Bicycle Friendly Business

Green Star, Inc. | Bronze Level

Business Highlights: Green Star ensures the safety of their employees who bike commute and their bicycles. They provide safe bike parking, loaner helmets, and safety vests and lights – which are crucial in the Alaskan winter. Green Star also has an office bike for meetings and local errands. This company generously supports local bike advocacy efforts and provides support for Anchorage's Bike to Work Day.

Most Compelling Bike Related Statistic: Green Star generated huge participation and momentum around Bike to Work Day. Registration for Bike to Work Day 2009 topped off with 2,334 riders which was a 39 percent increase in registration over 2008.

Benefits of Being a Bicycle Friendly Business: The enthusiasm around Bike to Work Day was so great that the company has made the Bike to Work committee a year round group with bi-monthly meetings. The goal is not to have a one-day celebration but a summer filled with bike activities, especially since Anchorage is covered by snow October through April.