Welcome to bike valet inc. The mission of this organization is to find a storefront close to a busy shopping area, such as a spot that is currently available across the street from Safeway and then set up a valet bike parking service inside of the storefront. Having this service be available to shoppers takes away the fear of having your bike stolen or vandalized and thereby increases the chances people will ride their bikes to go shopping.
Right now the goal is to raise at least $20000 to $30000 to cover start up costs and at least one year of rent on the storefront.
Bike valet inc now has 501c3 status, so all donations are tax deductible.
If you wish to support this project financially please visit my GoFundMe page here.
New! Bike valet inc now has a bike parking facility in downtown Eugene at 40 e Broadway, Eugene, Oregon 97401. The hours of operation are Saturdays from 10am to 6pm beginning on June 15th, 2024. There is no set price for storage of your bike. Of course donations are welcome. Charging of ebikes is also offered at no extra charge.
All patrons of the bike valet service receive a 25 percent discount on the fair trade crafts that bike valet inc also sells.
To access the bike parking service please go to the South entrance of 40 e Broadway off of the alley and then call 4582212031 to be let into the locked facility. Note that bikes may not enter the facility after 4pm. Please be sure to pick up your bike by the 6pm closing time.
Additional thoughts from the president and only staff person at the bike valet inc office: I will be staffing the parking facility as I am able to. This may result in gaps in coverage when it is forecast to be really hot outside as I don't handle the heat well and will likely be absent on those days. My goal is to provide as much in person valet coverage as I can. There's been talk of converting bike valet inc into a 24/7 self service storage facility, but I'm really not prepared to take on the security issues involved with setting that up and there were enough objections raised in the discussion to kill the idea
So for now if you want to make a trip to downtown eugene on your bike and you want a safe place to park your bike while you hang out downtown, then call or text me at 4582212031 to see if I'm going to be in the office that day. Please plan on only storing your bike there during the day and pick it up by the 6pm closing time.
If you would like to see bike valet inc be made available at times and days other than 10am to 6pm Saturdays, then please call or text me at 4582212031 and if I get enough replies I may decide to offer that.
Thank you.
John Thielking
President of bike valet inc
Ps, I haven't gotten very many replies to this posting. I am planning on being in the office on a more regiular basis Thursday through Saturday from 10am to 6pm beginning October 1st. So if that interests you please be sure to let me know.
Pps,
I'm going to try to apply for a grant of at least $100k that would provide enough funding to hire people to staff the 40 e Broadway office 12 hours per day 7 days per week 52 weeks per year. Brytebridge may be able to help me with that.
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