How can Shasta Bike Valet help your event be more successful?
Attract the large number of individuals and familieswho live active lives and are looking for events and places to safely and conveniently ride.
Let us manage bike parkingfor you. Keep bikes off of fences and out of trees. Remove security issues for your guests.
Reduce traffic congestion and free-up more automobile parking by serving people who want to ride instead of drive.
Showcase your organization’s commitment to community goals for excellence in active living.
How does Shasta Bike Valet work?
Our monitored bike parking is like a coat check for bicycles with controls and detailed record keeping. We locate the parking area in a convenient and safe place. Our staff and volunteers ensure bicycles are secure.
We will promote your event to our local active lifestyle community
We will promote your bicycle-friendly event to our members and supporters on social media and in our newsletter.
Extras may include
Raffles, give-aways, educational activities and classes. Talk with our staff about this if you are interested.
To discuss how Shasta Bike Valet can serve you and your event participants
You are invited for an evening of inspiration and wondrous musical fun
Join us for MarchFourth!
A musical extravaganza, dance party and fundraiser to bring better bikeways, walkable cities
and vibrant public places to Redding and Shasta County!
MarchFourth is a musical and dance extravaganza, it’s a big band experience with five-piece percussion corps and six-part brass section, with dancers and stilt walkers.
Sunday, March 12, 2017
Party starts at 6:00 pm
with DJ Deep Gruv
Show starts 7:00 pm
GROUP TICKETS OR QUESTIONS Call Shasta Living Streets 530.355.2230.
THIS IS AN ALL AGES SHOW
Children 5-16 yrs $10. Under 5 yrs free.
LOCATION Redding Veteran’s Memorial Hall
Yes – you will find us at the VETERANS MEMORIAL HALL!
1605 Yuba Street, Downtown Redding
MarchFourth is a kaleidoscope of musical and visual energy that inspires the audience in an atmosphere of celebration and joy.
You and your friends will have a great time and help bring more joy to people’s daily lives by supporting better bikeways,
walkable cities and vibrant public places in Shasta County!
SPECIAL GUEST Dave Snyder,
Executive Director, California Bicycle Coalition Dave will share inspiration and how we are a part of the statewide movement for radical changes to enable more people to bicycle and walk, for healthier, safer and more prosperous communities for all!
CARNIVAL STYLE Take this opportunity to dress-up, wear your favorite wild shirt, crazy hat or dancing shoes! This show is all about fun and joy. MarchFourth! fans know what we are talking about. We will have a photo booth and are preparing some prizes for creative outfits.
SHASTA BIKE VALET AVAILABLE FOR OUR GUESTS
PHOTO BOOTH TO CAPTURE THE FUN
Presented by Shasta Living Streets Jefferson Public Radio
Miracle Mile Records
Ryan Russell Studio
Sierra Nevada Carnegie’s
We look forward to seeing you at the party! Thank you.
Shasta Living Streets inspires, engages and partners with community members and leaders to build better bikeways and trails, walkable cities and vibrant public places and make daily bicycling and walking convenient, reliable and fun.
This builds great cities and towns that offer everyone ages 8-80 a thriving regional economy, strong local business, healthy families, greater community interaction, less civic cost, less pollution, better living, andmore joy!
Enjoy a trail through the city to celebrate safe routes and neighborhood greenways. Free to everyone.
It’s an event like no other.
It’s a bike, walk, skip, dance, skate, roll people-powered parade.
Family Bicycling Day. It’s a trail through the city.
BRINGING SMILES
On this day a stretch of the city is transformed into a car-free zone for Sunday enjoyment.
Family, friends and neighbors meet and experience the neighborhood in a new way. Groups across the community come together to celebrate the Garden District neighborhood and complete-streets improvements that help local children walk and bicycle to school.
The stress-free streets created for this event allow area residents to comfortably walk and bicycle with family and friends and learn about places and neighborhood attractions previously unexplored. This gives people a way to see their neighborhood from a new perspective. Families enjoy a safe space to gather, play, ride a bike, dance and engage. Some people will ride a bicycle for the first time. Others will discover they can hula. All are inspired to get out and enjoy our beautiful local neighborhoods more often.
