{"id":5455,"date":"2013-11-03T13:26:21","date_gmt":"2013-11-03T21:26:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/?p=5455"},"modified":"2013-12-08T14:50:22","modified_gmt":"2013-12-08T22:50:22","slug":"when-our-work-succeeds-washington-bikes-and-thats-our-new-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2013\/11\/03\/when-our-work-succeeds-washington-bikes-and-thats-our-new-name\/","title":{"rendered":"When Our Work Succeeds, Washington Bikes. And That\u2019s Our New Name!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From our earliest days as an advocacy organization focused on working all around the state we have focused on <strong>one mission: To grow bicycling.<\/strong> Along the way we\u2019ve changed our office location, we\u2019ve changed our programs, and we\u2019ve changed our name. In the early days we were the Northwest Bicycle Federation (NOW Bike); the Bicycle Federation of Washington joined their work to ours and we became the Bicycle Alliance of Washington.<\/p>\n<p>No matter what changes, though, our work has always had one singular, inspiring vision: A future in which <em><strong>Washington Bikes.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The board has looked around the nation at advocacy organizations like ours and we see a growing trend: They are choosing new names that embody the <strong>goal <\/strong>of the organization\u2014the very reason it exists. Groups that were initially called a coalition or a federation or an alliance have been choosing new names\u2014strong, active statements that <strong>inspire you with the vision of what happens when our work succeeds.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As we announced at our 21<sup>st<\/sup> annual auction on Nov. 2, 2013, we believe a new name will both inspire people to get on board and contribute to our future growth and success. An action-oriented, goal-oriented name will invite in new partners, from individuals to businesses to entire communities, who appreciate the difference bicycling makes whether or not they ride themselves.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re going to make a strong statement of <strong>identity for the entire state of Washington<\/strong> as the culmination of all our work:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Because Washington Bikes works to get kids rolling, <strong>Washington Bikes to school!<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Because Washington Bikes fights for better laws, <strong>Washington Bikes more safely!<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Because Washington Bikes works with local leaders, <strong>Washington Bikes everywhere in the state!<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Because Washington Bikes is making the maps and spreading the word, <strong>Washington Bikes for tourism and travel!<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Because Washington Bikes gets funding for bicycling connections, <strong>Washington Bikes for transportation!<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Because the Bicycle Alliance has worked every day since its founding to grow bicycling statewide, <em><strong>Washington Bikes. <\/strong><\/em>That\u2019s the name you\u2019ll know us by going forward, and it\u2019s the vision that inspires us.<\/p>\n<h3><b>Where You\u2019ll Find Us Online<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Washington Bikes on Facebook (formerly Washington Bikes)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bikeWA\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook.com\/bikeWA<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Twitter: <a title=\"Washington Bikes on Twitter (formerly Washington Bikes)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/WAbikes\" target=\"_blank\">@WAbikes<\/a>, <a title=\"Washington Bikes feed from bike blogs around Washington state on Twitter (formerly Washington Bikes)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/bikeWAblogs\" target=\"_blank\">@bikeWAblogs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Washington Bikes on Pinterest (formerly Washington Bikes)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/wabikes\" target=\"_blank\">Pinterest.com\/WAbikes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Washington Bikes on YouTube (formerly Washington Bikes)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/wabikes\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube.com\/user\/WAbikes<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Watch for our URL to change soon<\/strong> after a bit of site redesign. We&#8217;ll redirect from wabikes.org so you can find us at our new home on the Web.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Our New Logo<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/WashingtonBikes_BAW_horz.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5461 alignright\" alt=\"Washington Bikes--new logo for the former Washington Bikes\" src=\"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/WashingtonBikes_BAW_horz-300x112.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/WashingtonBikes_BAW_horz-300x112.png 300w, https:\/\/wabikes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/WashingtonBikes_BAW_horz-1024x384.png 1024w, https:\/\/wabikes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/WashingtonBikes_BAW_horz.png 1312w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/WaBikes_notag.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5459 alignleft\" alt=\"Washington Bikes--new logo for the former Washington Bikes\" src=\"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/WaBikes_notag-300x191.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/WaBikes_notag-300x191.png 300w, https:\/\/wabikes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/WaBikes_notag.png 780w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From our earliest days as an advocacy organization focused on working all around the state [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wa-bikes-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>When Our Work Succeeds, Washington Bikes. 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