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Biking coalition repairs, donates bikes to Muskegon Heights library

Biking coalition repairs, donates bikes to Muskegon Heights library

Libraries are offering much more than just books now. At the Muskegon Area District Library’s Muskegon Heights branch you can check out bikes with your…

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Libraries are offering much more than just books now. At the Muskegon Area District Library’s Muskegon Heights branch you can check out bikes with your library card. More Videos

MUSKEGON HEIGHTS, Mich. — Libraries are offering so much more than just books these days. Now, at the Muskegon Area District Library’s Muskegon Heights branch you can also check out bikes with your library card.

“We have computers, we have DVDs, we have wireless hotspots that are able to check out, we have iPad kits,” said Ian Wright, who is the lead librarian at the Muskegon Heights branch.

Who says libraries are just for reading?

Wright explained, “We have just about anything you can think of including metal detectors, we recently got record players. Any kind of item you can think of, we probably have in some capacity.”

In 2023, the library started testing out a bike library in partnership with the Muskegon County Bicycling Coalition .

Rob Taylor is the coalition’s president. He said he’s always been active, and “once my knees gave out, I switched over to biking and now I probably ride 100 miles a week.”The 72-year-old told 13 ON YOUR SIDE that the group accepts bike donations and then uses their weekends to make sure those bikes are ready to ride.“We’re able to muster as much as 30 volunteers at a time to work on bikes,” said Taylor.Also, getting some help from Muskegon County inmates who are part of the Exit Program and will soon be returning to society.“We actually provide […]

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