Inc. Magazine recently featured Joe Bike, a Portland, OR, bicycle shop, for their “Bikes for Clunkers” program.  While the misguided waste of taxpayer dollars that was the Cash for Clunkers deals ended this Summer, Joe Doebele, owner of Joe Bike, decided they’d offer a discount on bicycles for anyone who donated their old car or bicycle.
Initially, it was just bikes, but the idea expanded and he pulled in help from the American Lung Association, who has a vehicle donation program in place and would accept and tow the vehicle from donors.
Even better, he’s partnered with Zipcar to offer a discounted membership for donors, and six other nonprofit orgs have joined in, and Joe has decided to extend the month-long promotion through the end of the year…maybe longer.  Plus, according to the B4C website (which is seriously under development), two other area shops are participating, too.  Cool.
