Call for Volunteers - Public Hours / Open Shop: Week of 9/14/2025 + Upcoming Events

[Ian Ogden]

It's Thursday again. Hope everyone's week's going decently so far.

Here's what's cooking next week + next month in community bike repair - 

I. [WORKINONBIKES] Upcoming Vol. Opportunities

Quite a few events and volunteer-opportunities coming up, including our regular hours + a number of community pop-ups. A distilled listing, including each event's volunteer signup sheet, is below:

Day/Time	Event & Volunteer Signup (Location, Point-of-Contact)
Sunday, 9/14, 11 AM-3 PM	Public Hours / Open Shop
Tuesday, 9/16, 5:30-8 PM	Public Hours / Open Shop
Friday, 9/19, 5-8 PM	A2Zero Green Fair (Main St, Downtown Ann Arbor, Andre S.)
Saturday, 9/20, 12-2 PM	Bikeapalooza 2025 (350 S Fifth / Old Y Lot, Ian O.)
Tuesday, 9/30, 10 AM-2 PM	U-M EarthFest (U-M Diag, Clark M.)
Sunday, 10/5, 12-3:30 PM	Scio Twp Sustainability Fair (Jackson Rd. Meijer, Zyler & Ben)
Sunday, 10/5, 1-3 PM	Orchard Hills Neighborhood Festival (2300 Yorktown, Clark M.)

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II. [Applications Open] Fall, 2025 Maintenance Course

As you've hopefully seen, we're accepting applications for our Fall Maintenance Course. The upcoming course has been revised to four sessions to increase focus on common maintenance & repair items + additional lab/practice time, as well as an optional volunteer-orientation.

Syllabus Overview

Application - Fall 2025 Maintenance Course

Applications close Saturday, September 20th at 11:59 p.m or when we reach 40 applicants. If interested, please apply right away!

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III. [MISC.] Other Community Notes

Common Cycle aren't directly involved in these, but a few notes on behalf of some of CC's friends / partners:

1. [New] Jackson Road Corridor Study: Shared with us by the organizers of the Scio Township Sustainability Fair, a study was recently published on options for modernizing the Jackson Road corridor with some interesting visions for supporting multi-modal transportation (see pages 44-62).
   
   Jackson Road Corridor Study (Scio Twp - June, 2025) [~33 MB .pdf]
   
   
2. Our friends at Maker Works are hosting an open-house on Sunday, 9/28/2025 from 1-4 PM. Consider checking it out, if you've been looking for an excuse - 
   
   Maker Works Open House
   Sunday, 9/28/2025, 1-4 PM
   3765 Plaza Drive
   Ann Arbor, MI, 48108
   https://www.maker-works.com/openhouse

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