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Bike-a-Bee: Chicago Urban Agriculture's Next Step?

HuffingtonPost.com | Joseph Erbentraut | Posted 01.30.2012

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For one Chicagoan, an ideal community garden means so much more than patches of fruits, vegetables and plants. And Jana Kinsman has set about broadeni...

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Cyclists React To Bike Licensing Proposal

Posted 12.31.2011

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Cyclists across Chicago are reacting strongly to a proposal last week from Ald. Richard Mell (33rd) calling for the licensing of bikes in the city as ...

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Should City's Cyclists Be Licensed To Ride?

Posted 12.27.2011

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Ald. Richard Mell (33rd) confronted Transportation Commissioner Gabe Klein during a budget hearing Wednesday about his frustrations with unsafe cyclin...

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In Bike Lanes, 'Mary Poppins' Gets Wide Berth

Crain's Chicago Business | By: Claire Bushey | Posted 12.14.2011

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Bikers call it the "Mary Poppins Effect." Dottie Brackett, 30, commutes by bike from her home in Roscoe Village to a downtown law office. When she ...

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Crank The Earth: Chicago Duo Starts Crowdsourcing Site For Bike Apparel

Chicago Reader | Cheryl Ross | Posted 05.25.2011

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If T-shirts, then why not bike jerseys? That's what cyclist Sherry Keating thought upon reading an article about the Chicago-based T-shirt company Thr...

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