This Detroit Non-Profit Wants to Spread Bike Culture to Every Neighborhood in the City

November 29, 2016

Do you remember what it felt like to have your own bike as a kid?

Do you remember what it felt like to have your own bike as a kid? For many of us, it was our first taste of independence.

The Detroit non-profit group Wrench was formed in 2014 to help kids in Detroit have- and learn to repair- their own bikes. The group has given away hundreds of used bikes and now they want to expand their mission to make sure every kid in the city can have a working bicycle. Listen to founder Jean Wilson discuss how Wrench began with WDET’s Amanda LeClaire. 

Go here to find out how to help Wrench.

Author

  • Amanda LeClaire is an award-winning journalist and managing editor and lead reporter of WDET's new environmental series, the Detroit Tree Canopy Project, as well as WDET's CuriosiD podcast. She was the host of WDET’s CultureShift and a founding producer of the station’s flagship news talk show *Detroit Today*. Amanda also served as a Morning Edition host at WDET and previously worked as a host, audio and video producer, and reporter for Arizona Public Media.

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