[SDCBC] New Bicycle Coalition office officially open!

[Tom Lettington]

Kathy,

Count on me for the following:
1)  Repair stand
2)  Floor Pump
3)  Computer for volunteers
4)  Documentation to serve as source for project 
database (I think you know what I mean).

      - Tom

At 02:45 PM 9/4/2007, you wrote:
>It’s official.  The San Diego County Bicycle 
>Coalition has opened an office for people to 
>come, meet, work on Coalition business, 
>volunteer, or just hang out. Come by and see us sometime!
>
>The office is located at 740 13th St, Suite 220. 
>(the Art Center Building – corner of 13th and F 
>in downtown San Diego) It’s a security building, 
>so either buzz (number 002) or just yell up to 
>the windows to the right of the doorway – we’ll 
>let you in. We’re sharing space with 
>WalkSanDiego (thanks guys!!) so if you are lucky 
>you’ll get to meet their excellent staff when you come by, too.
>
>There’s no bike parking on the street, yet, but 
>you can bring your bike into the office. There’s 
>a nice big elevator to take it up, so you don’t 
>have to schlep it up the stairs.
>There’s metered car parking on the street in 
>front, and a pay lot at the corner of G and 13th.
>The trolley stops a few blocks away at Park and 
>Market (come east a block and north about two blocks to get to the building).
>
>I’m planning on staffing the office Tuesdays, 
>Wednesdays, and Thursdays, 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 
>p.m. Unless I’m in a meeting or otherwise 
>engaged, I’ll be there. I go to a lot of 
>meetings, so if you want to make sure someone is 
>going to be there, just give me a call.
>
>To inaugurate the space, we’ll be having 
>volunteer night (6:30 p.m. Wednesday, September 
>12) and the Coalition board meeting (7:00 p.m. 
>Wednesday, September 26th) in the office. Feel 
>free to come by early either night to have a bit 
>of a drink and/or a snack and see our new home.
>
>We’re still looking for a couple of things to 
>really spiff up the place and make it so volunteers can come help –
>A computer for volunteers to use
>A storage cabinet
>Some desk chairs
>An upholstered reading chair
>Bicycling related books or reports/information 
>about bicycling, especially in San Diego
>A floor pump and some hand tools for bicyclists who might come to visit
>A radio
>
>We have a library of materials for bicyclists, 
>including newsletters from other organizations 
>around the state and country, books about bike 
>riding, racing, and maintenance, and project 
>plans and reports about projects around the 
>county. Most of the reports and newsletters need 
>to stay in the office, but the books are 
>available to checkout for Bicycle Coalition members.
>
>If you are interested in coming down to the 
>office during the day to volunteer (there’s some 
>serious filing to do, and there’s a project 
>database that needs created and updated, and 
>there’s always research and design work to be 
>done) just let me know and I’ll be happy to arrange times!
>
>Hope to see you soon!
>
>Kathy
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>Kathy Keehan
>Executive Director
>San Diego County Bicycle Coalition
>P.O. Box 34544
>San Diego, CA 92163
>858.487.6063
>execdir at sdcbc.org
>www.sdcbc.org
>