CELEBRATING SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL
We will celebrate the difference the complete street improvements have made to families in their daily lives. The City of Redding, Shasta Safe Routes to School Program, and Sequoia School worked together to identify needed safety improvements and activities.
Learn how our children can be more active in their daily lives with safe crosswalks, traffic calming, protected bike lanes, Walking School Buses, Bike Trains, Crossing Guards, and more!
REDDING IS ON THE CUTTING EDGE. MAKING CONNECTIONS, INSPIRING CHANGE.
Redding is one of the first cities in the nation to host open street events. Shasta Living Streets has produced open street events in Redding for six years in collaboration with local agencies and businesses. When we started we were one of 50 cities in the nation hosting these events to make connections and inspire change. Now there are 133 cities in the nation with open street programs.
Last summer Anne Thomas was invited to present at the third International Open Street Summit. The story of Redding’s ongoing program in a relatively small city that has inspired improvements for safe routes for biking and walking, was one of the most popular sessions at the conference.
COMMUNITY TOGETHER
To create this free public event, Shasta Living Streets and Shasta Safe Routes to School partner to engage businesses and community groups from across the county to participate.
SEQUOIA MIDDLE SCHOOL
Sequoia Middle School serves students in grades 6 through 8 as well as our 4thand 5th grade music magnet program. As afive-time California Distinguished School, Sequoia offers rigorous coursework, an award winning music program and competitive sports teams. The 4th and 5th grade music magnet program showcases strong academics with an emphasis in all music disciplines. For more information please call 225-0020 or visit the website at sequoia.reddingschools.net.
PUBLIC USE OF A PUBLIC STREET
This is an event where residents will be moving about in the neighborhood and on a street as they can do on any day, but in this case without automobiles on the road.
People will be freely enjoying the neighborhood without the stress of car traffic. This greatly reduces risks that might normally exist on this roadway and allows people to walk, bicycle, skate and hula – freely and comfortably on a Sunday afternoon.
Safe Streets.Rader Excavating is the professional team that puts together the traffic plan in cooperation with city officials, and works all day to manage traffic and keep participants safe.
THE MAIN ACTIVITY IS YOU! THE PEOPLE-POWERED PARADE
It’s not just about bikes – you can walk with friends, skate, roll or dance. Throw a Frisbee. Show off that special bicycle: the lowrider cruiser, the cargo bike, the family bicycle train, or the fancy street bike. Bring someone who does not ride often on city streets. Decorate your bike. Enjoy the people watching.
ACTIVITIES TO CHECK-OUT IN THE PEDESTRIAN HUBS
Shasta Living Streets Freedom from Training Wheelsfor the littlest riders and their parents
Healthy Shasta Bicycle Blender
Shasta Safe Routes to School Riding course for young riders
Shasta Historical Society special feature – Redding Streets from the 1800s to Now
Museum of Northern California Art Bus. Activities for children of all ages. monca.org
Bicycle Decoration and Bicycle Parade at 11:30(ish)
Sequoia School Chamber Orchestra! 1:30
Sequoia Jazz Band!2:00
The always popularDJTwitch
KIXEfeatures for children
Lowe’s Living Street outdoor living room
Chalk Art
Street Games – feel free to bring your own!
Coffee and drinks by Scout Coffee
Bicycle deliveries bringing to-go lunch orders from nearby San Francisco Deli and Orchard Nutrition
MORE INFORMATION
If you would like to add an activity, or have any questions, please contact Cassie at cmcaleer@shastalivingstreets.org or talk to a real person at 530.355.2230.
What is a Walking School Bus and how do children in your neighborhood get one?
This year Redding School District will have walking school buses at Juniper, Cypress, Sycamore, and Turtle Bay.
Shasta County has 37,000 children.
One third of all families in Shasta County have children under the age of 18.
Shasta County is ranked a low 56 of 57 counties for health indicators for all counties in the state.
