Tag: deb salls

December 4, 2020

After nearly 10 years, Deb Salls steps down as Bike Works ED + Ed Ewing takes the helm

When I first met Deb Salls, it was an office crammed full of desks and staff members in the top floor (maybe attic?) of the iconic yellow Bike Works house in Columbia City. There was hardly an inch of open space up there. One floor down, the organization packed a full schedule of after-school programs…
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tagged: bike works, deb salls, ed ewing
September 4, 2014

Columbia City shaken after person drives into building + Community walk Friday

Columbia City residents and workers are still shaken up after someone drove into a hair salon last week and broke through the inside wall before coming to a rest inside the deli next door. Seven people were injured, including several children. Somehow, nobody was killed. The building’s structure was damaged and at risk of collapsing,…
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tagged: bike works, columbia city, deb salls, phyllis porter, rainier ave, rainier valley
March 26, 2014

Bike Works will host 2015 Youth Bike Summit + Notes from the auction

From its humble beginnings in a yellow house on Ferdinand Street in Columbia City, Bike Works continues to grow at an amazing pace. Their expanded reach is easy to see as both their programs and their annual auctions outgrow their former spaces. Their auction, held Sunday, outgrew its previous venue and expanded into the Seattle…
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tagged: auction, bike works, deb salls, jobs, rainier valley greenways, youth bike summit 2015
October 16, 2013

The women taking over Seattle’s bike advocacy

Seattle Neighborhood Greenways posted this photo to their Facebook page recently. It marks an interesting moment in Seattle bike history. As we reported last month, nearly every top leadership position in Seattle-based bike organizations is now held by a woman.* Since men still greatly outnumber women among bike commuters, programs and policies that make cycling…
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tagged: barb chamberlain, cathy tuttle, deb salls, elizabeth kiker
March 21, 2012

Jay Inslee visits Bike Works, discusses the benefits of bicycle education

Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate Jay Inslee visited Columbia City today, kicking off the walking tour with a stop at Bike Works. The neighborhood tour comes as the candidate kicks into full campaign mode (and, as Eli Sanders at the Stranger writes, the governor hopeful needs to make an impression even in the democratic stronghold of Seattle,…
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tagged: bike works, columbia city, deb salls, jay inslee, mike mcginn