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CABA MONTHLY FORUM – Tonight ! Tues. Jan.10

January 5, 2012

Come schmooze with us

GUEST SPEAKER: Martin Zimmerman, CABA Exec. Director

Topic: Bike Sharing in Europe and USA – Lessons for Charlotte

Many of you know that Martin traveled to Paris, Lyon and Strasbourg in October where he tested the systems and met with key cycling advocates, system representatives and government hosts. Here is your chance to become an expert with your draft beer in hand ! (For past posts enter “bike share” in the Search box.)

LOCATION: Kickstand Burgers -n-Bar (includes vegetarian choices and Fat Tire Ale ) – 1101 Central Avenue at Heath Court a few blocks towards Uptown from Plaza Midwood. We have a relaxed, quiet meeting room to the right of the front entry. Bike parking available ! CLICK: Mapquest.

TIME: 6:30 – 8 p.m. Meet kindred spirits. You don’t have to be a CABA member to participate. Meetings start and end on time.

POST MEETING BIKE RIDE: Bring your lights and helmet. Ride led by CABA member Pamela Murray.

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IN MEMORIAM: STEVE JOBS

October 15, 2011

Take a few minutes

View this YouTube video..

…then pass it on.

A brilliant analogy – presenting the thesis that “the computer is the bicycle for our minds“.

A younger Steve Jobs speaks on memory and the imagination for a Library of Congress documentary

Thank you to Treehugger online and others for letting us know.

And his more recent comments at the commencement exercises of Stanford University:

“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking.

Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice.

And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.”

* * *

Steve Jobs’ inventive genius, commitment and profound passion to causes larger than himself will be sorely missed.

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CATAWBA LANDS CONSERVANCY

October 1, 2011

Thomas W. Okel - new Executive Director

From the Conservancy’s press release: “Tom joins the Conservancy after a twenty year successful career with Bank of America, where he most recently served as the Global Head of Bank of America’s Syndicated Capital Markets division….Tom officially assumes his position on October 3.”

Tom succeeds Davis Cable, with whom, along with Ann Browning and others of the Carolina Thread Trail staff, CABA has had a close and productive working relationship.

Welcome aboard Tom !

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PEOPLE AND HAPPENINGS

September 25, 2011

In and around Charlotte

CABA at Sustainability Fair at Belk headquarters – CABA recently participated along with allied organizations to demonstrate how and why living and moving green is the wave of the future. Met some folks who bike to work even though Belk is in a business park way out on Tyvola ! Thanks to Mimi Crumrine for the invite.
“Get Well”, Ed Moyers – We hear that Ed is recovering from a broken left shoulder in a mishap commuting to Duke Energy in Uptown. Ed has been at the helm of the Bicycle Commuter Mentor Program for the past 6 +/- years, and he is a former member of the CABA Board of Directors. We wish you a speedy recovery Ed ! Click the icon on the right column of this page to find out more about BCMP.
Bike racks galore ! – update – We now have racks at Dilworth Neighborhood Grille, the Music Factory, Common Market, 15 Harris Teeters, 22 BofA branch banks, several office buildings in the UNCC Research Park and many other locations. Funds for all racks are provided by the Charlotte Dept. of Transportation under contract to CABA for marketing and installation. We’re getting closer to our goal of 100 racks on commercial sites in the Queen City. Looks like more will be coming soon to Dilworth Drug shop at Kenilworth Commons on East Blvd. Any suggestions ? We still have a some available. Let us know by clicking the comment bubble below.
UNCharlotte Cyclists - They are now officially a CABA community partner – Thanks to UNCC student and CABA member, Ray Atkinson for sending us their logo so we can (belatedly) add to the CABA website. We intend to keep working closely with Ray and his student,staff and faculty colleagues to make the voice for bicycle advocacy on this campus of 25,000 students is loud and clear. For more information: CLICK: Bikes on Campus.
First Flight Bikes of Statesville wins Top 100 bike shop award from Bicycling Magazine -This may seem like old news to some of you, but to us it’s brand new. Bumped into owner Jeff Archer at a recent Trailblazers monthly meeting and he told us. First Flight has the distinction of housing the Museum of Mountain Bike Art & Technology where you can see hundreds of vintage mountain bikes on display.
CLICK: www.mombat.org …or CLICK: Top 100.

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$2000 REWARD

September 25, 2011

Edward “Carl” Hedrick III

Hit and run death

Ghost Bike memorial gathering - photo courtesy of: Weldon Weaver

A private reward in the amount of $1,000 has been established by CABA through the Charlotte Mecklenburg Crime Stoppers to be used as a reward for tips leading to the arrest of the hit and run driver who killed Edward “Carl” Hedrick early a.m. on May 14 on Poindexter Road near South Boulevard. Crime Stoppers will pay up to an additional $1,000 for information leading to the closure of this case. For details on the crash see: Charlotte Velo. Contact CMCS anonymously at 334-1600.

Read more details including map showing crash location see Charlotte Velo website.

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2010 UAR Photos

September 16, 2011

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Photos by Weldon Weaver

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TONITE ! Movie at Common Market

September 11, 2011

Don’t forget !

8 p.m. Sept 14 - “2 Seconds” - showing at Common Market courtyard in the South End

Director Manon Briand brilliantly offers a glance …as she captures what it means for a champion mountain-bike racer to embrace life after she is forced to end her career and move to the city to be a bike courier. 68 minutes. Make sure to come on time. Vintage 1932 film; a rare find indeed..

Thanks to Keith, Chuck Barger and the urban grunge gang at this unique venue for making this happening ….well, happen !

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TARA SERVATIUS ON THE MOVE

September 5, 2011

Last seen in Lexington Kentucky

According to Media Confidential, Tara has picked up a small gig on a local radio station in the Bluegrass State. We also hear from totally unreliable sources that she stopped in at a local bike shop to purchase a nifty cruiser. Or maybe she is still hanging out in Charlotte. Don’t forget, Tara, it’s only a job. (For more information about former Charlotte talk-show hostess and her fracas with the local cycling community, enter “Road Rage” in the Search box on this page.) Thanks much to John Holmes for bringing this to our attention.