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Sherry Adams is Sonoma County’s 2021 Bike Champion of the Year. Bay Area transportation officials announced the 2021 Bike Champion of the Year winners, honoring people from each of the region s nine counties for their commitment to bicycling. (Photo courtesy of BayAreaBikes.org via Bay City News Service)
SONOMA COUNTY, CA Cotati resident Sherry Adams saw a need: upon release, most jail inmates lack transportation, a job, possibly even a driver s license. Many lacked vehicles even before their incarceration.
Her vision was to teach classes in bicycle safety, basic maintenance and repairs to local jail inmates, then create a bike shop where inmates could learn bike repair and fix donated bikes that once restored would be given to inmates upon their release.
2021 Bike Champion of the Year Winners Announced
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SAN FRANCISCO, April 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Bay Area Bike to Wherever Days (BTWD) organizers have named the winners of the 2021 Bike Champion of the Year awards. Given to individuals for inspiring bicycling in their Bay Area communities, this award recognizes an individual (or in one case, a whole family) from each of the nine San Francisco Bay Area counties for their commitment to bicycling as the primary mode of transport.
Lionel McNeely, 2021 Bike Champion of the Year Award Winner, Alameda County
The 2021 winners include
Daniel Wood and his triplets – Hazel, Alden, and Malia – from Santa Clara County, who can be seen riding their bikes to and from school each day. According to nominator Sharlene Gee, I am so proud of them for using their own power to get to school on time, in good moods and ready to learn. I ve seen their road skills and awareness rapidly and orga