<p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font:12.0px Helvetica;color:#030303"></p><div><font><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Hello everyone, </font></font></div><div><font><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br>
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</font></div><div><font><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Now that the weather is finally warming up, it's a great time to check out the latest Bike Project events around town and get your bike ready for the nice weather. Check out what's going on...</font></font></div>
<div><ul><li><font><b><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><font color="#333399">Members-only hours (DIY hours)</font></font></b><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><font color="#333399"> - due to popular demand, we're expanding open hours for our members who can't make it during regular open hours. These hours are geared towards Bike Project members who don't require considerable staff assistance, since the volunteer staffers will be limited. Mondays 2:00-5:00 pm, Wednesdays 3:00-6:00 pm, Thursdays 3:00-6:00 pm starting March 15th. They will not be held during spring break (week of March 22nd), but will resume Monday, March 29th.</font></font></font></li>
<li><b><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><font color="#CC0000">Opening of the Campus Bike Project! </font></font></b><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><font color="#CC0000">- o</font></font><font><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><font color="#CC0000">ur new on-campus bike repair shop, collaborated with U of I and The Bike Project, is opening </font><span style="text-decoration:underline"><font color="#CC0000">March 12 and 13th</font></span><font color="#CC0000"> (Friday March 12th from 9 am to 3 pm and Saturday, March 13 from 10 am to 3 pm) for the Naturally Illinois Expos </font></font></font><span><font><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:small"><font color="#CC0000">(</font></span></font></font><a href="http://www.inrs.illinois.edu/expo/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:underline"><font><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:small"><font color="#CC0000">http://www.inrs.illinois.edu/</font></span></font><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:small"><font color="#CC0000">expo/</font></span></font></font></span></a><font><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:small"><font color="#CC0000">).</font></span></font></font></span></li>
<ul><li><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><font color="#CC0000">Regular CBP open hours begin Monday, March 29th and will be held Sunday 5-9 pm, Mondays 8 am-12 pm, Tuesdays 6 pm-9 pm, Fridays 12 pm-5 pm</font></font></li>
<li><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:11px"><font><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:small"><font color="#CC0000">Location: southwest corner of the Natural Resources Garage. The space was donated by the Illinois State Geological Survey and the Illinois Natural History Survey, and the conversion of the 10 former garage bays was funded by a $30,000 grant from the Student Sustainability Committee.</font></span></font></font><span style="font:14.0px Charcoal CY"><font><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:small"><font color="#CC0000"> </font></span></font></font></span></span></font></li>
</ul><li><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><b><font color="#333399">Bike Project General Meeting</font></b><font color="#333399"> - March 30th from 6-8 pm. All are welcome to attend. To see what's on the agenda this month, check it out on our wiki page (<a href="http://thebikeproject.wikispaces.com/orgmeet-2010-Mar-30+" target="_blank">http://thebikeproject.wikispaces.com/orgmeet-2010-Mar-30+</a>) - note: agenda will be posted in the coming weeks!</font></font></li>
<li><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><font color="#CC0000">As always, stay updated with the most current Bike Project events at our newly updated website: </font><span style="font-family:arial"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><a href="http://www.thebikeproject.org/" target="_blank"><font color="#CC0000">http://www.thebikeproject.org/</font></a></font></span></font></li>
</ul><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Hope to see all of you at these awesome upcoming events!</font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div>
<font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font></div></div><font><font face="verdana, sans-serif">-- <br>Emma Barnes<br>AmeriCorps State<br>Volunteer Coordinator, The Bike Project<br>Urbana-Champaign, IL<br>
<br>Web: </font><a href="http://www.thebikeproject.org/" target="_blank"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">http://www.thebikeproject.org/</font></a></font><br>
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