Bike Walk Macon celebrates Macon Bike Walk Month each year in May by hosting several free events that celebrate biking and walking. This year will be different than past years as Bike Walk Macon continues following the guidelines of health experts in helping prevent the spread of COVID-19. To help celebrate in a different way, the nonprofit has organized a combination of virtual, small group gatherings, and solo riding and walking events and activities to ensure that community members can still have a fun and impactful month. Some events will take place on specific days, and some allow people to participate at their own leisure.

“This year’s Macon Bike Walk Month is exciting because people have been independently biking and walking throughout the pandemic. Whether you’re riding for fun, fitness, or with family, or taking essential trips to work or shop, you are part of our movement for safer streets, connected communities, and a healthier city”, says Bike Walk Macon engagement coordinator, Koryn Young. “Macon Bike Walk Macon invites people to rediscover our city and reconnect with people on foot or on a bike.”

This year, Bike Walk Macon and other organizations and businesses have organized the following events and activities to help celebrate Macon Bike Walk Month:

• May 2nd - BIPOC Bike Tour: Join U Create Macon for a ride in celebration of the 2021 Pan African Festival. 

• May 5th - Capital to Coast Ride: Join Bike Walk Macon, Bike Tech Macon, and the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety for bike safety instructions followed by a brief morning bike  ride in Downtown Macon.
• May 7th to 9th - Jane's Walk Macon: Jane’s Walk is an annual festival of free, community-led walking conversations inspired by Jane Jacobs. Several community leaders will offer free walking tours across Macon covering a variety of topics. https://www.bikewalkmacon.com/janeswalk
• May 12th- Rolling Town Hall: Bike Walk Macon and our partners are hosting a fun opportunity to interact with our Macon-Bibb County government leaders. Join us for a casual bike ride followed by an outdoor discussion dedicated to walking, biking, and access to transit. 
• Every Friday - Commuter Conversations over Coffee: Join Bike Walk Macon for interesting, engaging, and informative virtual and in-person sessions discussing multimodal transportation - over coffee. Each week we will have a special guest moderator as we chat about all things biking and walking.
• May 28 - Car Free Day: Join the movement to go car-free in Macon on May 28th. Help us reach our goal of 100 Maconites going car-free on May 28th and take the pledge now at https://www.bikewalkmacon.com/carfreeday
• All Month - Bike Drive with U Create Macon: Donate your new/used bikes for youth learning to cycle with U Create Macon. Bikes may be dropped off in Macon at Bike Tech, located at 3003 Vineville Ave., Macon, GA or The Bike Store in Warner Robins, GA.
• Every Saturday - Crank to Coffee: Join the Bike Tech Macon family each Saturday Morning for a fun ride to Z Beans Coffee in Mercer Village.

• June 1 - Mobility Maker Awards and Member Party: We’ll close out Bike Walk Month by celebrating everything we’ve accomplished together in the past six years at the Grand Opera House and then get a special first look at the My Bike Photo Series gallery at The McEachern Arts Center (MAC). Free for all Bike Walk Macon members. 

See www.bikewalkmacon.com/bikewalkmonth for a full list of events and activities. All events are free and open to the public. Follow Bike Walk Macon’s Facebook page for more details. For questions and media inquiries, contact Koryn Young, Engagement Coordinator, at 917-412-4661 or [email protected].