The Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition will be honoring three inspirational local women with the Fifth annual Velo Wings Award for making cycling safer and more more accessible to everyone in our community.

The three awardees for 2016 are:

Julie Churchman:  For teaching elementary school age children the joy of learning to ride a bicycle so that they can be confident cyclists as they grow up.

Jessica Grant:  For teaching families to bike safely at Bici Familias and leading the City of Santa Barbara's efforts on the Eastside to improve traffic, pedestrian and bicycle safety.

Lee Ann Knodel:  For creating change by inspiring young people at Santa Barbara High School to work hard, learn new skills, be confident, succeed and ride bicycles.