Looking Back, Looking Forward

Looking Back,
Looking Forward

Make your contribution to our year-end campaign before midnight Thursday January 31 to claim a tax deduction in 2020!

2020 was a challenge! Our biggest fundraiser of the year was cancelled, schools were closed, staff were furloughed.

Still, there were wins. Bicycle sales went through the roof, and cities experimented with street closures to make walking and biking safer. Our education staff pivoted gracefully, moving our curricula into the virtual realm. Local voters approved Measure DD, quadrupling local funding for bicycle infrstructure; the defeat of Measure I has spurred some changes at SMART. The city of Santa Rosa has hired a dedicated bicycle & pedestrian planner and added a Class IV bike lane on E Street. We worked with multiple jurisdictions to solve problems with obstructed or incorrectly striped bike lanes.

Coming in 2021: SCBC will be celebrating our 20th Anniversary throughout the year! May will still be Bike Month, with less of an emphasis on commuting. We are in conversations with Petaluma about creating a Ciclovia event for the fall. Several sections of new Class I bike paths should begin construction.

Want to hear more? Attend our annual Member Meeting and Board Election January 8 from 4-6 pm. All current members will receive an email with a ballot and Zoom link on Monday, January 4.

PLEASE SUPPORT OUR WORK by clicking the button below to donate to our annual fundraising campaign. We've raised $10,000 so far! We need to raise a minimum of $25,000, and our stretch goal is $50,000. (If every subscriber to this newsletter contributed $20, we'd be there!)

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