Good morning I am making final preparations to attend the League's Bike Summit March 8-10. I'm forwarding the latest newsletter from the Summit in which they ask attendees to bring/send photos of local projects that have benefitted from transportation enhancement funds. For us that would include anything paid for by our TE grant over the past 3 years. I would like ask board members to get send me anything you'd like me to share with our lawmakers to show them they are getting value for their money when I meet with them on Thursday March 10.
AND it's not too late for you to attend. Please consider doing so. As far as I know I will be the only person at the conference attending from our congressional district, and there's only one other person coming from WV. See the conference agenda for valuable seminars on becoming a more effective advocate. It's WAY worth attending.
Thanks, Nick Hein
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Greetings! The National Bike Summit is approaching, and with the loss of our biggest supporter on Capitol Hill, it is vital that we have more attendees than ever. Ideally, every single person that is reading this newsletter will click "register [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=ah8attcab&et=1104620080710&s=7584&...]" now to show Congress how much cycling matters. Sincerely, Andy Clarke, President ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Summit Agenda's Standout Speakers and Sessions The Summit's agenda and keynote speakers are sure to appeal to all of our attendees interests and advocacy efforts. Highlighted speakers include: opening dinner keynote speaker U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=ah8attcab&et=1104620080710&s=7584&...]; opening general session keynotes Janette Sadik-Khan [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=ah8attcab&et=1104620080710&s=7584&...], Commissioner of the New York City, Department of Transportation, Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=ah8attcab&et=1104620080710&s=7584&...] and U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary, Ken Salazar [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=ah8attcab&et=1104620080710&s=7584&...]; luncheon Keynote Robin Schepper, Executive Director, First Lady's Let's Move Campaign [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=ah8attcab&et=1104620080710&s=7584&...]. Additionally, the agenda is packed with 18 breakout sessions for you to choose from. Check out the online program [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=ah8attcab&et=1104620080710&s=7584&...] for a detailed schedule. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
What to Know Before You Go - Policy Edition The upcoming March 2, 4pm EST webinar What to Know Before you Go - the Policy Edition is your last opportunity before the Summit to become familiar with key policy issues that will be discussed in your Congressional meetings. The webinar will cover issues for the 112th Congress, as well as effective messaging that will resonate with both new and returning members of Congress. Webinar: What to Know Before You Go - Policy Edition March 2, 4pm EST Register here [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=ah8attcab&et=1104620080710&s=7584&...]. Download the last webinar [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=ah8attcab&et=1104620080710&s=7584&...]: What to Know Before you go - Preparation ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Bring Photos to Illustrate Local Projects If you have been involved with local projects funded by Transportation Enhancements, Safe Routes to School or a Recreational Trails Program, please bring your photos to the Summit. These photos will help tell the story of the impact these programs have in your community. If you have questions, e-mail Walter Finch [mailto:walter@bikeleague.org]. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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