Cycling News
Request for Proposals: The JRCF 2025 Community Grants funding cycle is accepting proposals through April 1, 2025
Proposals for the 2025 Community Grants program are being accepted through April 1, 2025. Projects that promote bicycling as a safe and health form of recreation and transportation at the grassroot community level have the highest probability of funding.
Download a copy of the JRCF Grant Application following this link.
2024 Community Grants Awarded
The Jeff Roth Cycling Foundation is pleased to announce the recipients of the Community Challenge Grant Awards for the 2024 funding cycle
Middle TN Veloteers Promote STR License Plate
Our friend Bill Anderson and the Middle TN Veloteers promoted the STR license plate recently in the Bike Ride across Wilson County @ the TN State Fair and The Elk River Valley 100 during the Labor Day Weekend. Thanks for your Efforts. Ride Fast, Live Slow and always keep the rubber side down.
Smart Cycling Traffic Skills Courses (2024)
The Jeff Roth Cycling Foundation is offering Smart Cycling instruction at the Blount County Library on these dates in 2024.
Sept 21, 2024
Register now for the September 2024 course
2024 League Cycling Instructor Seminar (Registration closed)
Save the Date: The JRCF 2024 League Cycling Instructor Seminar at Henry Horton State Park has been scheduled for September 27-29, 2024
Chapel Hill TN 2024 LCI Seminar
2024 Community Grants Awarded
The Jeff Roth Cycling Foundation is pleased to announce the recipients of the Community Challenge Grant Awards for the 2024 funding cycle. Each year proposals are solicited state-wide from local bicycle clubs and community bicycle programs to fund projects that promote bicycling as a safe and health form of recreation and transportation. This year Grant Awards totaling $6, 700 were awarded to the following organizations:
1. Bike Walk Cleveland TN, “to support a Bike Maintenance Camp and safety classes for youth and adult riders”.
2. Bike Walk Knoxville TN, "to support bicycle education programming"
3. East Tennessee Epilepsy Foundation "to support purchase and distribution of youth bicycle helmets"
4. Two Bikes (Knoxville TN), "to support community-wide bike rodeos for promotion of safe cycling for youth".
5. Bike Walk Franklin, TN, "to support community-wide bike rodeos for promotion of safe cycling for youth".
The Jeff Roth Cycling Foundation’s Community Challenge Grant Program is funded by proceeds from the Tennessee Share the Road license plate and supports the Foundation’s mission to promote bicycling as a safe and healthy form of recreation and transportation.
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