Bublr Bikes to hold fundraiser for first Riverwest station

Bublr Bikes, Greater Milwaukee’s nonprofit bike share system, is launching its first ever community-driven campaign to fund a new Riverwest neighborhood station.

The crowdfunding campaign will launch on Oct. 18 and will be working toward a goal of $60,000 to completely fund the installation and upkeep of a nine-dock Bublr station. The station will connect the restaurants and businesses of the Riverwest neighborhood with the nearby UW-Milwaukee campus and Downtown Milwaukee.

Donations can be made towards the campaign via the crowdfunding website Ioby, a platform that caters solely to nonprofit organizations, at ioby.org/project/pedal-forward-riverwest. High level donors will receive incentives, including personalization options on the Riverwest Bublr station, as well as on individual bicycles. Bublr Bikes has already received donation commitments from various Riverwest businesses including Bliffert’s, El Centro, La Lune, Cafe Corazon and Fuel.

The Bublr Bikes system is a public-private partnership between the City of Milwaukee and Bublr Bikes, with additional support from other public and private partners. Since 2014, Bublr Bikes has launched bike share stations in several Milwaukee neighborhoods and Wauwatosa. In the coming year, the system plans to expand to over 100 stations in Milwaukee, Wauwatosa, West Allis, and Shorewood.

The fundraiser will be held at Company Brewing, 925 E. Center St., Milwaukee, on Saturday, Oct. 19 at 9 p.m., with music from Riverwest’s own Black and Mad, along with Kavon Cortez Jones.

Information on using Bublr Bikes is available at bublrbikes.org.