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Santa Monica Talks, Learn what’s happening in our City

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Santa Monica Talks 2014

From the City of Santa Monica

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We invite you to you get involved. Find out what is happening and what is planned in our vibrant city. If you have questions, here is where you can get them answered!
Protected bike lanes? Equitable enforcement policies? Adopt Complete Street policy? What do you want to see?

Santa Monica Talks is for people who live and work in Santa Monica and want to learn about the city and our community. The same information is presented at each event  and all events are free so you can pick the date most convenient for you. Local restaurants will provide delicious food and drinks for you to enjoy as you learn about city initiatives and mingle and meet  your neighbors City staff and management.

Retiring City Manager Rod Gould will talk about city services and Santa Monica’s future. City staff will be on hand to answer questions.

Information is the same at each of the three events. Come to whichever event works best for you.  


View Santa Monica Talks events: http://www.eventbrite.com/o/city-managers-office-7495597451
Have questions about Santa Monica Talks? Contact City Manager’s Office

CalBike Handlebar Happy Hour Sunday November 2nd!

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Handlebar Happy Hour
to welcome California Bicycle Coalition Surf ‘n Turf ride to Santa Monica, and to highlight and honor our local leaders and superstars.

Event is free but please RSVP,
Donations are welcomed!

Handlebar Happy Hour

Day:      Sunday
Date:    November 2nd
Time:   4:00PM – 6:30:pm
Place:   Private courtyard at 1640 5th Street
RSVP: HERE

Local Chapter Santa Monica Spoke leads this months LACBC Sunday Funday Ride that will begin at the top of the Santa Monica Pier early Sunday morning. They will roll out at 9am to ride north on PCH to meet up with the CalBike Surf ‘n Turf tour at Nicolas Canyon Beach Park for lunch. After which the whole group will ride back to Santa Monica together!CalBike-surf-n-turf-Trace-alternate-w-tagline-259x300

Surf ‘n Turf is California Bicycle Coalition’s inaugural fundraising bike tour. It will embark this Saturday morning to raise awareness and funds for the Better Bikeways Campaign, increased funding and improved design for bikeways in California, and the Give Me 3 campaign. As the tour bikes down the coast they will meet up with affiliate organizations along the way to highlight local advocates, campaigns and successes with a variety of events celebrating those leading the momentum.

The tour leaves from Santa Barbara Saturday, November 1st and arrives in San Diego Wednesday, November 5th. Sunday afternoon, November 2nd the group arrives and stays in Santa Monica for the night! In collaboration with local partners, Santa Monica Spoke will host a Handlebar Happy Hour for Calbike to welcome the tour and introduce them to some of LACBC’s local and countywide victories and campaigns, and to honor bicycle and sustainable transportation advocates and superstars!

Last Weeks of the National Bike Challenge! You can still JOIN US!

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Hello Team Bike Santa Monica!
This is it, we’re nearing the end of the 5 month long National Bike Challenge!
You can still join the team. Currently our Community Team Bike Santa Monica

  • Ranking 13th Nationally
  • We have accumulated 215,937 Points 
  • Together we have ridden over 87,597 miles

SAVE THESE DATES:
Handlebar Happy Hour next Wednesday
Closing Handlebar Happy Hour Party September 30th
Details coming asap!

NATIONALLY —

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Get your miles logged by the end of the month to be eligible for a September prize. If you reach the Diamond or Platinum level you’ll be entered to win the grand prize: A 4-Day North American Trek Travel trip!
Join team Bike Santa Monica and Log your September miles here  to Make Every Mile Count!

Tuesday, September 30, at midnight CT will be the last time you can record your miles for the month and have them count for the prize drawing. Anything after that will go into the overall tally.

A couple key things to remember when logging miles:1. Miles MUST be assigned to the day you rode them. (No logging one large monthly total. Why?  Because the point system considers the number of days ridden for a given month, as well.)

2. To log miles from past days:

  • Login to your account at nationalbikechallenge.org
  • Click on the red “Log Miles” banner on the home page
  • Click on the calendar view in the right hand corner of the logging window
  • Click on the day you want to add miles
  • Enter your total miles for that day in Transport or Sport/Fun
  • Click “Update Miles”
  • Repeat for the other days you rode

And with over 650 prizes already awarded, we’re upping the ante for the final month of the Challenge. We’ll have more  National Bike Challenge socks, Aero Tech Designs bike shorts, 3M sunglasses, Luna Bars, Bellwether gloves, Resource Revival key chains,  Planet Bike bike lights, Cat-Ears, Canari clothing and more!Click here to see all of the great stuff you can win just by logging your miles.

Click here to share the fun of the National Bike Challenge with family and friends.

NBC* Handlebar Happy Hour at Pono Burger this Monday!

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National Bike Challenge
Handlebar Happy Hour:
Logging Miles over Smiles –
Everyone welcome!!

Monday, June 30th
5:00pm – 7:00pm
Pono Burger: 829 Broadway

Join us, team BIKE SANTA MONICA and our fabulous community partners for a fun social evening and log miles over smiles! All are invited!
Our friends at Pono Burger are supporting us with complimentary organic russet and sweet potato fries, and delicious lemonade!
Also available – order from their gourmet burger (veggie options) and salad menu, plus draft beer selections – YUM!

You can log miles for all this month up until the last day of June!

Join the fun and help us compete nationally as we continue to build the local momentum in the *National Bike Challenge! We’ll be there along with team members from Santa Monica Bike Center and SM City staff to answer question, help you enroll or help log your miles.
Giveaways and Prizes!

At this June Handlebar Happy Hour we will have a prize giveaway for all who attend. In addition, 4 randomly selected team riders* will win 4 awesome prizes (*minimum Bronze Level, 250 pts logged)! Winners can choose a $25 gift card to Pono Burger, Areal Restaurant, The Misfit Restaurant, or Co-opportunity! Team prize winners names will be drawn and sent out Monday! You don’t need to be present to win, but first to arrive get first choice from the team drawing prizes!  Must be present to win random prizes!
We will have a computer available for you to join and log miles! You have until the end of June to log miles ridden retroactive back to the 1st of the month!! Every mile counts!

Join team BIKE SANTA MONICA and help bring together our local biking community, become involved and take part in our growing local bike culture!
Join the Challenge – Ride with us!

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The National Bike Challenge is a nationwide event uniting thousands of current bicyclists — and encouraging countless new riders. The goal is to unite 50k riders and log 30 million miles by September 30th! Current tally is 41k riders for 8,742,762! We can do it!  In its simplest form it is a logging center for users to record miles ridden and be part of the national community of bicyclists. It is a free and easy way to challenge yourself, colleagues and the greater community to ride more. Win prizes from our local partners and great prizes from the National Challenge!

Memorial Park Neighborhood Plan Workshop

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Community Workshop: Memorial Park Neighborhood Plan

The City of Santa Monica invites you to attend COMMUNITY WORKSHOP #2 for the Memorial Park Neighborhood Plan. Share your ideas about the area around the future 17th Street Expo Light Rail Station and Memorial Park. Amount some of the important items that will be discussed are the potential neighborhood uses, open space, parking, circulation.

DATE:        Thursday, January 16tH
TIME:        6:30PM – 9:30PM
WHERE:    Civic Center, East Wing, 1855 Main Street, Santa Monica

Participate now by taking a short survey at: click here for survey 
Or copy and paste this linkL  http://www.memorialparkplan.net

Help create great walkable bikeable communities that support active & public transportation
Let’s get ready for the EXPO light rail!

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