As bikes become a bigger part of normal life for people at Hacienda CDC in Northeast Portland, there’s a shortage of something that holiday charity bike drives seldom offer: bike trailers.
The CCC is preparing to launch a fee-for-service job training operation that could give underprivileged Portlanders a ladder into Portland’s rapidly expanding bike industry.
Here’s what Tetteh told us about his early days BMXing in Portland and the way race fits into local biking.
CCC CEO Mychal Tetteh. The non-profit Community Cycling Center has announced that Mychal Tetteh will be their new CEO. Tetteh takes over from former executive director Alison Graves, who left the organization back in March. Tetteh is a familiar face in the community and at the Community Cycling Center. He worked at the CCC for … Read more
The New Columbia skills park directly servesthe development’s 2500 residents.(Photo: Community Cycling Center) The residents of North Portland’s public, mixed-income housing development New Columbia now have one of the city’s handful of bike skills parks in their backyard. Enhanced with paths, wood ramps, a berm and a bicycle teeter-totter, the park at the corner of … Read more
Looking good. Construction should be done by the end of this month.(Photos: Community Cycling Center) The Community Cycling Center is currently hard at work building berms, ramps and other details of a Bike Skills Park in the New Columbia neighborhood. The project was funded through a $15,500 grant from the Portland Development Commission. The CCC’s … Read more
It was a packed out for the 2nd annual Transportation Trivia fundraiser last night. (Photo: Mary Nichols) Portland is full of transportation wonks (a.k.a. geeks or nerds) and last night it seemed like nearly every one of them was packed into the Radio Room. The event that brought them all together was Transportation Trivia Night, … Read more
Alison Graves at the 2010 Oregon Bike Summit.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortand) Alison Graves announced to staff this morning that she is leaving the non-profit Community Cycling Center. Graves has been with the organization for seven years, serving the last three as executive director. Her last day will be March 14th. Current Deputy Director Anne Lee … Read more
Taking the new rig for a spin.(Photo: Greg Lee) The Community Cycling Center’s annual Holiday Bike Drive took place on Sunday. The event is a cherished tradition here in Portland as it brings together the community in a way that no other event does. Beyond simply giving out free bikes, the CCC carefully chooses recipients … Read more
Community Cycling Center Executive Director Alison Graves speaking at the opening of the Bike Hub in New Columbia yesterday.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)
The Hub as of Sunday.(Photos: Community Cycling Center/Flickr) The Community Cycling Center and their partners are busy in North Portland today putting on the finishing touches to the new “bike hub” coming to the New Columbia neighborhood. The design/build project began just two weeks ago and the big grand opening is slated for tomorrow evening. … Read more
Future home of the Bike Repair Hub! (Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) The Community Cycling Center has finalized their plans to build a ‘Bicycle Repair Hub’ in the New Columbia neighborhood of north Portland. According to a statement released this morning, the CCC will build the facility this month with community-led design charrettes beginning August 20th … Read more