{"id":12616,"date":"2015-04-22T07:44:50","date_gmt":"2015-04-22T14:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/?p=12616"},"modified":"2015-04-22T08:54:36","modified_gmt":"2015-04-22T15:54:36","slug":"new-bicycle-friendly-businesses-washington-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2015\/04\/22\/new-bicycle-friendly-businesses-washington-state\/","title":{"rendered":"New Bicycle-Friendly Businesses in Washington State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to the newly named Bicycle-Friendly Businesses in the #1 Bicycle Friendly State.<\/p>\n<p>Today the League of American Bicyclists released its list of new additions to the list. Notably, <strong>Seattle Children&#8217;s Hospital<\/strong>\u00a0moved up from Gold to receive a Platinum-level Bicycle Friendly Business award.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-12617\" style=\"margin: 10px;\" alt=\"An employee bikes home from Seattle Children's Hospital, a Platinum level Bicycle Friendly Business\" src=\"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Seattle-Childrens-Hospital_bicyclist_cycling_home_from_work-700x466.jpg\" width=\"384\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Seattle-Childrens-Hospital_bicyclist_cycling_home_from_work-700x466.jpg 700w, https:\/\/wabikes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Seattle-Childrens-Hospital_bicyclist_cycling_home_from_work-400x266.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wabikes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Seattle-Childrens-Hospital_bicyclist_cycling_home_from_work.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/>&#8220;Seattle Children&#8217;s has long been at the forefront of sustainable transportation; we pay a daily bonus to incentivize staff to leave their cars at home, provide one of only a few\u00a0on-site staff bicycle service centers in the nation, offer staff access to free commuter bicycles and helped launch Seattle&#8217;s bike share system by serving as its first business sponsor,&#8221; said Jamie Cheney, Seattle Children&#8217;s Transportation Director, in a release from the League. &#8220;We promote bicycling because we believe it is good for the health of our patients, staff, community and the planet. Seattle Children&#8217;s is delighted to be recognized with the League of American Bicyclists&#8217; highest honor, the Platinum-level Bicycle Friendly Business Award.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Businesses of all types and sizes, nonprofit organizations, and government agencies can apply. Newly named Washington businesses range in size from giant Starbucks with 3,500 employees to 4-person firm Conduit Coffee, and from bike rack manufacturer Sportworks in Woodinville to design firm GGLO in Seattle to waste collection\/recycling company Sanitary Service in Bellingham.<\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Newly Named Businesses: Gold\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Sanitary Service Company, Inc. (Main Office), Bellingham<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle<\/li>\n<li>GGLO, Seattle<\/li>\n<li>Novo Nordisk Research Center, Seattle<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Moving Up: Gold<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Anderton Law Office &#8211; Washington Bike Law, Seattle<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Newly Named Businesses: Silver<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sanitary Service Company, Inc. (1001 Roeder Ave.), Bellingham<\/li>\n<li>Allen Institute, Seattle<\/li>\n<li>Starbucks, Seattle<\/li>\n<li>Sportworks Northwest Inc., Woodinville<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Newly \u00a0Named Businesses: Bronze<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Golder Associates, Inc., Redmond<\/li>\n<li>Conduit Coffee Company, Seattle<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The next application cycle deadline is\u00a0<strong>July 15, 2015.\u00a0<\/strong>For more information see <a title=\"Bicycle Friendly Business program, League of American Bicyclists\" href=\"http:\/\/bikeleague.org\/business\" target=\"_blank\">the League&#8217;s Bicycle Friendly Business page.<\/a>\u00a0When you work with these businesses and others on the <a title=\"Bike-Friendly Washington\" href=\"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/growing-bicycling\/resources\/bike-friendly-washington\/\">Washington Bikes list of all Bicycle Friendly Communities, Businesses, and Universities<\/a>, thank them for helping grow bicycling statewide\u00a0in the #1 Bicycle Friendly State.<\/p>\n<p>[Tweet &#8220;Congrats to new @bikeleague Bicycle Friendly Businesses in WA state!&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12629\" alt=\"League of American Bicyclists Bicycle Friendly Business logo\" src=\"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Bicycle-Friendly-Business.jpg\" width=\"398\" height=\"126\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to the newly named Bicycle-Friendly Businesses in the #1 Bicycle Friendly State. 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