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Alliance for Biking & Walking Announces People Powered Movement Photo Contest Winners
March 2, 2010
Washington, DC - The Alliance for Biking & Walking announced the winners of the 2009 People Powered Movement Photo Contest today. The contest ran from September through November 2009 with public voting during the month of December helping to narrow down the finalists. A panel of expert judges determined the final contest winners.
Todd Winters of Chicago, Illinois is the lucky grand prize winner for his photo "Walk, Ride, Run" depicting bicyclists and pedestrians on Chicago's Lakeshore Path. Todd wins a 10-day all-expense-paid VBT bike tour of Tuscany and a year's supply of CLIF BARs. In addition, Todd selected BikeWalk Virginia to receive a $1,000 Alliance Communications Grant in support of their work to advance bicycling and walking in Virginia. Todd says of his win, " I am so honored and exited to be chosen as the winner of the People Powered Movement contest. Photography and biking are two of my favorite things. I look forward to this great trip and the photographic opportunities that it will bring."
Alan Young from Port Moody, British Columbia won second place overall with his photo "Biking is Cool." Alan will take home a new Breezer Uptown 8 commuter bike. Third place overall winner Eduardo Green Short, from San Francisco, CA, wins a new Dahon Mµ™ P24 folding bike. Alan, Eduardo, and other contest winners also will take home gear from Rickshaw Bagworks, Planet Bike, and CLIF BAR and receive subscriptions to Momentum Magazine and Bicycle Times Magazine. Select winners' photos are also featured in the March/April issue of Momentum Magazine.
Over 2,000 photos submitted to the seven contest categories are benefiting the Alliance for Biking & Walking's new Online Photo Library, a valuable resource that provides free high quality images for grassroots bicycle and pedestrian advocacy organizations.
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