Public Service Announcement

HRM to sponsor Bike Rack Design Competition

(February 16, 2011) HRM’s Sustainable Environment Management Office (SEMO) is holding a Bike Rack Design Competition. Participants will enter a design for a chance to have their unique rack built on the north-east side of the Dartmouth Ferry Terminal.

Showcase your vision of how bicycle infrastructure can transform public spaces making them interesting and creative. There is no cost to enter and the competition is open to everyone. The winning design will be selected by a panel that will consider creativity, artistic value, functionality and use of sustainable material.

SEMO will accept submissions until 3 p.m. on April 4, 2011. The winning design will be announced during Earth Day celebrations (on or around April 22, 2011) and the rack will be unveiled during Bike Week (May 27-June 5, 2011).

Visit http://www.halifax.ca/environment/design.html for contest details.

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Contact:

Lauralee Sim
Environmental Performance Officer
Sustainable Environment Management Office, HRM
490-3665