(8-3-09) From Press Release - Downtown Portland's Biggest Bike Racing Starts at Twilight This Friday, But it Almost Didn't Happen This Year!
Portland's Twilight Criterium brings up to 15,000 Portlanders together to watch some of the nation's fastest racers accelerate on the streets around the wooded North Park Blocks. Spectators enjoy a festival atmosphere with booths, food and drink, and the entire event is a fundraiser for Bikes for Rwanda, putting work bikes into the hands of Rwandans attempting to revive their nation's coffee industry.
But the race almost didn't happen this year after a major sponsor pulled out. No race through the downtown, no fundraiser.
Then a group of downtown bike lawyers and racers teamed up with the promoter to piece together a combination of donated time and money to make the race happen. Lawyers and racers are competitive, but for this event they put up enough seed money to make the race a possibility and then Subaru stepped forward as a major sponsor, Good Sport Promotion donated time, and the race was saved!
The saving of the 2009 "Portland Twilight Criterium Presented by Subaru: is a good example of Portlanders working together. I hope you will consider joining us at the race and I would be happy to speak with you further about it. Portland's downtown will be a great setting for an evening of racing on Friday night!
For more information, please see the following links:
Portland Bicycle Lawyer Sponsors:
http://stc-law.com/
http://www.bicyclelaw.com/
http://berkshireginsberglaw.com/
http://www.bicycleattorney.com/
Bikes to Rwanda:
http://www.bikestorwanda.com/
Event Website:
http://www.portlandtwilight.com/
