Author: Gary Millard

The Inglewood BIA is celebrating their fourth annual Car Free Sunday on September 8th within the Inglewood neighbourhood, encouraging residents and visitors to embrace walking, cycling, and utilizing public transportation. The main artery of Inglewood (9 Ave. SE from 11 St. to 14 St.) will be closed to all vehicles from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Businesses will extend their storefronts to the sidewalk and street to experience Calgary's original main street. Visitors can enjoy live music, street performances, dining on expanded patios, workshops, demonstrations, and plentiful sidewalk shopping at some of the city’s finest local retailers. For more information on Car Free Sunday and other events happening in the community, visit inglewoodyyc.ca and follow along on Facebook (@inglewoodcalgary),  Twitter (@inglewoodyyc), and  Instagram (@inglewoodyyc). This initiative is to provide awareness…

The City of Calgary has acquired a couple hundred bike racks and they are looking for the best City-owned locations to install them. We want to hear from you about where you think the City should put the bike racks.  Note that the locations need to be City-owned, such as parks, pathways, City-owned facilities such as pools, those open areas next to sidewalks, etc. As great as it might be to have more bike racks at your local strip mall or restaurant parking lot, these are private property and not somewhere the City can put the new racks. Please email “theft@bikecalgary.org” with your suggestions. You may include a map location (e.g., Google Map pin drop), a photo of the location, a street address, or a general area. We will gather…

Save the Date! We are planning on having our Bike Calgary Annual General Meeting at 10am to noon on Saturday, October 23, 2021, over Zoom. We are planning some interesting content, so check back to find out what the surprises we have in store. We will confirm this date shortly, but with our members being so active and likeable, we know your calendars are booking up! We have also posted our Director nomination form (self-nominations, please). If you are interested in helping guide the direction of Bike Calgary and make a difference for our cycling community, please submit your nomination via this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdzVBimG6aUBbH4PZg7C40jUzX31Uu_Hk478RwrcuwUwseeWg/viewform?usp=sf_link Board experience is not required, but it is appreciated. We are looking to build representation from all the parts of our our community - geographically and…