Cincinnati bike-share Red Bike announced this week it is expanding a partnership with Over-the-Rhine’s Findlay Market in the form of a new center designed to be a “one stop shop” for members.
The Red Bike Market Center will be open the same hours as the popular, historic market Tuesday through Sunday and will be geared toward helping Red Bike Go members and other Red Bike customers sign up for or renew memberships, make cash payments and get questions about the bike-share answered.
Red Bike Go is a program that offers discounted memberships to community members with low incomes. Last year, those members took almost 30,000 rides via Red Bikes — more than one-quarter of all rides for the system, according to the bike-share.
Red Bike already has a presence in Findlay’s central market house, but the expansion will allow representatives to be there more often and to provide more engagement with potential and existing members.
“Findlay Market has been a big supporter of Red Bike Go from the beginning, and their support is a huge factor in our success,” Red Bike Executive Director Jason Barron said in a news release. “The Red Bike Market Center will super-size our partnership.”
The center will also serve as an information hub for the market in general and its vendors. It will also carry Findlay Market merchandise.
“Red Bike is a great partner for Findlay Market as we support mobility options for local shoppers of all income levels,” President and CEO of Findlay Market Joe Hansbauer said in a news release. “The existing partnership has been great, and the expansion will allow us to offer support for Red Bike during all market hours.”
The center is set to open in early March, and Red Bike is hiring now to staff it.
This article appears in Jan 8-21, 2020.
