Congratulations and thanks for all your work on this.

jimrye_adelphia1@comcast.net

"The first wealth is health." -Ralph Waldo Emerson


From: "Frank Gmeindl" <fgmeindl@gmail.com>
To: "Bicycle Board" <bikeboard@cheat.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2012 2:08:35 PM
Subject: [Bikeboard] Fwd: Bicycle Friendly Community Award

So, we've earned a celebration of LAB's recognizing us as a BFC.  I'll bring the Kool Aid.

Then, we need to:
1.  Create a press release.
2. Decide if we want to do an award ceremony and if so, plan it.
3. Get/make photos and draft a community profile for www.bicyclefriendlycommunity.org .
4. Review LAB feedback and update the Bicycle Plan.
5. Get money to implement the Plan.

PLEASE REPLY-TO-ALL AND WRITE YOUR NAME ABOVE BESIDE THOSE ITEMS WHOSE ACCOMPLISHMENT YOU WILL LEAD.

Frank D. Gmeindl
Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board
LCI #1703
491 WilsonAvenue
Morgantown, WV 26501
304-376-0446
Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles



Begin forwarded message:

From: Frank Gmeindl <frank.gmeindl@comcast.net>
Date: April 27, 2012 6:00:22 PM EDT
To: Bicycle Board <bikeboard@cheat.org>
Subject: Fwd: Bicycle Friendly Community Award

FYI

Begin forwarded message:

From: Bill Nesper <billnesper@bikeleague.org>
Date: April 27, 2012 5:47:57 PM EDT
Subject: Bicycle Friendly Community Award

Dear Frank,
 
Congratulations!  The League of American Bicyclists has decided to designate Morgantown as a Bicycle Friendly Community at the Bronze level. This decision involved careful review of your application and consultation with local cyclists. 
 
As you know, this award is presented only to communities with remarkable commitments to bicycling.  You should be very proud of this accomplishment. Please share this with your partners in the city and advocacy community. The League will be publicizing this nationally Monday, May 14th to coincide with National Bike to Work Week. We look to working with you to help promote this accomplishment and will be sending you a template for a local press release next week. We encourage you to create your own for local & regional media. Please hold your announcement of the award until May 14th.
 
You will also be receiving an award certificate, BFC road sign and feedback on what you can do to make Morgantown more bicycle-friendly in the next two weeks.
 
Your designation will be due for renewal in February 2016. At that point your community will be reevaluated so we urge you to make as many improvements as possible in the meantime! Of course, if you wish to renew sooner than that please do. We look forward to seeing the community’s progress.
 
If you would like to do an award ceremony, please let us know. We would love to work together to promote this great achievement. Also, we would like to promote the community on our website. We are asking you to provide a few new photographs that we can use to produce your community profile page onwww.bicyclefriendlycommunity.org. Please email those to nicole@bikeleague.org
 
Once again, accept our congratulations on your tremendous efforts to create a truly Bicycle Friendly Community. 
 
Sincerely,
 
Bill Nesper
VP, Programs
League of American Bicyclists
P: 202-822-1333
 
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