White Oak Bicycle Co-Op, a Chattanooga area nonprofit dedicated to cycling and community wellness, recently celebrated the distribution of its 1,000th bike in 2025.
A network of 12 municipalities and businesses in the community received donated bikes from the public. White Oak gathers the bikes and transports them to its repair facility in Red Bank. Every week, volunteers gather to repair the bikes for distribution.
“It’s been a very busy year for us,” White Oak CEO Blake Pierce said. “We set the goal of 1,000 bikes, because we knew there was demand. Our community volunteers stepped up to the challenge.”
Partnerships with more than 100 community organizations are the conduit to put refurbished bikes in the hands of those in need, the group said.