MMBA: Fall Skills Clinic Success
October 14, 2024Michigan Mountain Bike Alliance (MMBA)’s FUNdamental Mountain Biking (MTB) Skills Clinics returned this month for a weekend at Addison Oaks on October 12-13. The weekend was a huge success! Saturday’s signature clinic covered essential foundational MTB skills, while Sunday’s clinic focused on cornering techniques. We had a great group of riders of all levels come out...
Read moreConnecting at the Michigan Outdoor Summit
October 11, 2024Membership & Development Director, Nicky Bates, and Events Director, Neal Glazebrook, attended the Michigan Outdoor Summit in Traverse City on October 9-10. Celebrating Michigan’s outdoor culture, the Summit gathers businesses and organizations from all sectors of the outdoor economy to connect, learn, grow, and collaboratively build a vision for the future of Michigan’s...
Read moreLMB Joins the MEC EcoSystems Conference
October 10, 2024On October 6-7, LMB’s Development and Membership Director, Nicky Bates attended the Michigan Environmental Council’s (MEC) ECOsystems Conference, held at the scenic Crystal Mountain Resort. This exclusive, immersive event brought together professionals from MEC’s member organizations to collaborate, learn, and grow in areas such as policy, communications, engagement, development, and...
Read moreBuilding Bikes, Building Leaders: Leadership Oakland’s Cornerstone Retreat
September 25, 2024We are thrilled to share that LMB’s Data Analyst, Anu Jawanda, was accepted into the prestigious Leadership Oakland Cornerstone Program earlier this year. The Leadership Oakland Cornerstone Program is a competitive, 9-month initiative that brings together 50 emerging leaders to explore and address key issues affecting the Oakland County region. Participants engage in monthly, in-depth sessions covering...
Read moreAudit Insights for Safer Streets
September 25, 2024Our MI Healthy Climate Corps member, Joanie Towarnicky, has been hard at work conducting bike audits across Michigan with the help of 55 volunteers, using the AARP Bike Audit Tool Kit to identify areas for improvement to make our roads safer for cyclists. Last month, we shared a ‘win’ in Saginaw Township, where MDOT responded...
Read moreAdvertise in the 2025 Ride Calendar
September 16, 2024LMB’s Michigan Ride Calendar is your chance to reach over 30,000 cyclists. This annual publication showcases hundreds of cycling events statewide and is distributed through bike shops, Welcome Centers, Visitor Bureaus, and more. Plus, it’s mailed to LMB members and available digitally. (Check out the 2024 Ride Calendar to see why this is the go-to resource for reaching thousands of cyclists.) Thanks to...
Read moreCongrats 2024 Trailblazing Grant Recipients!
August 29, 2024We are thrilled to announce the recipients of our first-ever Trailblazing Grants for 2024! Congratulations to the following outstanding organizations: Swedetown Trails Northern Michigan Mountain Biking Association (NMMBA) Noquemanon Trails Network Council (NTN) Motor City Mountain Biking Association (MCMBA) Munising Bay Trail Network (MBTN) Mid-Michigan Mountain Biking Association (MMMBA) These grants are designed to...
Read moreLight Love Success: Brightening Rides in Chocolay
August 26, 2024Launched in 2023 with support from the Michigan Office of Highway Safety Planning (OHSP) and the DALMAC Fund, our Light Love program is lighting up Michigan’s roads and trails. Through this initiative, LMB distributes bike light sets and educational materials on the benefits of active lighting for both bicyclists and pedestrians, helping those in...
Read moreThe Next Mile: Where We’re Going After the Election
August 26, 2024“Where do we go from here?” 2024 is an election year. No matter who you’re planning to vote for or who comes out ahead, the landscape will look different next year. LMB is a “bikepartisan” 501(c)(3) organization, and we don’t take sides in electoral politics. We do hope for elected leaders who support...
Read moreLMB’s Light Love Program Illuminates Kalamazoo
August 8, 2024This summer, the League of Michigan Bicyclist (LMB)’s Light Love Program (funded through the Michigan Office of Highway Safety Planning and support from the DALMAC Fund) lit up the streets of Kalamazoo in more ways than one. This initiative, dedicated to providing bike lights to underserved communities across Michigan, recently made a significant impact in the City...
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