Best. Idea. Ever.

So... I've had this idea for some time now... but I've been mulling over how to go about it. Though I don't want to blab all the fancy details, I will give you some hints... it involves bicycles, people, Dayton, and community development. For those of you who aren't in Dayton (because I have no idea who reads this thing besides me), we are a Bronze level "Bike Friendly City", and have started increasing opportunities for biking around the area. We have a lot of great bike paths in and around the surrounding Miami Valley, and we are starting to see more and more bike lanes within Dayton. Also, last summer, a special Bike Hub was opened at Riverscape to give people who bike a way to safely lock up their bicycles inside, and I believe the hub also includes lockers and things of that nature so that people who decide to commute by bicycle to work (or the area) have a place to change, etc. I love how much the city has embraced bicycles recently, and I would like to expand upon it, while also helping out the local businesses in the area. If I could get this idea going, I think it would be a great way for more people to interact in Dayton, and possibly bring more people into the city from the surrounding area even.

Now what I need to do is figure out a good way of going about getting this plan together. I think I need to find some like minded individuals who could help organize this whole idea. If I managed to get this together by the middle of the summer, we could organize a big "hey here we are" type of thing for the second Urban Nights event in town, and hopefully carry on activities through the fall (though winter will be hard to get people to come out and bike). Should I set up a blog on here for the idea? Or should I try to figure out how to put together a website (and email, which would be the easy part)? I suppose I could do both, though I don't know anything about website design. Hmmm... this could be a great thing for the city! I really need to start bouncing this idea off some individuals to see what they think. I hope I can get this rolling... I want to make this happen!