Early this morning around 9 am, a local cafe moved locations. The new building is about half a mile from the old building but there is something unique about the way they completed the move. The owner of Cafe Berlin, Eli Gay, is part of the PedNet Coalition's No-Car Challenge. This requires participants to be car-free for one month. Eli was worried at first about moving his restaurant successfully without using a car. He and organizers of the challenge had heard about bike moves in other states and decided to plan one right here in Mid-Missouri. The move began at 9 am and about 20-30 volunteers, employees and customers brought out their bikes, cargo bikes and bike trailers to load everything from kitchen appliances to the cafe's tables and chairs.
I arrived outside of Cafe Berlin around 4 am to preview the story and encourage those interested in helping with the move to meet at the cafe at 9 am ready for some riding and moving. I spoke with Gina Overshiner, the organizer of the No-Car Challenge on Sunday night to find out more about the move. To make my story more interesting and informational, Gina graciously agreed to meet me for a live interview for my 6:30 live hit. She brought her bike and bike trailer and answered a few live questions for me about how the bike move came about, how it was going to work and why it is so unique to Columbia. To hear her answers and find out more-here's the story!
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