Shawnee, KS, receives LAB Bicycle-Friendly Community award
Submitted by Brent Hugh on Tue, 07/19/2005 - 5:50pm
According to a Kansas City Star article:
However, Springfield, MO, recently was awarded Honorable Mention in the LAB's Bicycle Friendly Community program--indicating that within a year or two, Springfield may receive the Bicycle Friendly Community designation.
Bicyclists seem to love Shawnee.Shawnee, a city in the Kansas City metropolitan area, is currently the only city in Kansas or Missouri to receive the LAB "Bicycle Friendly Community" designation.
“There’s hardly a time when you don’t pass someone on a bike,” said Neil Holman, director of the Shawnee Parks and Recreation Department
And recently Shawnee was recognized for loving bicyclists back.
For the second time, the city has been designated a bicycle-friendly community by the League of American Bicyclists.
However, Springfield, MO, recently was awarded Honorable Mention in the LAB's Bicycle Friendly Community program--indicating that within a year or two, Springfield may receive the Bicycle Friendly Community designation.
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