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DocuSign Envelope ID: D9639255-8147-4A2F-A760-941BDE078E48 t A - continued <br /> Provider's Outside Agency Application <br /> MAIN APPLICATION <br /> Program/Project Description <br /> b) Summary:Triangle Bikeworks offers youth cycling programs that are focused on education, <br /> personal development and achievement within the Triangle region, the state of North Carolina and <br /> the United States. Funding programs of Triangle Bikeworks will accomplish Priority#2 as stated in <br /> the Town of Chapel Hill's Human Services Advisory Board Budget Priorities, FY 2016-17, where it <br /> seeks to fund education, mentorship, and afterschool programming for youth. Triangle <br /> Bikeworks believes that all youth should have the opportunity to expand their physical and cultural <br /> boundaries. There are many youth, due to financial or social limitations, that are never exposed to <br /> what may provide the greatest source of learning— real life experiences that bring home valuable <br /> insights, logical steps for positive change and the opportunity to build important resiliency skills. <br /> c) Local Need:Triangle Bikeworks' programs of organized youth cycling are for those who are <br /> under-represented in the activity of cross country adventure bike touring and competitive bike <br /> racing such as, Cyclocross and Mountain Bike Racing. The majority of youth that are helped by this <br /> programming fall within the Black, Latino and Karen populations of Chapel Hill and Carrboro. <br /> Chapel Hill and Carrboro are both bike friendly towns with cyclists participating in both urban <br /> cycling and commuting as well as venturing into the farm regions of Orange and Hillsborough <br /> counties for adventurous distance cycling. Participants in these activities do so for the obvious <br /> beneficial reasons of transportation, entertainment and health. <br /> While there is no statistical data outlining the lack of participation in cycling by non-White youth it <br /> is not hard to perform your own anecdotal analysis of the lack of participation by youth of color. <br /> Simply stand on any corner in the two towns on any busy week or in the farm regions of Orange <br /> County during the weekend and it will be obvious that there is a lack of diversity. You will find the <br /> same small level of participation during Youth Cyclocross and Youth Mountain Bike racing events. <br /> As stated earlier in the application "a growing body of research literature finds that, in addition to <br /> improved physical health, sport plays a primarily positive role in youth development..." This can <br /> also be said of the distance touring. <br /> Getting developing youth involved in distance cycling accomplishes several things: <br /> ✓ Removes the stigma that those who cycle are poor <br /> ✓ Proves that cycling is a viable means of transportation <br /> ✓ Allows youth to focus and concentrate easier <br /> ✓ Take safety seriously <br /> ✓ Allow youth to become more self sufficient <br /> It also offers a way into a lifestyle that has lasting benefits for the individual in the way of health <br /> and benefits the community by reducing the number of emission vehicles needing to be on the <br /> road. <br /> d) Population Identification:The population of youth to be served will reside in the Black, Latino <br /> and Karen populations of Chapel Hill and Carrboro. By exposing these young people to new <br /> Main Application 5/25/2016 10:17:47 AM P I of 2 <br />