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January 2024
 

A Note from Executive Director Chloé Lauer

Happy New Year!

We are off to a great start here at the SDCBC following a successful end-of-year-giving campaign in which we raised over $43,000, far exceeding our goal of $20,000, thanks to generous donations from our members, board, and our staff. Thank you for helping us make San Diego County a safe and enjoyable place to bike for everyone. 

We are thrilled to welcome two new staff members to our ‘small yet mighty’ team:

Janie Overland joins us as a part-time Youth Outreach Coordinator, ensuring our bike education reaches as many of the 500,000 students in our county as possible. 
Kimberley Loureiro will be our Program Director, managing our grants and fee-for-service work and helping us secure new contracts. 

Wishing you and yours the health, joy, and fulfillment in 2024! We look forward to biking with you at one of our events this year. 

Chloé Lauer

Executive Director
 
 
ADVOCATE
 
CalBike Summit comes to San Diego - Save the Date!

April 18-19, 2024

The biennial California Bicycle Summit is the state’s must-attend bicycle event, and one of the nation’s leading bicycle-related conferences.

Join this inspiring gathering of advocates, planners, and more for keynote addresses, plenaries, workshops, and bike rides.
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City of Escondido’s Resolution No. 2023-172
 

The Bike Coalition led a group of advocates opposing the City of Escondido’s Resolution No. 2023-172, objecting to the removal or repurposing of any travel lanes for purposes of accommodating state or NCTD Climate Goals, which had been slated for their 12/13/23 City Council meeting agenda. Due to our collective letter and efforts, the item was removed from the December agenda. Coordination for continued advocacy continues as the item is expected to return on an agenda in January.
 
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EDUCATE
 
City Cycling for Ebikers - Oceanside

January 13, 9 AM

The San Diego County Bicycle Coalition is offering classes which will teach road rules, where to ride, general bike safety, emergency maneuvers, legal rights and responsibilities and will include a guided road ride to put your new skills into action!
Register here
 
City Cycling - Encinitas

January 20th, 9 AM

The San Diego County Bicycle Coalition is offering classes which will teach road rules, where to ride, general bike safety, emergency maneuvers, legal rights and responsibilities and will include a guided road ride to put your new skills into action!
Register here
 
City Cycling - Encinitas

January 27th, 9 AM

The San Diego County Bicycle Coalition is offering classes which will teach road rules, where to ride, general bike safety, emergency maneuvers, legal rights and responsibilities and will include a guided road ride to put your new skills into action!
Register here
 
 
CELEBRATE
 
THANK YOU to our Year End Giving Supporters for making this our best fundraising season yet.
 

Since Giving Tuesday, over $43,000 has been raised for the work of the Coalition:

  • $25,000 came from a generous anonymous donor and will be earmarked for a special use with legacy potential. Thank you to this donor for such an incredible gift!
  • Over $15,000 was raised through our Giving Tuesday and Year End Giving Campaign, including the Joy Ride Event and Golden Gear Awards. Thank you to everyone who donated!
  • Finally, $3,000 was raised by our very own Operations Manager Jesse Clark through the Climate Ride he completed earlier in the year. Thank you, Jesse!
 
Donors
Donor Grand Prize Winner
- Armando Buelna

Congratulations Armando!  

You have won the grand finale donor prize - a cycling wine tour package for two! The wine tour is conducted by Santa Barbara Wine Country Cycling Tours. 
 
 
Announcements
 

Welcoming Janie and Kimberly

Janie Overland, our Youth Outreach Coordinator, is a recent grad of Lewis & Clark College with a major in Environmental Studies. She grew up biking around North County and loves biking to the beach with her surfboard in tow. Janie is also a lead Outdoor Educator for Coastal Roots Farm in Encinitas. Welcome, Janie!

Kimberly Loureiro, our Program Director, brings over 15 years experience in Museum Management, State Park Interpretation, Outdoor Education Facilitation, and Grant Writing expertise. Kimberly is also a skilled event planner, having hosted an Earth Day event highlighting Kumeyaay relationships with the land with over 1,000 participants. Welcome, Kimberly!

 

Welcome New Board Members!

We are pleased to welcome our new board members – Virginia Lingham, Steve Myrick, Joshua I. Piedra, and Gibram Sanchez – and celebrate the re-appointment of our Treasurer, Daniel Gaytan.  

We look forward to working together to make San Diego a top cycling city and increase the share of our residents who choose to cycle for transportation and recreation.

We have three board vacancies and seek individuals with development and capital campaign experience. Reach out of that is you! We have an exciting project on the horizon.
 
Join SDCBC's Climate Ride team

SDCBC is forming a Climate Ride team.   What is Climate Ride and who does it benefit?  Climate Ride fundraises through epic rides and hikes around the country and the world.  The fundraising benefit goes to designated beneficiaries of which the Bike Coalition is one of them. 

In 2023, a small team that include Nicole Burgess and Elizabeth Bowersox fundraised and participated in the Green Fondo ride in March, 2023.  With additional Climate Rides In 2023, almost $8000 was raised for the Bike Coalition.

In 2024, with a larger team, we can ride more, fundraise more and showcase the Bike Coalition as an active partner addressing climate goals through bike education, advocacy and group rides.

An informational meeting is scheduled for January.  Interested?  Click below.
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Become a Volunteer with SDCBC

Have you been wondering how you can get more involved? Volunteer with the San Diego County Bicycle Coalition this year. Support us in Advocacy related projects. Celebrate with us at events around the County. We need your support and skills as we educate the community and make San Diego County a better place for cyclists.
Volunteer Appreciation

On January 17th, join us for the 2023 Volunteer Appreciation Night. We want to celebrate our volunteers and show our appreciation.
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Volunteer Opportunities

We have new volunteer opportunities to start 2024. Check out the volunteer resource webpage, sign up for Volunteer interest, and look for upcoming Volunteer opportunities.

  • Jan 24-27 Farmers Open Golf Tournament - Bike Valet
Learn More
 
Shop and Support 

We all know AmazonSmile was discontinued.  For several years you could support SDCBC while shopping Amazon.  But other businesses have offered to partner with SDCBC and provide new and exciting shopping discounts and fundraising opportunities.

Our first featured fundraising partnership is with Farm Fresh to You.  Sign up or use the discount code and 10% will go to SDCBC. Use code: SDBIKECOALITION
Learn more
 

Community Connections

Community events and activities from across the County
 
Bikingis.fun

Check out this all-things-San Diego bicycling event calendar.
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and lastly...
 
In case you missed it...

Relevant news articles and social posts from the prior month to keep you up to date.

Electra Bicycle a Home-Grown Success Story in Growing e-Bike Market

San Diego okays Complete Streets, but cyclists worry

What's in San Diego's new 'Complete Streets' policy?
 
 

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