by Matt Burkey | Jun 10, 2021
Iowa Safe Routes to School was in Iowa City collaborating with Iowa City Park & Recreation for their first annual Pedal Power Event. Pedal Power was a kid specific and family friendly event on May 23rd at the Terry Trueblood Recreation Center. Kids and volunteers...
by Matt Burkey | May 26, 2021
Stanton Iowa first caught Iowa Safe Routes to School attention when we were looking at communities that had trail systems for an idea we had for the annual Iowa Safe Routes to School Conference. What caught our attention was that Stanton is a town of just shy of 700...
by Matt Burkey | May 25, 2021
Brenda Vavroch the Iowa Safe Routes to School Coordinator at INRCOG wrote the following blog about her trip to help support the Independence Iowa and their Bike Safety Day. Independence, Iowa has a long history of building strong, safe and independent bike riders....
by Matt Burkey | May 25, 2021
Iowa Safe Routes to School first bike rodeo in two years was on 4.28.2021 in Spirit Lake. We were super excited to be out educating Iowa’s kids on how to safely ride their bike. The event was all afternoon and the kids had a blast. The local Kiwanis club...
by Matt Burkey | May 25, 2021
Le Mars is the Ice Cream Capital of the World and pretty great cycling community. When the Plymouth County Cyclists (PCC) asked Iowa Safe Routes to help co-host a bike rodeo we were excited. We were going educate kids on safe riding AND get ice cream! On 5.13.2021...
by Matt Burkey | May 25, 2021
Iowa Safe Routes to School headed to Fairfield for two days of bike fun! On 5.5.2021 we went and helped local volunteers do a helmet fitting event for the 60 kids in the after school program. The after school program was divided into three groups. While one group the...
