Join Holland-Zeeland area businesses in a Commute Challenge … ride your bike, walk to work, carpool, or take the bus …
Green Commute Local Business Challenge
Beginning on Monday, May 14th, local businesses are invited to participate in a commute challenge – with prizes awarded to the employer with the highest participation. What does it take to compete? Be willing to Green Commute 2 or more days during the week – sign up– and you can receive discounts at restaurants and bike shops, and may win valuable prizes. For more information, please contact the Macatawa Area Coordinating Council at (616) 395-2688 (extension 103) or email:
Green Commute Recharging Stations
Discounts on food items and bike services !
All Green Commute participants who have signed up with an employer (or pre-registered with the Macatawa Area Coordinating Council) and wear a Green Commute Pin are eligible for discounts on coffee and food purchases, and bike tune-ups. How does it work? During the week of May 14 – 19th, 2012, participating restaurants and coffee shops will provide discounts for customers who choose to ride their bike, walk, carpool, or take the bus. Wear your Green Commute Week pin to a local bike shop beginning in May and you may receive air and a chain lube, as well as $10 off of bike tune-ups. A list of participating recharging stations is now available: Green Commute Recharging Station Discounts 2012
Wear your Green Commute Pin and you’ll receive green savings! 
How to get a Green Commute Pin?
You may stop by and sign up at any local bike shop: Cross Country Cycle, Lakeshore Cycle & Fitness, Rock N Road Cycle, Holland Cycling & Fitness, Velo City Cycles, Zeeland Schwinn Cycle & Fitness. Information is also available at restaurants serving as Recharging Stations: Alpenrose, Big Apple Bagels, DeBoer Bakerij, Joe 2 Go, JP’s Coffee & Espresso, Lemonjello’s, Russ’ Restaurants, Seattle’s Best, Starbucks- D&W Market, Way Cup Cafe, Frank’s Restaurant, and Mainstreet Beanery). Green Commute Pins will be provided to all employees participating in the Local Business Commute Challenge. Not yet signed up for the Commute Challenge? Please contact us by email: ehoekwater@the-macc.org.
Ride Macatawa Area Express (MAX) Bus – Fixed Routes for Free
Anyone wearing a Green Commute Pin during Green Commute Week may ride fixed route buses for free. Participants who “green commute” at least two days and ride the MAX at least once will get a MAX travel pull sack containing goodies such as a water bottle and a pedometer.
Free Pool Pass at the Holland Aquatic Center
To help promote Green Commute Week, the Holland Community Aquatic Center has offered one free pass for a future visit – for each guest who rides their bike to work out or play at the center during Green Commute Week. Limit is one pass per person.
Other Helpful Tips To Help With Your Green Commute
A brief video explaining Green Commute Week is now available. You may download the 2012 Green Commute Week Video to find out how to begin. Did you know that employers can now receive $20 per month in tax write-offs for every employee who commutes by bicycle? This allows employers to reimburse employees for reasonable expenses such as the purchase of a bicycle, improvements made, and repairs and storage, if the bicycle is regularly used for commuting from home to work. Check the following to find out more about the Bicycle Commuter Tax Provision.
To find out more about Green Commute Week, you can read about experiences from Commute Challenge participants in the 2012 Brochure, download our 2011 Green Commute Newsletter , stay connected through Twitter @MIGreenCommute or check our facebook page: www.facebook.com/MIGreenCommute
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