Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Spokes, Etc awarded Silver Bicycle Friendly Business
Yesterday the League of American Bicyclists announced the latest batch of Bicycle Friendly Businesses around the country. Congratulations to Spokes, Etc for being recognized as a Silver Bicycle Friendly Business! Spokes is locally owned with five stores in Northern Virginia, including two in Fairfax County. Spokes has been a supporter of FABB for many years.Labels: bicycle friendly business, spokes etc.
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Reston company named Bicycle Friendly Business
Kittelson & Associates, a Reston transportation consulting company, was named a Bicycle Friendly Business (Honorable Mention) by the League of American Bicyclists. The company is located adjacent to the Wiehle Ave Metro Station, not far from the W&OD Trail. Congratulations to Kittelson & Associates!Other Fairfax County businesses that have been designated as Bicycle Friendly Businesses include The Bike Lane (Silver), National Wildlife Federation (Bronze), and PricewaterhouseCoopers (Honorable Mention).
Hat tip to WashCycle.
Labels: bicycle friendly business, kittelson and associates, reston
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Latest Bicycle Friendly Businesses in Virginia announced
At last week's National Bike Summit the League of American Bicyclists announced the latest list of Bicycle Friendly Businesses in Virginia. Congratulations to the following businesses, and a special congratulations to Revolution Cycles City Hub for receiving the Gold award:Name of Business | Award | City |
Revolution Cycles City Hub | Gold | Arlington |
Revolution Cycles, Stafford | Silver | Stafford |
Blue Wheel Bicycles | Bronze | Charlottesville |
Paramount Group, Inc. | Bronze | Arlington |
Consumer Electronics Association | Honorable Mention | Arlington |
See the full list of Virginia's Bicycle Friendly Businesses (pdf). There are two Bicycle Friendly Businesses in Fairfax County, The Bike Lane in Reston and Burke (Silver), and PricewaterhouseCoopers-Mclean (Honorable Mention).
Labels: bicycle friendly business
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
WABA awarded Gold Bike Friendly Business award
Congratulations to WABA for leading the way and becoming a Gold Bike Friendly Business:This morning at Interbike in Las Vegas, the League of American Bicyclists awarded WABA a Gold Bike Friendly Business award. These awards are given out twice per year, and the Fall 2010 award class includes one platinum, three golds, twenty-seven silvers and thirty-one bronzes. We’re extremely proud to be recognized by the League for all of our hard work and we want to congratulate all the other awardees-especially our fellow DC-area recipients!
Labels: bicycle friendly business, waba
Saturday, March 7, 2009
LAB announces 2009 Bicycle Friendly Business winners
The League of American Bicyclists (LAB) announced the latest winners of the Bicycle Friendly Business award, one of which is from Virginia, Big Wheel Bicycles in Charlottesville (Bronze). Other DC area winners were Toole Design Group in Hyattsville (Silver), and World Bank Group (bronze). Here's more from the March 4 LAB press release:The League of American Bicyclists is proud to announce 34 new Bicycle Friendly Business award winners which includes our first platinum designations to New Belgium Brewing Company in Fort Collins, Colo. and Bike Gallery of Portland Ore. This is the second time BFB winners have been announced since the program's inception in 2008 when the League announced the first 13 designees. "We're delighted to highlight these great companies and the ways in which they are getting more people on bikes," stated League President Andy Clarke. "In today's challenging economic climate, businesses with healthy, happy and productive employees are going to be the most competitive and the most sustainable - the Bicycle Friendly Business program recognizes some of the best examples of this in practice."
Hat tip to Biking Bis.
Labels: bicycle friendly business, lab