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Event
Memphis Tour De Coop
If you have selected a $12 registration fee per person, you will receive an EXCLUSIVE 2015 Tour de Coop t-shirt. This registration must occur before September 1st, 11:59 pm.
If you register for the event after September 1st and would like an Exclusive 2015 Tour de Coop t-shirt, the registration fee is $15 per person (t-shirt).
T-shirts will be available for purchase the day of the event for $20 each.
AFTER REGISTERING Please Email me the answers to these questions.
carole@growmemphis.org
Which Tour are you participating in?
- Family Ride: For riders on two wheels (no training wheels, please). approx. 3-4 miles RT
- Experienced Bicyclist Ride: A longer ride, approx. 10 miles RT
- Walking Tour: Families that would like to walk together including: strollers, wagons, tricycles, balance bikes and bicycles with training wheels. approx. 2.5 miles
What is your t-shirt size?
Adult Small
Adult Medium
Adult Large
Adult XL
About
The 3rd annual Memphis Tour De Coop will take place in the Fall of 2015 with the hope that the success of the event will continue for years to come. This Tour was inspired by our local food movement and growing urban chicken keeping in the City of Memphis. What better way to connect with your neighbors and community than to share information and resources to build the momentum and support for a sustainable local food system. Our City is populated by residents who understand the complexities of our food system and use that knowledge to grow or raise their own food and to support other sustainable growers. Community gardens abound, which reduces blight, rekindles community relationships, and provides healthy food. Farmers markets and restaurants support regional farms. Farming is a viable livelihood and our youth look toward it as a career path. Our food system is supported by local policies that enable and provide space for community and home gardens and sustainable farms. These activities are an intrinsic part of our economic development engine and Memphis is widely known as a community that cares deeply for and produces locally grown or raised food packed with flavor.
We are so excited to partner with Revolutions Bicycle Cooperative for our Tour de Coop this year! Revolutions will be organizing and leading the bicycling rides.
2015 Tour Information
Date: September 26, 2015
Time:
Experienced Bicyclist Ride will begin at 8:30 am at Overton Square in the courtyard.
Family Ride will begin at 10:30 am at Overton Square in the courtyard.
The Walking Tour will begin at 10:30 am at Revolutions Bicycle Cooperative, 1000 South Cooper Street, Memphis, TN 38104
Registration Fee: This event is free and open to the public.
However, a $12 registration fee per person will include an EXCLUSIVE 2015 Tour de Coop t-shirt. *limited supply
A suggested pay what you can registration fee of $10.00 per person to benefit the work of GrowMemphis: The Food Advisory Council, and Revolutions Bicycle Cooperative is greatly appreciated!
Registration will be available August 3rd - September 23rd.
Start and Stop Location for Group Bicycling Tours: Overton Square, 2109 Madison Ave, Memphis, TN 38104
Thanks to the generosity of Loeb Properties, we will start and stop the Tour De Coop at Overton Square! Plenty of room to park, your bike or car, and tons of options for post Tour entertainment and refreshments.
Tour Location:
The Walking Tour - A Walking Tour will be offered this year to accommodate families with small children that would like to bike, roller skate, skip, walk,or shuffle their way through the Cooper-Young Neighborhood stop locations. This is a 2.5-mile round trip Tour and will incorporate a few gardens, beekeeping, and backyard chickens. This Tour will also feature a picture page scavenger hunt for the kids participating with a few more surprises in the works.
The Family Ride- The Family Ride will include the neighborhoods of Midtown, Overton Park, and Evergreen. This 3-4mile round Tour will incorporate gardens, beekeeping, and backyard chickens.
The Experienced Bicyclist Ride will include the neighborhoods of Midtown, Evergreen, Overton Park, Annesdale, and Cooper-Young.
Distance:
Walking Tour: Approximately 2.5 miles round trip
Family Ride : Approximately 3-4 miles round trip
Experienced Ride: Approximately 10 miles round trip
Parking:
Bicycling Tours > Overton Square, 2109 Madison Ave, Memphis, TN 38104
Walking Tour > Revolutions Bicycle Cooperative, 1000 South Cooper Street, Memphis, TN 38104
Map: To protect the privacy of the volunteers homes, the map with the stop locations will be emailed to you Thursday, September 24th. This map will include the address and information of each location. You will also be able to view this information, without the address, on the "Featured Coops, Gardens, and Beehives" page.
Options: 1. You can join us for the GROUP TOUR that will begin at 8:30 am for the Experienced Ride and at 10:30 am for the Family Ride. Each group will be a total of 15 people with volunteers assigned as 1 leader and 1 chaser. This will allow everyone in the group to cross major streets together safely and in a timely manner. The leader and chaser will keep track of the time at each stop so that you will visit all stops. You can choose to stay at the stop location and not continue with the group at any time, the leader and chaser will not count heads but notify the group when it is time to move to the next stop. 2. You can choose to do a self guided tour of the stops. You can visit any of the stops during 8:30 -1:00pm on September 26th.
Weather contingency: The event will take place rain or shine. We will cancel the event for lightening or otherwise dangerous weather. If we suspect that we may have to cancel the event due to weather, we will send an alert email the evening of the 25th and final notice of cancellation through email the morning of the 26th.
Tour Stop: At each garden/coop/hive the volunteer will take 10 minutes to give a presentation and then time for Q&A. You can stay as long as you like at each stop with the consideration that the Tour ends at 1:00pm.
Volunteers: We will have volunteers at each stop to assist you with information and to watch the parked bikes.
Bike racks: We will have a bike rack available at each stop for those that do not have a kickstand. Please do not place your bike against the locations home/fence.
Bathrooms: Bathrooms will be available on the Tour at Overton Square and at Revolutions Bicycle Cooperative. These locations are at opposite ends of the Tour giving participants the option for a bathroom and water break.
Please do not ask to enter anyones home to use their bathroom. Each volunteer has been instructed to not allow the Tour participants to enter their home.
Water: Please bring a water bottle with you during the ride.
As a reminder, you MUST register for the event through the brownpapertickets.com.
Although this event is free to the public, a suggested registration is posted to help fund the Tour. You do not have to pay a fee to register. If you are unable to pay for a registration fee at this time, and would like to register with cash at the event, you will still need to register with brownpapertickets.
We are really excited about this event and as always thank you for your support!!!
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LocationOverton Square - Atrium (View)
2157 Madison Avenue
Memphis, TN 38104
United States
Categories
| Minimum Age: 0 |
| Kid Friendly: Yes! |
| Non-Smoking: No |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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