In partnership with HUB Cycling, Austin Heights BIA will be bringing Bike to Shop to Austin Heights this year!

Taking place from Saturday, August 14 to Friday, August 20, explore our vibrant Austin Heights neighbourhood on your bike and come out to support the local businesses that make up our community.

Register for free at bikehub.ca/biketoshop to enjoy fantastic promotions from local Austin Heights businesses such as:

• 👓 Free sunglasses (until supplies run out) from Beyond Basic Eyewear Optical
• ☕ Free coffee, a bottle of water, and hand sanitiser from Blue Mountain Autopro
• 🍪 A delicious free walnut brownie or chocolate chip cookie from Coffee + Vanilla

On August 14, drop by our Austin Heights Knowledge HUB, located at 1025 Ridgeway Ave, from 11AM – 1PM, for free bike maintenance and for your chance to win a $250 Austin Heights Prize Package with $50 gift cards to Beyond Basic Eyewear Optical, Blue Mountain Autopro, Blue Mountain Produce, John B Pub, and Me ‘n’ Ed’s Pizza Parlours.

The first 100 people to visit our Knowledge HUB will receive a goody bag with hand sanitiser, a facemask, and a $10 gift card to one of the following amazing local businesses: Blue Mountain Produce, Artisan Gifts and Flowers, Reflections Books, Coffee + Vanilla, Giancarlo’s Italian Deli, Subway, McDonald’s, Tim Horton’s, Safeway, Rona.

If you’re a local Austin Heights Business looking to actively participate in Bike to Shop, register your business today!

About Bike to Shop
From August 7 – 20, 2021, local businesses in 20 neighbourhoods across Metro Vancouver are offering amazing freebies and sweet deals for people biking to their businesses. Half of the neighbourhoods are taking part from August 7-13 and the other half from August 14-20 – so you have plenty of opportunities to explore!

Why Would You Bike to Shop?
Bike to Shop showcases the positive relationship between biking and business, and that biking is good for business and community.

HUB Cycling encourages and supports people by showcasing how easy, fun, and convenient it is to bike to shop, and they do so by helping individuals overcome perceived barriers like how to carry things by bike, lack of knowledge of bike routes to shopping areas, motivation to try for the first time.

Bike to Shop is expanding its geographic reach significantly this year, from two participating municipalities in 2020 to ten this year (and three neighbourhoods to 20!), engaging more suburban communities.

Register Your Business for Bike to Shop
Are you an Austin Heights business looking to get involved with Bike to Shop? If so, we encourage you to register your business today! All Austin Heights businesses are invited to take part in Bike to Shop from August 14-20.

We want your business to be part of Bike to Shop. Register for FREE, and HUB Cycling will actively promote your businesses and get people on bikes in your stores.

To be eligible, your Austin Heights business must offer a free promotion during the event. HUB Cycling offers stipends to businesses that may need financial assistance to take part.

Not sure what to offer? HUB Cycling’s Business How-To Guide has a wealth of information including ideas for promotions and how to plan for people. For more information, visit the Bike to Shop website.