UMaine organizations sponsor installment of bike repair stations on campus
The University of Maine campus is now home to four bike repair stations.
The stations include maintenance tools and a bike pump, and can be used by any UMaine community members in need of a tune-up. Stations are located at Maine Bound, Fogler Library, Sawyer Environmental Research Center and the New Balance Student Recreation Center.
Lisa Carter, assistant director for Maine Bound, and Dan Dixon, director of sustainability, pioneered the idea. Then Maine Bound employees and the Office of Sustainability did volunteer work last fall as part of the funding effort, and the conversation grew, leading to a collaboration with Student Government. The Professional Employees Advisory Council funded the station by Sawyer, and Student Government funded the other three.
Maine Bound is responsible for the maintenance of the stations, which will each sport a decal recognizing the group that funded it. Geremy Chubbuck, associate executive director of facilities management for maintenance and operations, and Josh Young, facilities maintenance manager, installed the stations on campus.