Looking Back at 2021
ArtFeel, November 2021.
As 2021 draws to a close, we're reflecting on our past work and planning for the year ahead.
We hope you'll consider supporting our work with an end-of-year donation. Your donations help us maintain and distribute resources to the community (like our local route maps and information about bike and pedestrian safety), and they help us participate in local events that sometimes require registration. You can make a one-time donation or become a member here: https://donorbox.org/btwc.
Please note that it's a great year to make a donation to a registered nonprofit like ours. Due to recent legislation related to the pandemic, a temporary tax provision allows up to a $300 deduction ($600 married filing jointly) even when taking the standard deduction. This provision expires at the end of this year.
Highlights from 2021
In spite of the ongoing challenges of the pandemic, 2021 was a successful year for us: We managed to make an impact as we promoted the joy and benefits of biking in our beautiful community.
We built connections, with our new friends Recycled Cycles of Texas, at public and private schools across The Woodlands, and with new members. We helped promote Bike Month and Bike to School Day, and we joined The Woodlands Art Council's efforts to create our community's first Art Bike Rack. We also continued to work with our friends at The Woodlands Township Parks and Recreation Department, our key partners on Bike Month and other community activities.
We built community, hosting bicycle safety demos at The Woodlands Township's National Night Out Community Safety Expo and at other community events with Village Associations and local organization Stronger to Serve. We distributed maps of our favorite rides and local trail systems, helping people discover new places to ride. We also braved the rain and rode our bikes in the annual Independence Day Parade!
We served our community, advocating for policy and infrastructure improvements at the local, state, and national level. This included meetings with officials from The Woodlands Township, precinct officials in Montgomery County and Harris County, and members of the Texas congressional delegation in the US House of Representatives and US Senate at the National Bike Summit. We also adopted and regularly cleaned up the stretch of bike path on Gosling Road between Flintridge Drive and Creekside Forest Drive, helping maintain a critical transportation corridor for bicycles and pedestrians.
In 2022, we plan to build a better community through bicycling with a renewed focus on public safety. This means more advocacy for bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure improvements and more educational outreach in the community through events and publications.
Thank you in advance for considering! And thank you for helping us build a better community through bicycling.