 Hey there, my name is Leigh DeFourth and I'm the Comprehensive Planner for the City of Columbia and I'm here to talk to you today about Bike Month. So in case you weren't already aware, May in the City of Columbia and throughout the nation is National Bike Month and we have a number of ways that we celebrate each year. This year we're really excited there are a lot of great events and opportunities to engage around biking in Columbia and first event I'd like to mention is our Open Streets of Columbia event. Earl Wood, Elwood Park and the North Columbia Business Association are partnering to bring Open Streets back to Columbia. This is something that our Bicycle Pedestrian Advisory Committee has been working with them on and has hosted in prior years and we're excited to see that come to fruition in Earl Wood and Elwood neighborhoods. We also invite you to join us on May 3rd when Council will be providing the proclamation, the official proclamation for National Bike Month to be celebrated in the City of Columbia. Ride to Work Day which you may have participated in in the past will be on Friday May 20th and folks can gather with a group or ride themselves and meet at the State House at 8.30 in the morning and then we'll ride down to City Hall together as a group so that's a great way to kind of meet your fellow bike commuters and maybe commit that week which is Bike to Work Week and that day to really making sure that you're biking instead of driving or taking another means of transportation so that's a great way to celebrate. There are also ways to build your knowledge around biking in Columbia. We'll be hosting our monthly BPAC Bike Pedestrian Advisory Committee meeting as well as Out Spoken Bicycles is kindly hosting a basic bike maintenance program along with some traffic safety skills so that's exciting. There are also opportunities to take part in many of the group rides around Columbia. There are a number of community organizations, bike shops and just general avid cyclists that are that host regular bike rides and so if you haven't taken taken a part in those in the past and are interested we've got a list of those on our website as well. You can also take on a challenge so during Bike Month there are a couple opportunities either to go out for a mountain bike race, try something else new, maybe a new trail system and then also helping Harveston State Forest maintain their trail network which is which is highly used by our off-road mountain bikers here in Columbia so that's a great way to give back and to engage. You can find out more about all these events and others by checking out our website. That website is columbiacompus.org slash celebrate may and there you can also sign up for our Walk Bike Columbia e-newsletter so that's a great way to kind of stay informed. We send out monthly e-blasts to give you more information about how you can stay engaged in walking and biking efforts in Columbia and just another plug it is also National Historic Preservation Month so there are some ways that you can celebrate both months at once and those those events tied to historic preservation in Columbia are also on that website as well.