Lansing Bike Co-Op Working to Connect Lansing and MSU Students

Tim Potter, who grew up in Okemos and went to MSU, has been helping to establish a new Lansing Bike Co-Op. The co-op recently held its Spring Launch Party at Basement 414 in Downtown Lansing.

According to excerpts from the article:

Casey McKell, a Lansing resident, helped organize the co-op after a Power Shift Conference last fall, which brought together student activists from across the state. McKell said one of the sessions focused on the idea of bike co-ops and some Lansing community members decided to start one.

McKell said the Lansing Bike Co-op will work to advocate bike-friendly practices and construction in Lansing as well as work to raise awareness about biking events in the area.

“As a part of the U.S. Social Forum, people will be biking from all over the country to come to Detroit for a national summit,” she said. “At least 50 people and maybe more will be passing through Lansing. We’re hosting them in a tent city on the east side of Lansing and will have a knowledge share, a community service project and then bike from there to Detroit together.”

Read the entire article here.