Green Drinks | Open Roads Bike Program

402 East Kalamazoo Avenue,Kalamazoo MI 49007

27 June, 2023

Description

Open Roads Bike Program is a non-profit youth development program that seeks to engage and empower youth through bicycles. They provide a variety of repair services for Kalamazoo youth residents, and function as an outlet for used, old, and rusty bikes that may have fallen into disrepair. Open Roads accepts any and all bike donations; they repair and reuse all the bikes and parts possible, while triaging everything else. Join us on Tuesday, June 27 at Old Dog Tavern’s back patio area to hear from Isaac Green, executive director of Open Roads Bike Program. Isaac will share where Open Roads is now and how it got here over the past 15 years. He will cover youth involvement, how you as a community member can get involved, and what sustainability looks like for Open Roads. There will also be a bike repair station on site if you want to learn how to make any quick repairs to your bicycle! About the Speaker: Isaac Green is the executive director at Open Roads Bike Program. A seasoned bicycle commuter, Isaac took charge of Open Roads in June 2021. Isaac can be found in-and-around the Vine neighborhood, biking to work, playing with his dogs, and always trying to find new trails to ride. About Green Drinks Kalamazoo Green Drinks Kalamazoo is an informal monthly meetup at a local establishment to highlight and discuss anything under the umbrella of sustainability. We host a lively mix of folks from non-governmental organizations (NGO), academia, government, and business. Everyone invites someone else along, so there is always a different crowd, making Green Drinks an organic, self-organizing network. Come one, come all! About the Sustainable Business Collaborative Powered by Southwest Michigan First Sustainability is at the core of good business. The mission of the Sustainable Business Collaborative is to drive social and environmental sustainability actions through collaboration to foster business success in the Southwest Michigan region. We utilize the MI Healthy Climate Plan to help inform our work.