Category: Events

Making cycling and walking safe, convenient and fun in Delaware

Novak Druce Sponsors 2014 Walkable Bikeable Delaware Summit

Wilmington, Delaware – For six years, Pernell Vaughan has walked to his job as senior e-records coordinator at the Wilmington, Delaware offices of the IP boutique Novak Druce Connolly Bove + Quigg LLP. “I enjoy walking to work because I don’t have to worry about traffic,” said Vaughan. “I also don’t have the expense of…
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April 21, 2014 0

Senator Coons Announces the National Discovery Trails Act of 2014

WHAT: Event Announcing National Discovery Trails Act & the American Discovery Trail WHEN: Earth Day, Tuesday 4/22, 2:00pm WHERE: Cape Henlopen State Park, specific location TBD Senator Chris Coons is hosting an event to announce the introduction of the “National Discovery Trails Act of 2014” at Cape Henlopen on Tuesday 4/22 at 2:00pm.  The National Discovery…
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April 19, 2014 1

Clarke: “I’m Coming to Dover for the Walkable Bikeable Delaware Summit on May 1”

In three weeks, I will be in Dover for the 2014 Walkable Bikeable Delaware Summit. Last year, Delaware shot up in the League’s Bicycle Friendly State rankings to No. 5, making Delaware officially the most bicycle friendly state of all states east of the Mississippi River. What will Delaware’s new official ranking be? I am…
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April 15, 2014 0

Blue Hen Veterans and the “Face of America” Ride

By Jennifer Barnes This April 25-27 the State of Delaware will be well represented at the 2014 Face of America ride by the Blue Hen Veterans and Friends Cycling Team. The ride is a 2-day, 110 mile, cycling event organized by World Team Sports to honor disabled military veterans and first responders.  It is an…
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March 27, 2014 7

Ride the WCBC Icicle Metric Century

  Saturday! The snow and ice will be gone, temperatures are on a warming trend, spring is bursting out on all fronts, and it’s time for the White Clay Bicycle Club’s annual Icicle Metric Century ride. White Clay Bicycle Club is, and always has been, Bike Delaware’s biggest sponsor. So you can enjoy the first…
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March 26, 2014 1

Broad Creek Byway Bike and Brew Tour

A bike ride on scenic back roads in Sussex County? Check! A bike on scenic back roads in Sussex County PLUS 16 Mile Beer? Double-check! Sponsored by the Laurel Chamber of Commerce, check out the Broad Creek Byway Bike Tour – Bike and Brew 2014 Saturday, June 07, 2014 Included with Registration Fee Choice of…
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March 25, 2014 2

Wheels of Caring Bike Ride – Clayton

RELATED: • Wheels of Caring (PDF file to print as flyer)


March 24, 2014 1

May 1: Get This Prescription Filled

Thank you Mississippi and West Virginia! Delaware is the “First State” because we were the first to ratify the United States Constitution. But it’s only thanks to our sister states Mississippi and West Virginia that (according to a recent Gallup survey) we are not the “First State in Obesity.” But Mississippi and West Virginia both…
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March 19, 2014 1

May 1: The Walkable Bikeable Delaware Summit

REGISTER HERE FOR THE 2014 WALKABLE BIKEABLE DELAWARE SUMMIT At last year’s Walkable Bikeable Delaware Summit, DelDOT Secretary Bhatt and DNREC Secretary O’Mara jointly announced Delaware’s new #5 Bicycle Friendly State ranking; Civil Engineering Professor Peter Furth described how Delaware could make simple and cost-effective investments in a “low traffic stress” network to grow bicycling…
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March 18, 2014 2

Walkable Bikeable Delaware Summit set for May 1 in Dover

The American Heart Association, Bike Delaware, the Delaware Department of Transportation, Delaware Greenways and Sussex Outdoors will together host the 2014 Walkable Bikeable Delaware Summit in Dover on May 1. The summit will bring together Robert Burchfield, the City Traffic Engineer for the Portland Bureau of Transportation; Tracy Winfree, the Director of Public Works for…
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