Walking one mile to and from school each day is two-thirds of the recommended sixty minutes of physical activity a day.
Kids are less active today than in the past, and 23% of children get no free-time physical activity at all.
Over the past 40 years, rates of obesity have soared among children of all ages in the United States, and approximately 25 million children and adolescents—more than 33%—are now overweight or obese or at risk of becoming so.
HOW YOU CAN HELP
Would you like to help children and families in your neighborhood walk or ride their bikes to school? Contact Shasta Safe Routes to School.
We Love Redding Trails! What can you do to help keep our trails safe, lovely and enjoyable for everyone?
10 Ways you can help Redding Trails and stay safe yourself
10. Know the risks. Chief Paoletti says: “Redding trails are very safe for everyone. The majority of recent issues are graffiti, with a couple suspicious circumstances and a couple property thefts, and two incidents of violent crime. Let’s keep this crime rate low with thoughtful crime prevention.”
9. Prevent crime. Chief Poletti says: “Enjoy the trail, and – be aware of your surroundings and travel in groups. People are more vulnerable when they are alone.”
8. Bring a canine friend. If you want to walk alone, take a walk with your dog.
7. Spread the word. There is a $3,000 reward for identifying the person responsible for the June 11th attack. Redding Police Department will be sharing this award information widely.
6. Take an app with you. BeSafe.com or RoadID.com. One turns your phone into an alarm device when needed. The other sends your location to a loved one as you walk, run or bike on the trail.
5. Make the call. If you see something on the trail – call someone. Friends of Redding Trails distributes cards with important phone numbers. Keep this card with you and call if you see graffiti or suspicious activity.
Get a card at Redding Recreation, or Saturday Farmers Market at the Shasta Living Streets Valet Bicycle Parking booth.
4. If you don’t have time to volunteer – donate! Quality programs take money, your donations make a difference. Join a local organization that helps to build and maintain our trails.
We recommend you support local trails by making a contribution to Shasta Living Streets.
3. Volunteer to help maintain Redding Trails.
The annual community-wide Sacramento River Trail Clean-up is on Saturday, the first weekend in October. This is a great way to get involved. Contact City of Redding Recreation 530.225.4512 bbowers@cityofredding.org
2. Participate in the new Redding Trails Watch. Sign-up to walk or ride and be the eyes and ears of the trail: Sign up for Trail Watch
1. Don’t wait – call your friends, go out together and enjoy the trails today!And tomorrow, and next week too. Take a walk, ride your bike, or your unicycle, walk the dog, take a picnic — enjoy the trail and be aware of your surroundings. The more people using the trails and taking care of each other the safer we all are.
SRTA, RABA, Whiskeytown National Recreation Area and Redding Recreation are joining together to make the Beach Bus a reality.
This program comes directly from feedback given in recent unmet needs surveys that show strong interest in summer service to the lake. This was validated as a priority by the nine member Social Services Transportation Advisory Council (Reminder: We are lucky to have Margie McAleer represents us on this council, on behalf of Shasta Living Streets members and mission.)
ACTION ALERT: Join us at the RABA meeting next Monday to show support for this program!
Monday June 20, 5:15pm at Redding City Council Chambers. You’ll find us in the right side seating / towards the front.
Local agencies are responding quickly to your voices on the transit unmet-needs surveys. Thank you to everyone for taking a little time to make comments.
Great things happen when we work together!
Let’s continue to show our support for improvements to transit that build excellence and support active lifestyles in Shasta County!
Do you want your business to help build a truly bicycle-friendly community? Does your business or organization take steps to encourage colleagues to cycle to work? We want to help build and celebrate bicycle-friendly businesses in Shasta County. We need your help.
Nominate your employer to be recognized – it’s easy!
2017 Award submission is open until June 20th.
Three categories: smaller businesses, larger businesses, and public agencies.
Submit your comments on this short online form: NOMINATION FORM
Shasta Living Streets is working to build the business case for biking. We join Healthy Shasta and the Chamber of Commerce to offer annual awards to the bike friendliest local businesses.
