Routt County Riders nonprofit receives grant to focus on biker safety
Tom Skulski/Steamboat Pilot & Today
Routt County Riders, a local nonprofit focused on the cycling community, received a $50,000 Impact Grant from the Yampa Valley Medical Center Foundation’s Community Health Benefit Fund to emphasize safety for bikers.
In July 2024, the Steamboat Pilot & Today posted results from an informal poll that asked respondents whether or not they felt comfortable navigating local roads by bike. Seventy percent of respondents said they do not feel safe doing so.
Routt County Riders recently highlighted bike safety education as a key for the organization’s three-year Strategic Plan. The grant money will help widen that reach.
“Our desire to extend these public safety education initiatives has reached a point of really great synergy with the Community Health Benefit Fund,” said Laraine Martin, executive director of RCR. “We are looking forward to building upon our existing programs to reach more individuals who desire safer cycling opportunities in the Yampa Valley.”
“This grant will help to expand and improve these programs and fund creation and dissemination of highly visible public assets that will help to deliver key messages to commuters, cyclists and all road users,” said Martin.
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