{"id":19516,"date":"2012-11-30T22:50:15","date_gmt":"2012-12-01T04:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=19516"},"modified":"2012-11-30T22:50:15","modified_gmt":"2012-12-01T04:50:15","slug":"texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-november-30th-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2012\/11\/30\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-november-30th-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for November 30th"},"content":{"rendered":"

Retro Ride & Picnic 2012<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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AT&T wants to boost GrowSouth initiative<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby Candace Carlisle\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Dallas Business Journal
\nDallas-based AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) wanted to get involved with Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings’ GrowSouth initiative. The company found a way through a $2.5 million hike-and-bike trail that’s roughly three miles long through the woods of Trinity River Audubon Center. The area is adjacent to the proposed 400-acre Trinity Forest Golf Course project. The hike-and-bike trail will be named AT&T Trail. Along with that commitment, AT&T will help raise the needed funds for the project, said Ron Spears, senior\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n

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Former Flower Mound residents biking to Alaska for cancer research<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
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\nIt\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s going to be hot, cold, wet, dry and hilly.<\/p>\n

But two former local students are willing to endure all 4,000 miles of it to help find a cure for cancer.<\/p>\n

Jay Shah, who attended Marcus High School from 2006-2008 before transferring to the Texas Academy of Math and Science, and Caroline Suh, who graduated from Flower Mound High School in 2010, are part of the 2013 Livestrong Texas 4000 team, a group of about 75 University of Texas students that bikes from Austin to Anchorage, Alaska to raise money for cancer research.<\/p>\n

This is the organization\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 10th year to make the trek, and different students go each year. The group leaves Austin on June 1 and arrives in…<\/p>\n

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Hundreds of cyclists take to streets saying enough is enough<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby SHELTON GREEN \/ KVUE News and Photojournalist DATHAN HULL
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\nAUSTIN \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Downtown Austin was filled with close to 1,200 cyclists Thursday night. The cyclists rode from Austin City Hall on Cesar Chavez to Congress Avenue heading to the Texas State Capitol with a message.
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