Tag: elizabeth kiker

November 10, 2016

Elizabeth Kiker resigns as Executive Director of Cascade and WA Bikes

Elizabeth Kiker has submitted her resignation as Executive Director of Cascade Bicycle Club and Washington Bikes. Her last day will be December 31. “I’m proud of all that has been accomplished during my time at Cascade and Washington Bikes,” said Elizabeth in a prepared statement from Cascade (posted in full below). “We have talented and…
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tagged: cascade bicycle club, elizabeth kiker, washington bikes
September 19, 2016

The Westlake Bikeway is officially open, and it was worth the compromises

The Westlake Bikeway officially opened Thursday, finally creating a flat and separated bike route from the Ship Canal to the city center. “This project is really going to make this corridor safer and more predictable for everyone,” SDOT Director Scott Kubly told the crow gathered in Lake Union Park at the south end of the…
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tagged: ed murray, elizabeth kiker, mike o’brien, scott kubly, tom rasmussen, westlake, westlake cycle track, westlake lawsuit
December 9, 2015

Cascade Bicycle Club and WA Bikes merge, form nation’s largest statewide bike advocacy organization

Washington State now has the largest statewide advocacy organization in the nation. The Boards of Cascade Bicycle Club and Washington Bikes voted Tuesday to merge the two organizations, following months of negotiations and member outreach by both groups (see our previous story for background). The reworked organization will now have two arms operating under one…
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tagged: barb chamberlain, bicycle alliance of washington, blake trask, cascade bicycle club, elizabeth kiker, washington bikes
November 13, 2015

WA Bikes/Cascade merger still on track

Work to combine Cascade Bicycle Club and Washington Bikes is still on track and moving forward, according to a WA Bikes update. We reported on the proposed merger back in August, and both organizations’ boards have since adopted a nonbinding resolution to negotiate a merger plan. The WA Bikes Board plans to vote on the…
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tagged: 501(c)(3), 501(c)(4), barb chamberlain, blake trask, cascade bicycle club, elizabeth kiker, washington bikes
August 24, 2015

WA Bikes and Cascade Bicycle Club considering merger

Washington Bikes may dissolve its current organization and join forces with a restructured Cascade Bicycle Club by the end of the year. Under the initial plan for combining organizations, “relevant” WA Bikes staff would join the newly reworked organization and WA Bikes members would become Cascade Bicycle Club members (as many already are). Cascade Bicycle…
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tagged: barb chamberlain, blake trask, cascade bicycle club, elizabeth kiker, jeff aken, washington bikes
March 4, 2015

Will Cascade ditch election advocacy? Members and the Board will decide this month

Cascade Bicycle Club members will gather twice in the next week to discuss a proposal from the Board of Directors to end direct candidate election advocacy. As we have reported previously, the club is considering moving to a non-profit charity model, which prohibits them from directly funding or assisting political candidates (Full disclosure: My fiancé…
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tagged: 501(c)(3), 501(c)(4), cascade bicycle club, chuck ayers, elizabeth kiker, save cascade