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                | WRIGHT BIKE SHOP THREATENED In 1892, Orville and Wilbur Wright opened their first of five bicycle shops in Dayton. This was a crucial time in bicycle history, when the safety bicycle (wheels of same size) replaced the ordinary (high wheeler). Orville and Wilbur rented the first floor of the Gem City Ice Cream Company Building at 1005 West Third Street for their first bicycle shop, selling only safety bikes. The City of Dayton now plans to tear down this building, which is on the National Register of Historic Places. Please mark Wednesday, January 25 on your calendars. At 6 pm on that day, the City of Dayton will conduct a public hearing in the Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission (MVRPC) meeting facility at 1100 West Third Street. I hope that you will join us in voicing your thoughts during this hearing! Roane Smothers of the City of Dayton told me this hearing is the beginning of a process aimed to lead to the destruction of the Gem City Ice Cream Building. Minutes of the hearing will be sent to state and federal officials. The City of Dayton must show that they are not planning to destroy an important historic building in order to get state and federal funds to tear down the structure. If this is not an historic building, it is hard to imagine what would qualify as an historic building! We have been working closely with Wright brothers relative Amanda Wright Lane in our effort to save the Wright brothers first bicycle shop. We don’t want to lose another important piece of Dayton history. Please come on January 18! DCC AT ADVENTURE SUMMIT Join us on Friday and Saturday, February 10 and 11 at the Wright State University Student Union Building for Five Rivers MetroParks’ exciting Adventure Summit. Mountain biking pioneer Gary Fisher will speak on Friday night at 8 p.m., then participate in a panel discussion with other mountain bikers on Saturday morning at 8:30 a.m. The Adventure Summit will be filled with excitement from 5 to 9 p.m. on Friday and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday. We will have our DCC display there, signing up new members from among the crowds of outdoors enthusiasts. Share the Road License Plate Available
The plates may be ordered by going to Ohio's OPLATES.com, clicking "special plates", and scrolling to and clicking on "Share the Road." 1000 plates must be sold each year to keep this plate available. For additional information click on Ohio Bicycling Federation |
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