Neighborhood Bike Works

Neighborhood Bike Works provided out-of-school activities to 150 unique youths in philadelphia through Bike riding and Bike repaid programming that builds confidence and life skills. Youth ages 8 to 18 learn basic Bike repair skills and safe urban bicycling techniques through our earn-a-bike and ride club programs, drop-in sessions, summer camp, and monthly group Bike rides. Additionally, through our ride club and summer camp, youth were exposed to the region's circut trails and were exposed to watershed education topics. In total, throughout the fiscal year, youth participants rode their Bike almost 6,000 miles in nbw's programs. Nbw also provided discounted retail and repair services to almost 4,000 adult patrons in the fiscal year through its part-time Bike shop. Nbw hosted open shop "diy" time in which adult patrons can utilize nbw's space and specialty tools to perform their own repairs at no cost to them, with expert facilitators on hand to provide guidance; during fiscal year 2023 almost 600 adults visted between october-june. Nbw also taught structured adult repair classes in which adults are instructed through a Bike repair curriculum and can receive one-on-one support to build their skills; almost 60 adults graduated from adult repair classes last fical year.