Where: Homewood Village Hall, 2020 Chestnut Rd, Homewood, IL 60430
Date: July 16, 2011
Time: 10:30am–1:00pm

Heads won’t be the only things rolling at the Bastille Day Ride, brought to you by your friends at Homewood-Flossmoor Bike Fun Strike Force!

Spend a lovely couple of hours this Saturday in the company of friends and friendly strangers as we tour some of the area's beautiful neighborhoods and stop periodically for cake breaks. Seriously—biking and eating cake. Magnifique!

Although historically, Marie Antoinette probably did not utter the phrase, "Let them eat cake," we are fortunate to have some generous and talented cake makers in our communities, including Karen Scobbie Cake Design of Homewood and Sweet Annie's Everyday Sweets in Flossmoor. We will be using this leisurely tour as an excuse to taste their wares.

Bike fun strikes BACK!

You wouldn't know them if they walked past you on the train platform. If they made your low-foam grande skim mocha. If they made your bed this morning.

Sustainable horticulture meets fun bike culture!

Join the H-F Bike Fun Strike Force for a bicycle tour of sustainable gardens and landscapes in Homewood and Flossmoor July 25, 2010.

What: Homewood-Flossmoor Prairie Garden Bike Tour
Where: Starts/ends at Indian Trail Park (Riegel & Willow Road), Homewood
When: 2 PM - 4 PM, July 25, 2010.
Contact: Steve Buchtel, steve@activetrans.org or 708/365-9365

RSVP for the Prairie Garden Bike Tour on H-F Bike Fun’s Strike Force Facebook page: tinyurl.com/gardenbiketour

• A two hour, leisurely 11-mile tour on quiet streets, starting/ending at Indian Trails Park in Homewood, expertly guided by Active Transportation Alliance
• Jackie Riffice, founder of Prairie Godmothers (prairiegodmothers.com) is our docent
• Tour includes stops at nine remarkable homes throughout both villages, Ravisloe Country Club and Coyote Run golf course
• Family friendly! - Environmental educator ME4E (me4e.org) will have fun, engaging activities for your children at Indian Trail Park while you tour
• Lemonade provided on tour, and DQ Dilly Bars for you and the kids at tour’s end

RSVP required; tour is just $5 per adult - pay cash only on day of ride. RSVP for the Prairie Garden Bike Tour on H-F Bike Fun’s Strike Force Facebook page: tinyurl.com/gardenbiketour.

Contact: Steve Buchtel, steve@activetrans.org or 708/365-9365

The Southland flag is checkered

 Bike racing busts out all over the Southland (and Geneva) this weekend, including:

Homewood on display Saturday for cyclists

 An elegant end to Bike to Work Week: Homewood's Green Streets bike tour June 19 has its stage set by the

Houses chosen for Homewood Green Streets Open House Tour

 Greg Byron, ReMax dealer and former bike shop owner, has selected the homes we'll tour on June 19 at the Homewood Green Streets Open Hous

Your kid won't hate you for your R-11 wall insulation

 Treehugger blogged yesterday on new LEED homes in communities with fa

Chicago to Bourbanais - By bike, bus & train

An update from Footprints Coach Mary Lynn Wilson:

Bike to Homewood Days - Park it with Footprints

Homewood Days polls as a premier Southland community festival - you'll want to come.

 Don’t let frustrating parking issues keep you from enjoying Homewood Flossmoor Parks’ Starry Nights concert series. 

Active Transportation Alliance’s Footprints coaches will valet park your bicycle at the Doo Whop Spectacular concert in Irwin Park.