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Featured Speaker
2006 Accomplishments
2006 Slide Show
2006 Table Sponsors
Silent Auction
Event Photos
CCBA Membership
The slideshow shown at the event
- LINK
Missed the Annual
Dinner?: That's OK. We still need your help.
There are lots of things you can do to support the CCBA and its mission of
bicycle advocacy.
Pictures
from the Annual Dinner: The CCBA
thanks John Duval for taking professional photos at the Annual Dinner. Link
for Event Photos
Location: Joe
Black's on Pratt Street in Hartford. As promised, Joe
Black's delivered an amazing venue and all the attendees were wowed. Our
thanks to Joe Black's!
Silent
Auction: The silent auction was a huge hit!
Great deals were had but the bidding was fierce! Congratulations to all
the silent auction winners, and thanks for the extra support of bike advocacy!
Featured
Speaker: Tom
Condon
Topic:
Plausible Goals the Bicycling Community in Hartford Should Work Towards
Bio:
Tom Condon is a columnist, editorial writer and editor of Place, a Sunday
Commentary section of The Hartford Courant. Place focuses on architecture,
planning, transportation and other aspects of the built and natural
environment.
Additional Guest
Speakers:
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Everett Newton
presented a vision for Connecticut RiverPath,
a
Multi-Use Path
connecting cities, towns, and park land all along the Connecticut River. |
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The CCBA's
Hartford Discovery Bike Tour
planned for 2007 was officially rolled out. This
is going to be the cornerstone of CCBA's outreach in 2007! |
2006 CCBA Award
Winners
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CCBA Overall Domestique* Award
- Everett Newton, Spokes Newsletter Editor Extraordinaire |
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CCBA Bike to Work Domestique*
Award - Karen Pasquale, Farmington Bike to Work Hero |
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CCBA Municipal Big Wheel Award
- Town of Glastonbury / Glastonbury Bikeways Board, Visionary
Glastonbury Bike Plan & Multi-Use Path Planning |
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CCBA Corporate Big Wheel Award
- Pratt & Whitney HealthTimesm & Healthy Gears,
Enthusiastic East Hartford Bike to Work Sponsors |
* A
domestique is
a road bicycle racer who works solely for the benefit of his or her team.
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2006
Annual Dinner Table Sponsors:
Newington
Bicycles
Bicycles East
St. Paul
Travelers
Dave
Ringquist - CCBA President
Martha Page -
CCBA Vice President
Ken Krayeske
- CCBA Board Member
Pratt &
Whitney HealthTimesm / Healthy Gears |
2006
CCBA Accomplishments:
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Another
great year for Bike to Work. Monthly events were held in
Hartford, East Hartford, and Farmington. Regional events were held in
Manchester, Glastonbury, Granby, and Windsor. New bike commuters
were plentiful! Bike shop and corporate support is stronger than
ever! |
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Published two
jam-packed editions of Spokes, the CCBA's bicycle advocacy
newsletter. |
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Handed out free
helmets to children (funded by CCBA members) in Downtown Hartford
at the Hispanic Health Council Fair. |
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Started effective
"Advocacy Alerts" to the email
distribution list to keep members apprised of the best way to make a
difference for cyclists in Central Connecticut. |
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The CCBA has been meeting
with the CT DOT to discuss how bicycle considerations can be
built into the design process of state roads. |
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The CCBA now has a
board member, Martha Page, on the CT DOT's Bicycle
and Pedestrian Committee. |
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The CCBA has a
board member, Deb Dauphinais, on the Glastonbury
Bicycle Committee. |
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Dave Snyder from
the Thunderhead Alliance (national bicycle advocacy organization) chaired a
CCBA meeting and helped shape the CCBA's vision for an advocacy organization
in Central Connecticut with state-wide influence. |
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Organized
the first ever Hartford Ride of Silence to mourn those lost to car /
bike collisions and honor those that still ride. |
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The CCBA staffed
booths at both Celebrate West Hartford
and the Hartford Marathon to reach out
and spread the word about cycling as a healthy and environmentally friendly
transportation method. The CCBA also had booths at many, many more
regional events. |
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The CCBA has been
pushing for bike racks on buses, bicycle
considerations on the planned Hartford-New Britain busway, consideration for
bicyclists on state road designs, increased utilization of Safe
Routes to School funding, and local bicycle / pedestrian
plans. The CCBA needs your membership and
volunteer power to remain vigilant and grow as an organization. |
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Website overhaul
with easy online
membership renewal and donations. |
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Started
planning for a revival of a Hartford bike tour in 2007! Get excited! |
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And finally - a
great Annual Dinner @ Joe Black's! Aren't you
glad you are a part of this? I am! |
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