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CAT is moving to downtown Bethlehem!

CAT is Moving to Downtown Bethlehem!

Walnut Street Garage Annoucement

The CAT Office and Bicycle Cooperative is moving back to the heart of downtown Bethlehem. We’re moving into a street-facing space at the new Walnut Street Garage at the end of 2025! The Bethlehem Parking Authority and the City have partnered with CAT, giving us the opportunity to feel the pulse of downtown again and to be central for all of Bethlehem’s residents.

Our press conference with the Mayor of Bethlehem and Bethlehem Parking Authority kicked off CAT’s fundraising efforts to fit-out of our new facility. Our goal is to raise $120,000 by June 2025, with $50,000 from individual donors and supporting organizations and $70,000 from grant funding.

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Make your contribution online now, or, if you’d like to have a discussion about how your gift can make a big impact on CAT, contact our Fundraising Committee Chair, Jennifer Cunningham at JenC@lvcat.org.

On behalf of CAT, we thank the City and Bethlehem Parking Authority for this opportunity to expand our programs downtown, and to synergize our work with the efforts underway.

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The Space

Our new space will be at street level at the brand new Walnut Street garage on Walnut Street just off Main Street in downtown Bethlehem!

We are in the planning phase of the new facility. At the new CAT Bicycle Cooperative we plan to offer classes, workshops, bike ride leader trainings, and other events that align with our mission and vision for a Lehigh Valley where walking/ADA accessibility, bicycling, and public transit prevail.

We will have five bike repair workstations for the public to use, so that up to 15 volunteers and clients can be working at the same time. One of the workstations will include a new youth/wheelchair accessible tool bench.

How we will expand

We look forward to this new street-facing space in the Walnut Street Garage that will enable CAT to offer more programming (5-6 days/week), more bicycle mechanics classes, more group bike rides & traffic skills classes, to serve more adult residents to build bikes for transportation, and opportunities for more young people to pick up a wrench and gain mechanical skills.

CAT offers something different, an experience for hungry minds to learn. We’re very happy that we save and rebuild old bikes that might’ve been thrown away—we bring them back to life through knowledge, sweat, grease, and patience. CAT offers opportunities for anyone to be part of something – to be part of a team that learns and works together for the community!

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