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Press ReleaseJune 3, 2007 Contact: On Go Greenbelt! Bay Area Bike Tour, Riders Enjoy the Scenery and Save It Too 2007 Will Be Grassroots Ride's 18th Year San Francisco—Across the Bay from the Marin headlands—a landscape protected by an earlier generation of Bay Area citizens—brightly clad bicyclists get ready for their ride to save open space. It's early on a Sunday morning, but the riders are ready; they have been preparing for this for months. They will be spending the next week riding roughly 70 miles a day on a 480-mile bike ride through the nine Bay Area counties on Greenbelt Alliance's 18th annual Go Greenbelt! bike tour."On Go Greenbelt!, we get to experience the Bay Area's incredible scenery firsthand—the redwoods, the rolling hills, the farmlands. But the best part is that we're helping to save the lands we ride through," said rider Steve Van Landingham; this will be his 11th year doing the ride. "As we ride, we get a real sense of the threat," Van Landingham added. "People might think these battles are over, but there are always signs popping up along back roads, advertising new subdivisions that will replace orchards. Theres still a lot of rural countryside in the Bay Area, and that's what's at stake here." Every year the riders set out on this grassroots regional bike tour, staying at churches and campgrounds, seeing firsthand the threats to Bay Area landscapes, and raising funds and awareness as they go. There are excellent press opportunities along the way, including: Sunday, June 3, 8:45 a.m.: Fort Mason, San Francisco The ride begins against the majestic backdrop of the Golden Gate Bridge, the Bay, and the Marin headlands. Friday, June 8, 8:30 a.m.: Inner courtyard, City Hall, 100 Santa Rosa Avenue (at 1st Street), Santa Rosa Riders join local community leaders to encourage a plan for Santa Rosa's Railroad Square that will create a new neighborhood that is bike-friendly and walkable, with affordable homes and green buildings. Greenbelt Alliance (www.greenbelt.org) works throughout the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area to protect open space and make the region's cities better places to live. ### Visuals: 40+ bicycle riders in matching jerseys against scenic natural backdrops. ### For 50 years, Greenbelt Alliance has been the San Francisco Bay Area's advocate for open spaces and vibrant places, with offices in San Francisco, San Jose, Walnut Creek, Fairfield, and Santa Rosa. www.greenbelt.org For more information on Go Greenbelt!, visit www.gogreenbelt.org.
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