A letter from EAKC Executive Director Ryan Downey:

Good afternoon:

This is to inform you that the 19th-annual Brownwood Bike Rally is slated to take place on Saturday, September 16, 2023, pending permit approval from the Mayor’s Office of Special Events.

The bike rally is a community and family-oriented cycling and fitness event. As in years past, it will consist of several heats of racing and riding bikes around the north end of Brownwood Park, for kids and adults, as well as a bike rodeo inside the park that promotes kids’ cycling agility skills and safe cycling knowledge. Guests will enjoy youth-oriented activities, a health fair, food vendors, and other fun activities inside the park.

The event this year is planned to take place from 8:00 am to 2:00 pm. The youth and adult bike races and bike safety rodeo will begin at 9:30am and end at 2:00 pm. From 12:30 pm to 2:00 pm, EAKC will give out prizes and awards to all youth and many adult participants.

Participants in the bike rally will be youth ages 5 to 17 and adults of all ages. Some of the heats will consist of competitive racing; others will not. We are requesting road closures on Pendleton St. SE between Gresham Ave. SE and Brownwood Ave. SE, on Portland Ave. SE between Gresham Ave. SE and Brownwood Ave. SE, on Brownwood Ave. SE between Pendleton St. SE and Portland Ave. SE, and on Gresham Ave. SE between Pendleton St. SE and Portland Ave. SE. In short, we are requesting road closures for the streets immediately adjacent to the north side of Brownwood Park from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm as we have in years past. We will notify these affected neighbors both through social channels and through physical flyers placed at their residence and signage on the impacted streets as we have in years past.

We also plan to have a health and fitness fair and a family-friendly festival area at the event. We will have community organizations as well as a few commercial vendors selling food and beverages, as well as some bike shops, cycling groups and other fitness-oriented businesses demonstrating their services.

We hope you will join us in celebrating 19 years of cycling, fitness, and fun at the Brownwood Bike Rally this year! Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns by reaching me via email at rdowney@eastatlantakids.org.

Thank you for your ongoing support and be well! - Ryan