Highlights from ABC and We All Can Ride’s presentation at OATS
By Melinda Musser, Communications & Marketing Manager Translations of ABC Member quotes by Lale Santelices, Collaborations Manager Members of Andando en Bicicletas en Cully (ABC) and We All Can...
View ArticleCommunity Cycling Center launches pilot High School Program
By Melinda Musser, Communications & Marketing Manager Earlier this year, the Community Cycling Center launched a pilot program with students from Rosemary Anderson High School (RAHS). RAHS is a...
View ArticleSpokeswomen: Celebrating and improving safe bicycling and walking in Cully
By Heidi Beierle, Volunteer Storyteller Sunday Parkways, July 27th, in Khunamokwst Park. The place teemed with people from young to old in all shapes and sizes. Andando en Bicicletas en Cully (ABC) had...
View ArticleIt’s the first week of Bike Camp! Here’s what the kids have to say…
It’s the first week of Bike Camp, that time of year where kids of all ages take over the streets of Portland, armed with popsicles, wrenches, new friends, and adventures. We sat down with fellow Bike...
View ArticleDia de los Muertos Ride: A Tour de Tot
By Abby Kraai, Volunteer Storyteller If there were a Tour de France for tiny tots, last Sunday’s Dia de Los Muertos ride would have been it. Kids of all sizes (but mostly small) gathered at Harvey...
View Article3 Things you need to know about Cycling for Change
By Kelly Hansen, Program Director Jorge, an 11 year old who frequents the Bike Skills Park at New Columbia, wanted to learn to do a wheelie. He asked me for help. I told him I couldn’t help. One day I...
View ArticleIt’s about transferring knowledge to your kids!
By Lale Santelices, Collaborations Manager Members of the Cully community and the new Líderes Verdes (trained volunteer leaders from Verde), who will join ABC this year, received a bike and safety...
View ArticleWhat’s next for ABC and bike parking?
By Melinda Musser, Communications & Marketing Manager This September, one of Andando en Bicicletas en Cully’s (ABC) dreams finally came true. Safe bike storage became a reality at Clara Vista...
View ArticleOutdoor Adventures with NAYA
By Rebecca Fisher, Communications Intern Over the last month, the Community Cycling Center teamed up with NAYA to run a three part elective series for students at NAYA. The elective series was part of...
View ArticleABC and Cully neighbors test out new wayfinding signage
By Rebecca Fisher, Communications Intern After a push in the Cully community for better navigation aids in the neighborhood, Living Cully entered phase two of new wayfinding signage, including...
View ArticleScience on Wheels at Helensview School
By Melinda Musser, Communications & Marketing Manager Ever since Jericho was seven years old, he dreamed of one day owning his own bike shop. After his father purchased a Redline bicycle for him,...
View ArticleCommunity Cycling Center Wins National Advocacy Award
A.J. Zelada, friend and supporter of the Community Cycling Center, accepts the Catalyst Award on our behalf. (Photo by Rick Reinhard, League of American Bicyclists) By Melinda Musser, Communications...
View ArticleSupport the Bike Repair Hub – Give Today
This summer, we celebrate the 4th anniversary of the Bike Repair Hub by doubling its open hours and debuting a Build-A-Bike program. Check out our new stop-motion video about the Bike Repair Hub and...
View ArticleWe Are a Trail Blazers Community Partner!
How about this for some exciting news, shared just in time for Transportation Night? Yesterday, the Portland Trail Blazers announced the team’s five nonprofit community partners for the next two...
View ArticleCully Housing Justice Event Tomorrow
As Mychal Tetteh, former CEO, shared in his testimony for Inclusionary Housing just a few months ago, housing and transportation choice are inextricably linked. In the effort support access to...
View ArticleBeca de Bici 2017: Event Recap
On May 20th, Andando en Bicicletas en Cully (ABC), Community Cycling Center, Bikes for Humanity, and The Street Trust came together for Beca de Bici 2017, a bicycle giveaway for children in the Cully...
View ArticleJoin Us for Blazers Bike Night!
Photo: Bruce Ely / Trail Blazers UPDATE: Ticket sales have been extended through October 6th, thanks to our friends at the Trail Blazers! The Trail Blazers and the Community Cycling Center are pairing...
View ArticleA Bike Build with AWS Elemental
In fall of 2017, an AWS Elemental team gathered to build bikes for the Cycling Center’s Holiday Bike Drive, an annual event during which more than 400 children receive their first bicycle. Following is...
View ArticleNew Partnership with “Girls Build”
We launched a new partnership this spring with a new organization! For six weeks this year, six girls participated in an after-school “Become a Bike Mechanic” camp with an all-female instructor team....
View ArticleMore than just a bike
Yashar, left, with his mother Fatemeh and brother Idean in Cleveland. When my family immigrated to the United States, my parents were forced to navigate virtually every facet of our new life in America...
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