Our newsletter is now online with updates on the Joe Louis Greenway, RiverWalk, Complete Streets, MDOT projects, and much more.
UPDATE: Note that the newsletter says MoGo-A-GoGo is on a Tuesday. November 9th is a Thursday.
Our newsletter is now online with updates on the Joe Louis Greenway, RiverWalk, Complete Streets, MDOT projects, and much more.
UPDATE: Note that the newsletter says MoGo-A-GoGo is on a Tuesday. November 9th is a Thursday.
Job Title: Outreach & Activities Manager, Bikes 4 Employees
Summary: The Detroit Greenways Coalition (DGC) manages the Bikes 4 Employees (B4E) program to distribute new outfitted and high-quality bicycles to Detroit residents, specifically those who rely on them for transportation to work or other daily destinations. In 2020 and 2021, B4E distributed 44 bikes to the employees or clients of partnering businesses, and 45 more to date in 2023. The DGC received grant funding in 2023 for a pilot program that will continue and expand the B4E program in 2024. Through this effort, DGC anticipates another 80 bikes will be distributed in 2024. The B4E Outreach and Activities Manager will be the primary point of contact for bike applicants and recipients, quantifying and optimizing their experiences and maximizing the positive outcomes of the B4E program.
Program Responsibilities and duties:
Serve as the primary contact for B4E applicants & recipients and develop supportive relationships with them to increase the use of the new bicycles for transportation, which includes:
Specific job responsibilities of the Outreach & Activities Manager:
Preferred qualifications:
Expectations:
Compensation:
Reports to: B4E Program Manager
Employment Classification: Part-time, Contract, Exempt
Working conditions and locations: Remote administration work with activities in various locations throughout Detroit.
Physical Requirements related to Job Function: Must be able to lift 32-pound bicycles and maneuver 75-pound electric bicycles.
Organization mission: to create, conserve, and promote greenways and green spaces to connect people, places, and nature.
Diversity and inclusion statement: The Detroit Greenways Coalition recognizes the long-standing and current societal inequities that have their roots in generations of unjust structural barriers, policies, practices, attitudes, language, and cultural messages that have disproportionately impacted many minority groups. This includes people with disabilities who have been denied access to transportation infrastructure through design. This also includes bicycling advocacy and industries designed for and catered to more affluent, experienced bicyclists. We strongly embrace the needs and desires of all trail and bicycle users of all ages and abilities, races, genders, ethnicities, and economic backgrounds.
We strive to make our commitment to diversity, inclusion, and equity evident in our organizational structure and policies, advocacy, programs, outreach activities, communications, and publications, and in the composition of our board of directors, staff, and programming participation.
The Detroit Greenways Coalition is an equal-opportunity employer. We encourage Black, Women, LGBTQ+, and other minority individuals to apply for our open positions.
How to apply: To be considered for the first round of interviews, please email your resume and a statement of interest (no more than 2 pages) with references by 4 pm Eastern Time, Monday, November 27, 2023, to Todd Scott, Executive Director, Detroit Greenways Coalition, at todd@detroitgreenways.org and copy tim@thegreenwayguy.com.
Our October newsletter is now online! Many ribbon cuttings, public meetings, surveys, and more.
By now you’ve likely heard the RiverWalk segment between Mt. Elliott Park and Gabriel Richard Park called the Uniroyal site, but why? Since 1906, a large portion of this property has been used for tire manufacturing, the last company bearing the name Uniroyal.
However, there’s an interesting bicycle history connection with this site.
The first company to manufacture tires at this location was Morgan & Wright. They were the largest bicycle tire manufacturer in the world during the 1890’s and located in Chicago. Shortly after the turn of the century, with the end of the Golden Era of Bicycles and the rise of automotive manufacturing, they moved their operations to Detroit. They continued making bicycle tires but primarily manufactured tires for cars and trucks.
This is another example of how the bicycling industry was the parent of the automotive industry. Bicyclists brought many innovations to transportation, including the first use of pneumatic tires, which the auto industry benefitted from.
Last note: As far as we know, Morgan & Wright have no relationship with the Wright Brothers.
Our monthly newsletter is now online with updates on the Joe Louis Greenway, I-375 replacement, Bikes 4 Employees and much more.
Below are our comments on the draft MDOT 2024-208 Five-Year Transportation Plan. You can submit your own comments before September 8th, 2023.
At first glance, it appeared this five-year plan removed prior MDOT commitments for the Iron Belle Trail/Conner Creek Greenway bridge over I-94. After conversations with the City of Detroit and MDOT, we learned that it wasn’t removed. It was no longer individually identified and had been wrapped into another I-94 phase line item. This is confusing. We ask that MDOT consistently list projects for each five-year plan so the public can more accurately determine what changes exist or do not exist.