Contacts for Event Planning and Advocacy

Organizing a bike ride or race? Got a bike problem that you want to talk to an elected official about? Here's a good place to start when looking for contact information.

Event Organizer's Checklist (in .pdf)

Special Edition of Wisconsin Bicyclist (in .pdf)

State of Wisconsin
Wisconsin Department of Tourism
Wisconsin Department of Transportation
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Wisconsin County Association
Wisconsin Counties
Wisconsin Cities, Towns, Villages
Wisconsin Police Deparments
Wisconsin Sheriff's Departments

A note on event organizing and towns:
In Wisconsin there are Counties, Cities, Villages, and TOWNS. Most states do not have towns...they have townships. A township typically does not have an regulatory authority. In Wisconsin, unincorporated areas are not townships...but TOWNS...and they have some level of regulatory authority. In most cases, towns have authority over their local roads in their area.

When organizing an event (and especially a race that will require closing the roads), you will want to contact local officials at all levels of government who will be effected by the event...including towns. In many cases (for events that the roads will not need to be closed for), the contact will be for courtesy's sake only...as a bicycle event that does not require closing the roads may not require any special permitting depending on the jurisdication. But for the sake of a smooth running event, take a moment to make the contact and be nice to the locals...you'll thank yourself later on. Don't know who to contact? Start with the town/village chair/president or town/village clerk.
Event Organizer's Checklist (in pdf)

Resource Guide:
More contacts from the 2004 Bicycle Event Booklet and Resource guide are available in pdf here:

For more information contact:
Bicycle Federation of Wisconsin
106 E Doty St, Ste 400
PO Box 1224
Madison, WI 53701-1224
608/251-4456
info@bfw.org www.bfw.org

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