My last post

I have hinted at ending this blog in the past, but this time it is for real. This will be my last post on Bike Greenville. As some of you may have read on the Spinner’s yahoo group list, I have officially stepped down from the position of Advocacy Chairperson with the Greenville Spinners. Outside of work, I have increasingly become involved with other volunteer commitments centered around my kids. I have been spread pretty thin lately and I feel like I haven’t been able to give bicycle advocacy projects the time that they deserve. Obviously you all know that cycling and bicycle related issues are important to me, but I have come to the realization that there is just not enough time in the day to do as much as I would like. Stepping down from the board was a tough decision, but I do think it was the right one…. which brings me to the really great news that I want to share. Scott McCrary, who many of you know from Tandem, Touring & Recumbent Bikes, will be taking over the position of advocacy chair. Scott has been very active on advocacy issues in the past, and I know he will do a great job leading the effort with the Spinners. Please welcome and support him in the role going forward. Trust me; we couldn’t have asked for a better person to take this job on.

I plan to stay involved with local advocacy issues in a supporting role (including serving on BPAC and the new BFC committee) and I hope that many of you who read this will stay (or get) involved as well. Many good things are happening in Greenville right now; we have a CIP budget for bike lanes that we will start seeing soon, we are getting close to the passage of a strong bicycle parking ordinance, and we are at the beginning of our Bicycle Friendly Community application process just to name a few things. (speaking of the BFC process, check out the City’s brand new webpage for bicycling if you haven’t seen it). Yep, it is a good time to be a cyclist in Greenville and things can get even better if we continue to work together. I encourage all of you to contact Scott if you have specific ideas or would like to help with local bicycle advocacy efforts.

Finally I want to mention that I started this blog after I became the advocacy chair because the Spinners site was in a state of transition. At the time, the Spinners website was infrequently updated, so this blog seemed like the best way to get news out to all of you. That was then, but now board members can post directly to the Spinners site, so you can look for future advocacy updates from Scott and everyone else there. Thanks to all of you who have been reading my thoughts and updates here. I hope that you will all continue over to the Spinners site to keep reading about the progress of advocacy efforts in Greenville. Believe me; good things are on the horizon for cycling here.