Participants in the Halcyon Bike Workshop
The Halcyon Bike Workshop aka the Workshop is a collaboration between the Oasis Center and Halcyon Bike Shop, with additional support from Team Green and ReCycle Your Cycle. The Workshop is a free, co-operative bike repair shop open to Nashville’s underprivileged youth.
Through this program, youth are trained in bicycle safety and maintenance. They learn about bicycle mechanics in action, the importance of bicycle lanes and greenways, and they will gain an appreciation for our beautiful public urban space here in Nashville. Participants earn a free, used bicycle through the Workshop.
The Workshop grew from concern that youth of our city do not have adequate transportation multiplied by the fact that young people are often overlooked as agents of change. Collectively, we agree that bicycling is a healthy and sustainable mode of transportation that is often forgotten or considered to be too difficult and dangerous for youth on our urban streets. Other times, bikes are simply unaffordable.
Especially in tough economic times, youth can benefit from finding new ways to transport themselves without having to rely on family or public transportation. Nashville has a great number of parks and greenways that are waiting to be explored and taken advantage of by youth in our city.
Youth participants will take a pledge promising to pass on the knowledge they gain in these workshops to other young people in their neighborhoods. This will, in turn, engage them in their neighborhoods and the larger community and provide them with the training and experience they need to become activists in their own ways.
The Workshop is located at the Oasis Center at 1704 Charlotte Ave., Nashville 37203
If you would like to donate a bicycle for the Workshop, you can drop it off at Halcyon Bike Shop, 1118 Halcyon Ave., Nashville 37204 or at the Oasis Center.
For more information on the program, volunteering, and donations, please contact us using the form below, or email Dan Furbish at the Oasis Center.
