sam Harmer in the Boise Mayor's Office at 384-4401 or visit the National Bicycle Greenway website at www.nationalbicyclegreenway.com.
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