Denver B-cycle Announces Partnership with Kentwood City Properties
DENVER, CO – December 14, 2010 – (RealEstateRama) — Denver B-cycle today announced its partnership with Kentwood City Properties. In addition to branded B-cycles and annual memberships for employees, Kentwood City Properties will also have the capabilities to utilize B-cycles when showing property, a convenient option to get to downtown properties. Kentwood City Properties’ sponsorship support of Denver B-cycle arrives as the bike sharing system closes down for the winter in its inaugural season. Denver B-cycle reopens March 2011.
“We’re excited that Kentwood City Properties stepped up to help support Denver B-cycle and biking,” said Parry Burnap, executive director of Denver Bike Sharing, the non-profit that owns and operates the Denver B-cycle system. “Not only are they a valuable sponsor, but they are also promoting an increase of daily activity, saving money and reducing unhealthy air toxics and carbon emissions.”
Included in the two-year sponsorship:
– 20 branded B-cycles with Kentwood City Properties’ logo placed on the baskets
– 70 memberships for Kentwood City Properties’ employees
– 70 helmets for Kentwood City Properties’ employees
– Four demo cards for Kentwood City Properties’ realtors to use for showing properties
– Online, social media and newsletter listing
– B-cycle display in Kentwood City Properties
– Special event participation
“We are thrilled to have created this partnership between Denver B-cycle and Kentwood City Properties,” said Dee Chirafisi, Founding Partner of Kentwood City Properties. “Our employees, brokers and clients will have the opportunity to commute and see real estate on two wheels rather than four wheels…on a B-cycle! Our company is very supportive of the bike sharing! We will be launching some fun events this coming Spring in and around Downtown, so watch for the Kentwood City Properties’ bikes on the streets. It is also very important for us to promote the health and well being of our brokers, employees, clients and the environment – B-cycle is our latest step toward that goal.”
Kentwood City Properties is one of the 37 sponsors and partners of Denver B-cycle, which includes Kaiser Permanente as presenting sponsor. Kentwood City Properties and the other sponsors help lay a stable foundation for success of bike sharing in Denver.
“Touring properties via B-cycle is fun,” said John Hayden, Broker Associate of Kentwood City Properties. “When people buy a home they are making an important choice about how they want to live. For buyers in Denver that choice often involves a desire to be healthy. Denver’s active population is one of our City’s greatest assets. Kentwood City Properties is partnering with Denver B-cycle because our brokers understand the value of living a healthy, sustainable life.”
Launched on April 22, 2010, Denver B-cycle reached 102,981 rides by midnight on December 5, after less than seven months of operation. Designed to help Denver residents and visitors increase their daily activity, save money and reduce carbon emissions, Denver B-cycle launched as the first large-scale citywide public bike sharing system in the nation. The system currently has 500 B-cycles located at 50 B-cycle stations.
Denver B-cycle offers residents and visitors an alternative form of public transportation, which supports the City’s Greenprint Climate Action Plan, the Strategic Transportation Plan and the Living Streets Initiative. It is integrated into the larger multi-modal transportation system, including buses and the light rail. This multi-modal approach, along with over 358 miles of bike routes/trails and 300 days of sunshine, makes Denver the perfect City to launch a bike sharing system.
For more information, visit http://denver.bcycle.com or http://kentwoodcity.com.
About Kentwood City Properties
Kentwood City Properties, formed in 1999, is the newest member of Kentwood Real Estate, known nationally as Denver’s premier real estate company. The company’s street-front office at the corner of 17th and Wynkoop streets, directly across the street from Union Station, is comprised of 50 of metro Denver’s most experienced real estate professionals serving residential buyers, sellers, and developers. For more information phone 303-820-CITY(2489), and visit online at www.kentwoodcity.com.
Kentwood Real Estate is comprised of Kentwood City Properties, The Kentwood Company at Cherry Creek, and The Kentwood Company in the Denver Tech Center. View all Kentwood listings at www.DenverRealEstate.com.
About Denver Bike Sharing
Denver B-cycle, presented by Kaiser Permanente in association with a variety of community sponsors, is owned and operated by Denver Bike Sharing, a Colorado charitable, 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Denver Bike Sharing exists to promote health, quality of life and preservation of the environment in Denver. By building and operating a comprehensive, citywide bike sharing system, Denver Bike Sharing is offering residents and visitors an alternative form of public transportation, which is both environmentally friendly and affordable. It complements and integrates into the city’s overall transportation system and helps to implement the Greenprint Denver’s Climate Action Plan.
About Kaiser Permanente
Kaiser Permanente Colorado is the state’s largest nonprofit health plan, proudly working to improve the lives and health of Denver, Boulder, and southern Colorado area residents for 40 years. Kaiser Permanente Colorado provides comprehensive health care services to more than 522,000 members through 20 medical offices and a network of affiliated hospitals and physicians. The health plan was named “Highest in Member Satisfaction” among Commercial Health Plans by J.D. Power and Associates for the third straight year. Kaiser Permanente was also recognized by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) as the top-ranked private health plan in Colorado , No. 9 in the nation and one of the top 5 Medicare plans in the U.S. for the second year in a row. In 2009, Kaiser Permanente proudly directed more than $82 million to community benefit programs to improve the health of all Coloradans. For more Kaiser Permanente news, visit kp.org/newscenter or follow us on twitter @kpcolorado or facebook.com/kpcolorado.
