Civil Bikes is an organization that cultivates awareness around our greatest assets- history and culture that is contained in the spaces and places in BIPOC communities.  They are our wealth!  We designed a ride for community members to access the 2019 Soil Festival!  We will guide riders on a route that will pass through the communities on the Westside including the West End over to the event in Collegetown at Truly Living Well.

We will meet up 11 AM at the West End MARTA station and leave by 11:30 AM.  Folks are welcome to either ride over on their own bicycles or pick-up a FREE Relay Bike Share Bike.  We will review the route, identify ride volunteers who will assist with safety and moving through the city, and go over rules of the road.

Bring your water, a snack if needed, a helmet, and what you need for personal comfort.

We will bike over to The Bakery and Luna Farm where we will meet additional riders who need parking.

From there, we will bike using the Westside Beltline to Truly Living Well for the event, arriving by 1 PM.

Here is more information about the Soil Festival

Food Well Alliance and Truly Living Well invite you to join us for our fifth annual Soil Festival as we continue a tradition of celebrating soil as a key source for building gardens and healthier communities.

Food Well Alliance invites you to the 5th Annual Soil Festival — and it’s bigger and better than ever before! Soil Festival is an annual tradition of celebrating soil as a key source for building gardens and healthier communities. This year, we’re unveiling a brand new Community Compost Learning Lab, the first of its kind in metro Atlanta.

This free event is for all ages and raises awareness of the benefits of using local compost to improve and maintain high quality soil and to grow healthy food. This year, we encourage all attendees to bring kitchen scraps to the event to support the production of healthy soil in Atlanta.

Soil Festival 2019 will be held at Truly Living Well’s Collegetown Farm in Atlanta, and includes a host of exciting opportunities for school gardeners, community gardeners, backyard gardeners, urban farmers, educators, beginning gardeners and children!

Never been to a farm? This festival is for you, too!

This year’s Soil Festival will feature educational workshops on gardening and composting; a children’s corner with fun garden-based activities and story time; a variety of urban agriculture vendors to learn tools of the trade from; a petting zoo; and free bags of compost for your garden.

We will also be providing great tunes and complimentary farm-to-table food and fare. Dig in, meet fellow gardeners, and visit all of the exhibitors who will be sharing resources and tools to help you enjoy the successes of gardening.

Frequently Asked Questions:

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  Cancelation Policy- This is a free event.  If you determine that you are unable to attend, kindly notify the host.

  
  


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  Logistics- Details of the actual route will be posted in the FB account and give at the start.

  
  


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  Gear- Bring your helmet.  If you are bringing your own bicycle, kindly bring your helmet.  Bring anything you need to be comfortable during the ride. That includes additional foods and/ or drinks, sunglasses, sunscreen, clothing that is specific to the weather. Dress in a comfortable manner, athletic wear is not required.  Finally, provide us with any necessary medical information in advance.

  
  


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  Are there ID or minimum age requirements to enter the event?Civil Bikes is all-ages tours and events, but there are age restrictions on certain events. Everyone, regardless of age, should carry a valid, government-issued ID with them. It is more important that individuals are able to ride a bicycle for bike events and will follow safety rules we will review the following at the beginning of any ride or event.  Additionally, for any tours that will included alcohol, it will be notated and any participant must be 21 or over.

  
  


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  Contact- Nedra Deadwyler, civilbikes@gmail.com