This sounds cool. Do you have a list of the local co-ops they'll be visiting? On Jul 19, 2012 2:13 PM, "Michael Chronister" <[email protected]> wrote:
> The Co-cycle Project is a youth-led, bike-powered tour linking > co-operatives across the United States. The tour left San Francisco on > June 1st and has been to Portland and Seattle and is now on their way to > the Midwest. They are traveling by bike across the country spreading > awareness of cooperatives as economic, social, and ecological alternatives > to conventional business models. > http://www.co-cycle.coop > > The tour is coming to Madison on Monday August 6th and the group > encourages local cyclists to ride along. The group will leave Viroqua and > after a quick stop in La Farge will head to Madison. > The route is not completely set but when it is I will post it here with > more details about how and where to meet them to ride along. > > While in Madison the group will tour many of our local cooperatives and > will be available to meet and greet the public at an event on Wednesday > night August 8th. This public event will be at the Wil-Mar neighborhood > center at 953 Jenifer St. Many of the details have not been worked out but > as they become available I will post them to this list. > > The Madison cooperative community is very involved in helping this group > continue their tour and showing them a good time while in Madison and I > think the cycling community should show just as much enthusiasm and > support. Madison is a national leader in cooperatives and cycling and we > should not waste this opportunity to show these riders why that is. To > help out you can go online and donate directly to their fund which will > help them pay for lodging and food as they continue their journey. > http://www.co-cycle.coop/donate > If you would like to be more involved in the cycling side of this visit or > if your organization or company wants to be more involved through > sponsorship, either the tour as a whole or at a local event, please contact > me directly. > > Thank you. > > Michael Chronister > UW Center for Cooperatives > [email protected] > 608-262-3382 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > >
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