NELA : Neighborhood Bike Ambassadors Program

By Damien Newton
Sep 17, 2012

Neighborhood Bike Ambassador Program East Meeting Coming Up

If you want to make your City of Los Angeles neighborhood a better place to ride, join our Neighborhood Bike Ambassador program! The Neighborhood Bike Ambassador program is a new way for LACBC members & volunteers to work on neighborhood-scale projects and organize local support for bike projects and LACBC campaigns in the City of Los Angeles.

We have 5 different regions for the NBA program: Eastside/Northeast LA, Central LA, South LA, the Westside, and the Valley. The Valley, West, South, and Central meetings have already happened (you can read up on the South LA meeting on LA Streetsblog), but the East meeting is still coming up. Join us!

East Meeting
When: Thursday, September 20; 7 PM
Where: The Flying Pigeon – 3404 N. Figueroa St., 90065

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