Kyle Kozar, Co-founder, Reno Bike Project

Joseph “Kyle” Kozar (left) graduated from the University of Nevada, Reno in 2006, the same year he co-founded the Reno Bike Project with Noah Silverman (right). The non-profit community bicycle shop and advocacy group is located at 541 East 4th Street. Kozar left Reno in 2011 to attend graduate school in city planning at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York. Photo by Patrick Cummings

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Reno Bike Project co-founder Kyle Kozar, interviewed via phone from New York City, explains how making the streets safer for cyclists can increase ridership, in turn inspiring more cyclists to advocate for additional street improvements. Recorded by Alicia Barber.

Interviewed via phone from New York City, Kyle Kozar explains how and why he and Noah Silverman founded the Reno Bike Project after he graduated from college. Recorded by Alicia Barber.

In a 2011 phone interview from New York City, Reno Bike Project co-founder Kyle Kozar describes the process of transforming an old transmission shop on East 4th Street into the Reno Bike Project. Recorded by Alicia Barber.

Kyle Kozar, co-founder of the Reno Bike Project, shares his impressions of East 4th Street and its changing environment, in a 2011 phone interview from New York City. Recorded by Alicia Barber.

Ray Trevino, Director, St. Vincent's Dining Room

Ray Trevino directs St. Vincent’s Dining Room at 325 Valley Road in Reno. A native of Texas, he moved to Nevada after graduating from high school, then attended UNLV and served in the U.S. Army. Trevino began working at St. Vincent’s in the 1990s. He discusses the organization’s free lunch program and describes the move from the dining room’s previous location on Third Street to its new facility on Valley Road, near the City of Reno’s new Community Assistance Center.

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Paul Gray, Dilworth STEM Academy

A native of Idaho, Paul Gray moved to Nevada as child for his father’s teaching job. After graduating from Carson High School and the University of Nevada, Reno, Paul began his own teaching career at Reed High School, where he taught math, coached basketball, and eventually became Dean of Students. In 2011, he became Dean of Students at the Dilworth STEM Academy.

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Tim Conder, Bootleg Courier Co. and Cuddleworks

Born in Salt Lake City, Tim Conder grew up in California and worked for many years as a carpenter and cement mason. In 2008, he became a co-owner of Bootleg Courier, located at 545 East 4th Street, in a space known as Cuddleworks. The building also houses studio space for artists and a coffee roasting operation.

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Kyle Kozar, Co-founder, Reno Bike Project

Ray Trevino, Director, St. Vincent's Dining Room

Paul Gray, Dilworth STEM Academy

Tim Conder, Bootleg Courier Co. and Cuddleworks

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