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Four Bike and Build riders have parked their bicycles and are ready for breakfast at Wallner Hall in Chinook. The group of 30 was headed for Chester and will arrive in Bellingham, Washington on September 1. Bike and Build combines a cross-country ride with stops to help on affordable housing projects along their route.
Bike and Build is a national group that raises money and awareness in support of affordable housing. Organized in 2002, the group promotes cross country bicycle rides where participants each raise $4500 to make the ride, with most of the money going to various affordable housing projects. Nationwide about 250 cyclists ride one of several routes across the country, stopping along the way to work on a 'house build' or help with some other housing related project.
The group of 30 riders that stopped in Chinook is on the "Northern Tour." They started at Portsmouth, New Hampshire on June 18 and arr...
