Tomorrow our state legislature will have a hearing on S1276, a bill establish funding for Children’s Walking and Biking Infrastructure Program. This bill would help fund sidewalks near schools, parks and libraries across the state and our friends at Idaho Walk Bike Alliance needs your help showing support!

Nina here. I am usually not one for yearly resolutions, but this year there are a few projects/initiatives and goals I am excited to share with you all, and perhaps inspire you to join me!

When considering Boise Bicycle Project’s mission, before and after working here, I often dwelled on the “social benefits of bicycling”. I struggled to connect the social benefit to our programming; where it was, why it mattered, how we acted upon it. This isn’t to say I was critical of it, rather I knew there was a connection there, and was curious to find it.

Over the weekend, the City of Boise hosted the first year of Boise Kind Day on Saturday, a day of volunteerism and giving back to the community we love! The day saw over 500 volunteers helping weed invasive plants, paint greenbelt railings, and landscaping in our parks. One of those invasive species targeted was…. you guessed it! Goatheads.

Over the weekend of June 7 - 9, Nina, Christa, and I had the privilege of taking the League of American Bicyclists LCI Certification Seminar. The three of us are now League Certified Instructors, and we join Jimmy and Yann as the crew of BBP team members who are LCI certified.