Community Cycling Center
The Community Cycling Center is a non-profit community bicycle repair shop and education center in the Alberta Arts District of Northeast Portland, Oregon.[1][2][3] It has a Create a Commuter program[4] and refurbishes bicycles for disadvantaged children.[5]
History and activities
[edit | edit source]Community Cycling Center (CCC) was started by a Brian Lacy, who had previously worked at Citybikes Workers Cooperative, in 1994. The CCC gained national recognition in the 1990s for its Yellow Bikes program,[6] which dispersed refurbished bikes, which had been painted yellow to help distinguish them from privately owned bicycle, throughout the city so that anybody who found one could use it for a time, leave it wherever they wanted, and then it would be used by another rider who would do the same. This program is a precursor to modern app-based bikeshare programs found in many cities throughout the United States
In 2002, the CCC recycled over 30,000 pounds of material and re-used an additional 70,000 pounds.[7]
In 2024, the CCC celebrated its 30 anniversary. Shortly afterwards, it announced it was at risk of closure and launched a major fundraising campaign, which successfully raised $450,000 in 4 months, securing funding for the organization through 2025,[8] as reported by BikePortland.[9]
Reception
[edit | edit source]CCC won in the Best Bike Shop category of Willamette Week's annual 'Best of Portland' readers' poll in 2025.[10]
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External links
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- Official website
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