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Chapel Hill to Launch New Youth Bicycling Program After $125,000 Award

Chapel Hill to Launch New Youth Bicycling Program After $125,000 Award

After winning first place in a national grant program, the Town of Chapel Hill is set to jump-start a youth bicycle education program. The local…

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After winning first place in a national grant program, the Town of Chapel Hill is set to jump-start a youth bicycle education program.

The local government’s project, titled “Wheels of Wellness,” earned first place in the Small Town category of the 2025 Childhood Obesity Prevention & Environmental Health & Sustainability Awards — meaning Chapel Hill took home a $125,000 grant for the program. The win was announced during the 93rd Winter Meeting U.S. Conference of Mayors earlier in January, and the town announced the win with a video this week.

In an interview with 97.9 The Hill , Mayor Jess Anderson described Wheels of Wellness as an initiative to spark passion and interest in bicycling by providing children with the right equipment and safety tips.

“As our mobility team describes it, Wheels of Wellness is similar to our circulator bookmobile where they drive around with books,” she said, “but instead of books, we’re arriving with bikes and helmets and safety cones. And it’s a whole block party where kids learn about bike safety and improve their bike skills within their own neighborhood — and then take a group ride together so the kids have confidence using the greenways in the areas right around their houses.”

The Wheels of Wellness block parties will be in coordination with the town’s affordable housing, community connections, parks and recreation divisions. In Chapel Hill’s video promoting the project, an example of one of the workshops was shown at the Hargraves Community Center. Not only will the initiative try […]

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