Blacksburg Cycle Chic: Commuter Celebration & Fashion Show
Venue: Graduate Life Center (VT), Blacksburg
Directions: Google Map Link
Date: Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Time: 5:00 - 9:00 PM
Event Types: Food, Miscellaneous, Arts & Theatre, Speaking Engagements
Cost: Free

Description:
To kick off Bike Month May in the New River Valley, SGA Transportation will host Blacksburg Cycle Chic – Fashion Show and Commuter Celebration on May 1st in the Graduate Life Center 5-9 pm.

The event will showcase local groups striving towards regional transportation sustainability and active lifestyles while revealing bicycle heroines and heroes in our Hokie community.

The evening begins with Keynote Speaker Elly Blue, author of Grist's famous Bikenomics series (dinnerandbikes.com), leads into an open networking/bike brainstorm with farmers market hors d'oeuvres, then short presentations will reveal the progress Blacksburg and Virginia Tech has made towards becoming a bicycle-friendly community and university. The night concludes with a fashion show of student and community cyclists. Over 50 'models' will strut their heels and wheels on the runway, or in this case cycle path!

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:

5:00pm – Welcome: Lyndsay McKeever, Blacksburg Cycle Chic Creator

5:15pm – MAYOR Ron Rordam and Steve Mouras, Director of Transportation and Campus Services

5:30pm – Fionnuala Quinn, Alta Planning + Design, Fairfax Advocates for Better Bicycling, on Women Cycling Project and empowering women to bicycle

6:00pm – Keynote: Elly Blue, author of Taking the Lane, will speak on the gender gap and Bikenomics: How bicycling can save the economy.

6:40pm – Open Networking and Bike Brainstorm

Enjoy farmers market hors d’oevres by the Sustainable Food Corps with Joshua Ploeg of the Dinner and Bikes Tour

ENGAGE with stakeholders. SHARE your vision. LEARN about cycling opportunities.

7:15pm – Bike Culture Presentations:

+ Mike Kulikowski, Design for America, on grassroots bike advocacy at VT

+ Kyle Gardiner, SGA Sustainability, on Feet Fleet (Safe Routes to School)

+ Beth Lohman, Blacksburg Corridor Committee Member on Blacksburg Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan

+ Cole Harden, East Coasters Bike Shop, on bridging the worlds of advocacy and racing together with the upcoming World Cycling Championships in Richmond, Virginia 2015

8:15pm – Short Break

8:30pm – Fashion Show

What is CYCLE CHIC? Cycle chic is the culture of bicycle commuting in fashionable, everyday clothes and accessories. It aims to take back bike culture by showing how the bicycle once again can be an integral, respected and feasible transportation option, free of sports clothes and gear, and how it can play a vital role in increasing the life quality in cities. Cycle Chic is associated with the utility cycling practiced in bicycle-friendly cities such as Amsterdam and Copenhagen. It is a growing trend in cities that are now investing in bicycle infrastructure, education and facilities.

For more information, visit: http://blacksburgcyclechic.blogspot.com/

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