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It is our honor for our staff to represent you here in Washington and at the state and local levels. Making it easier for you
to share your voice and be heard by your elected representatives is essential to our work. Helping strengthen our state and
local partners in their advocacy and education is also core to
achieving our mission. As part of our Active Transportation
Leadership Institute, we have taken on the great work of the
Alliance for Biking and Walking to work with our state and
local partner organizations to build capacity and effectiveness.
We are getting advocates and groups together both in-person
and virtually through webinars and a soon-to-be-released Bike
League Hub online network to share best practices in programming and build powerful, sustainable organizations. We are
very excited to be supporting this local work in an even greater
capacity moving forward.
Finally, we are thankful for all the individuals like you who
offer time and talent to make your communities and coun-

try better for bicycling. From community meetings, to bike
rodeos, to volunteer bike counts and organizing events, you
are a doing the indispensable work, and we thank you for it.
Bike Month is set in this season of new beginnings. Could
there be a better time to use a bike ride to reconnect with a
friend, commute with a neighbor, or share the joy with someone new? This month we are recognizing all the bike friends
in our lives who have inspired us. I invite you to share that joy
this spring and throughout the year. Thanks for riding with
us, #bikefriends!
Bill Nesper

Interim Executive Director

HAVE YOU JOINED THE LEAGUE'S
2017 NATIONAL BIKE CHALLENGE?

SUMMER 2017

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