This weekend is the 2nd Annual Bike Ride Around Greene County (BRAG) event.

Co-organizer Emily Dyer with Jefferson Matters: A Main Street and Chamber Community says the 36 mile bike ride will start from the Welcome Center in Jefferson at 8:30am on Saturday. The route takes bicyclists from the Welcome Center, north to Lakeside Golf Course, then onto 209 Main restaurant in Paton, back south to Dana for a water stop, onto 30 Yard Line in Grand Junction, before coming back to Jefferson at Doc’s Stadium. 

Dyer notes each participant will receive a postcard with the route and places to receive stamps at each stop. She talks about another major raffle prize from Bike World in West Des Moines.

“So I kind of reached out and said, ‘Hey, we want to do something big, something like a bike. Is that something we could do?’ And they were like, ‘Yeah, we can get you a bike at market price and when the winner wins the bike, they can come in and exchange it for the size they need, the color they want. So I thought that would be something fun and exciting to raffle off a bike for a bike ride.”  

Dyer adds people can still sign up for BRAG with a $45 fee. Check-ins will take place on Saturday at 8am. Contact the Welcome Center at 515-386-2155 to sign up.