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The East Bay Bicycle Coalition announced the winners of the 2010 Bike-Friendly Business Award. Calthorpe Associates is the winner in the small non-retail category. “The majority of our work right now is specifically oriented toward climate change,” says Joe DiStefano, principal at Calthorpe, founding firm of Congress For the New Urbanism.Garlynn Woodsong is a senior planner working exclusively on California projects. Both DiStefano and Woodsong are members of EBBC and various trails councils. DiStefano rides with the charmingly outfitted Knackered Tyres club, and is on the board of Liveable Berkeley. Woodsong is a member of Walk Oakland Bike Oakland (WOBO).
42 nominations, 3 winning companies, and lots of accolades to the East Bay's bike-friendly business community
by Terri Saul (from the EBBC website www.ebbc.org)
To list all Bay Area bicycle friendly businesses, one would need to employ a device used by Jack Kerouac – the scroll. Area leaders who care about cycling also tend to care about liveable neighborhoods, being design-minded and creative, and getting things done through grit and gumption. Plans and profits don’t suffer in the process.
