The bikes are coming!
The City Council voted unanimously Wednesday night to enter into a three-year agreement with the producers of the International Cycling Classic and bring one of the ICC’s 17 bike races to the city. The likely date is July 20, and the location has yet to be determined.
Learn more about the ICC at its newly designed website here.
This is a great “get” for South Milwaukee, and I promise we’ll do this right … making race day more than about a bicycle race. This will be a real community event, a point of pride for South Milwaukee residents and an attraction to those from outside our city, including the more than 500 cyclists, many from outside the U.S., taking part in the day’s races.
All of this is possible thanks to Bucyrus International. Our city’s largest employer has stepped up as the 2010 event’s title sponsor — and in doing so help defray any costs facing city taxpayers. The company deserves major credit for doing so, and I can’t express enough thanks.
Of course, now the real work starts, thinking big on the event while also dealing with all the details necessary to put on a successful bike race.
Stay tuned for plenty of more details on the partnership with Bucyrus and the race in coming days and weeks. And put July 20 on your calendars!
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Fantastic! This coupled with the Cudahy cycling event will really have a huge positive impact for the southside. Thanks for helping to move this forward. Can’t wait for the events!
This is fabulous! Good to see SM and our gorgeous shoreline as a destination. Cudahy Kennel club has also seen Grant Park as an event venue for their big dog show as well.
Possibly some of the nonprofits can “piggyback” off the event and hold car washes, pasta dinners (for carb loading) and the like.