The review considers: 75% – how your organization creates a bicycle friendly workplace for employees. 25% – amenities to welcome customers traveling by bicycle.
Winners receive
We will celebrate your success! Kudos, recognition and media promotion at the Bicycle Friendly Business Celebration in fall 2017
A free bicycle rack or money towards a bicycle rack of your choice
A Shasta Living Streets business membership with all the benefits, including free valet bicycle parking at a company event
Marketing and promotion to share your employer’s excellence to our community
California Walks brings together professionals, academics and community leaders to share their most promising work and discuss ways to eliminate traffic fatalities and build walkable cities and vibrant public places.
Dave Moore, Director Caltrans District 2 will be a featured speaker, presenting successes and challenges from four projects in the North State, including projects in Downtown Redding.
Anne Thomas, Shasta Living Streets, Sara Sundquist, Shasta Safe Routes to Schools, and Shellisa Moore, Healthy Shasta will also represent Shasta County at the Summit.
On Saturday morning, head to the Farmers’ Market- on your bike!
Farmers’ Market, Redding City Hall
Every Saturday 8:00 a.m. to noon
Bike Valet is like a coat check for your bike.
This year we partner with the Shasta Growers Association to provide bicycle valet parking service, free to all Farmers Market patrons, on Saturday at Redding City Hall.
This program helps individuals and entire families feel better equipped and more confident about riding a bike together for everyday travel that will extend to other outings and bike/walk opportunities, for example, when children start school.
This service helps people take initial steps to get out and ride, to learn about resources, and to build confidence and comfort for daily active living in their own neighborhoods.
The goal of the Bike Valet Program is to make our region a more livable, prosperous place by enabling more people to choose bicycling for everyday travel.
Bike-to-Happy-Hour at Carnegie’s 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. 1600 Oregon Street.
Bike-in-Movie 8:00 p.m. In the Ballroom at Old City Hall, 1313 Market Street
Mayor Missy McArthur will share thoughts on the importance of creating a bicycle friendly Redding.
Public Works Director, Brian Crane will give a look into upcoming bicycle facilities projects in Redding.
We will share Shasta Bike Challenge updates and announce the upcoming opportunity for Bicycle Friendly Business award. Shasta Bike Challenge ends May 21.
We are honored to have Rising From Ashes Executive Producer and Team Rawanda Co-Founder, Dan Cooper attend and introduce the film.
Generously sponsored by Dignity Health, Enjoy, Healthy Shasta and Carnegie’s. Brought to you by Shasta Living Streets.
The Film – Rising from Ashes
Rising from Ashes is a remarkable documentary and a story of what happens when people care for each other and their community.
In 2006, professional cyclist Jacques “Jock” Boyer moved to Rwanda to help a group of struggling genocide survivors form a cycling organization. All of its members were young children during the genocide, and many were left orphaned. The film follows the cycling organization’s progression into a national team, and the emotional and psychological impacts the cycling team has on both its members and a nation still struggling with the aftermath of trauma.
Dan Cooper is a local Redding resident and Executive Producer of this award winning film. He co-founded Team Rwanda with Tom Ritchey and Jonathan Boyer. risingfromashesthemovie.com
The bicycle advantage, it’s not about the bike.
We have an exciting opportunity to build great cities and towns in our region by making bicycling safe, convenient and fun. This is not about thinking bikes are cool and its not about weekend exercise and recreation in our beautiful parks and open spaces. Though those things are good too.
Making bicycling safe, convenient and fun for everyday transportation brings tremendous advantages – it allows families to be healthy and save money on transportation, makes more vibrant and connected communities, and supports our local businesses by helping them attract customers, retain talented staff and attract tourists.
Bicycling it turns out, is good for all of us whether we bicycle or not, because it’s good for local business and the strength of our community.
Bike and walk safely in Downtown Redding.
It’s not recreation, It’s life!
Building quality of life for everyone: better bikeways, trails and walkable cities
Sunday, March 12, 2017
Adults $25
You and your friends will have a great time and help bring more joy to people’s daily lives by supporting better bikeways,
