[Press Release] : Ninth annual Bike, Walk & Wheel Week has something for everyone

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 26, 2010
 
Ninth annual Bike, Walk & Wheel Week has something for everyone
        
(COLUMBIA, MO) – The ninth annual Mayor’s Challenge: Bike, Walk & Wheel
Week is scheduled for May 1-8. The weeklong event begins with a kick-off
celebration at Flat Branch Park, includes the popular Breakfast Station
Day on Friday, May 7, and closes with the Mayor’s Council On Physical
Fitness Expo on Saturday, May 8. There’s something for everyone
throughout the week.
This year’s honorary chairperson is bicycling advocate Carl Edwards.
“Bicycling in Columbia allows me to get my errands done and my
exercise in at the same time,” Edwards said. “I encourage everyone to
try biking for a day!”
In 2001, former Mayor Darwin Hindman first challenged Columbians to
bike, walk or wheel their way to work, school or other destinations
around town, and 750 people participated. In 2009, over 5,000 people
took the challenge, and enjoyed using active transportation like biking
or walking.
If you’d like to participate in Bike, Walk & Wheel Week, register
online at getaboutcolumbia.com or visit the GetAbout Columbia office,
101 N. Seventh St. All registered participants receive a free T-shirt
(while supplies last).
Bike, Walk & Wheel Week is part of GetAbout Columbia, a communitywide
program designed to encourage active modes of transportation such as
walking and bicycling. For more information about GetAbout Columbia,
visit getaboutcolumbia.com.  
 
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