Mini Grant Spring 2020

Heartland BCycle

July 6, 2020

Heartland Bike Share

$10,000.00

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Two arts non-profits will work with local high school students to design and paint up to 20 Heartland Bcycle bikes. The rides, featuring custom artwork, will be available to rent and featured in community festivals and events.

Tulsa Bike Share - This Machine

July 6, 2020

Tulsa Bike Share

$7,600.00

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This Machine, Tulsa’s bike share system, will hire a part-time bilingual outreach coordinator to connect to and engage the city’s Latinx residents. Events, promotions and marketing efforts will be the focus of this new position, which the organization hopes to make permanent.

PikeRide

July 6, 2020

Springs Rescue Mission

$10,000.00

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Clients of the Springs Rescue Mission can access free PikeRide bike share memberships, along with helmets and gear, as part of this grant-funded pilot program. With an introduction to the system and group rides, the goal is to provide transportation options to more

Houston BCycle

July 6, 2020

Houston Bike Share

$10,000.00

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Houston BCycle will hire five community ambassadors from the Third Ward neighborhood to provide education and outreach to residents about the new GO Pass––an equity-focused program that provides discounted memberships and hands-on bike share demonstrations.

Cincy Red Bike

July 6, 2020

Cincy Bike Share

$10,000.00

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Cincy Red Bike will partner with local community-based and social justice organizations to host at least five community bike rides focused on encouraging people of color and low-income residents to experience the joy of bicycling.

Indiana Pacers Bike Share

July 6, 2020

Indianapolis Cultural Trail

$6,250.00

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Twenty students from local high schools in the newly-expanded Pacers Bike Share service area will participate in a seven-week program focused on using and navigating transportation options in Indianapolis. This pilot will inform efforts to get more high school students using bike share

Healthy Ride

July 6, 2020

Bike Share Pittsburgh

$10,000.00

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The Healthy Ride bike share system will use this grant to enlist community-based organizations as Ambassadors in three focus neighborhoods and support more team-building for the whole outreach crew.

CoGo Bike Share

July 6, 2020

City of Columbus OH Health Department

$8,550.00

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Bike share station design contests, custom station wraps and a mobility block party are just a few of the outreach activities this grant will support as CoGo Bike Share expands its system to the Linden neighborhood.

MoGo Detroit Bike Share

July 6, 2020

MoGo Detroit Bike Share

$7,200.00

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MoGo’s expansion into the Fitzgerald neighborhood in 2020 will provide bike share options there for the first time. This grant will support outreach and engagement efforts, bike skills classes and pop-up events in the community to encourage more of its residents to get