Category: press release

Coalition advertisements — watch for them!

Coalition ads will be appearing in the Nov/Dec 2015 issue of Tail Winds magazine, and BikeLife Cities magazine (Tempe / Mesa / and Tucson Fall 2015 editions). Watch for it!

 

The original files are available on our collateral google drive folder:

 

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Phoenix Names Bicycling Coordinator

The Coalition looks forward to working with Joe on enhancing the environment for bicyclists throughout the city of Phoenix:

Date: August 3, 2010

From: Wylie Bearup, PE, PhD
Street Transportation Director
Subject: ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEW PHOENIX BICYCLE COORDINATOR
Effective August 2, 2010, Joe Perez will serve as the official Bicycle Coordinator for the City of Phoenix. Joe is a Traffic Safety Engineer in the Safety and Neighborhood Section of the Street Transportation Department. About half of his time will be devoted to bicycle facility design and planning, coordination of safety campaigns and events, and other bicycle-related activities citywide.
Joe graduated from the College of Engineering from Arizona State University and has worked in Street Transportation since 2007. He has coordinated “Bike to Work” events and has previously served as the Phoenix Bicycle Coordinator from September 2007 to April 2009. He is an avid bicyclist and currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Tempe Bicycle Action Group and is a member of Institute of Transportation Engineers and Coalition of Arizona Bicyclists.
Joe’s office phone number is (602) 534-9529 and his email address is joseph.perez@phoenix.gov.
Addressees:
Kay Diaz, Police Department
Katherine Coles, Planning and Development Services
Mark Glock, Street Transportation Department, DCM
Michael Hammett, Public Information Office
Kini Knudson, Public Transit Department
Rick Naimark, City Manager’s Office
Kathyrn Reichert, Parks and Recreation Department
David Urbinato, Parks and Recreation Department
Tauny Woo, Public Works Department
Phil McNeely, Office of Environmental Programs

Trek Bicycle Corporation joins Coalition of Arizona Bicyclists

April 5, 2010 – Phoenix Arizona – For Immediate Release

Coalition of Arizona Bicyclists’ president, Bob Beane, announced today that Trek Bicycle Corporation has joined the CAzB as a sponsoring business member. Beyond the initial financial contribution of their membership, the Coalition is extremely pleased that Trek is taking a sincere interest in bicycling advocacy at the state and local level through the CAzB. “Trek Territory Manager, Greg DeCori, and I had nearly an hour of meaningful discussions related to the Coalition’s role in Arizona advocacy, our goals, our expanding geographic representation and ways the Trek might assist in our efforts,” said Beane. “Greg is very focused on how he and Trek Bicycle Corporation might partner with us to help expand both individual membership and bike shop membership in order to help provide an ongoing base of financial support for advocacy in Arizona”.

Trek Bicycle Corporation is the leading brand of bicycles in the US , and is headquartered in Waterloo , Wisconsin . Among the other organizations and causes Trek supports are the League of American Bicyclists, IMBA, Safe Routes to School and Bicycle Federation of Wisconsin.

We are pleased to have Trek as a member of the advocacy team in Arizona , and look forward to partnering with Greg and other members of the Trek family in the months and years ahead.

ABOUT THE COALITION

The Coalition of Arizona Bicyclists is an all-volunteer registered 501(c)3 organization that offers education and advocacy for Arizona’s bicyclists. For more information, please visit our website www.cazbike.org