PRESS RELEASE
Armenian Technology Group, Inc.
1300 East Shaw Avenue, suite 131
P.O. Box 5969, Fresno, CA 93755-5969
Downtown Fresno Family Fun Bike Ride
Who: ATG — BikeForHope
What: Downtown Fresno Family Fun Bike Ride
When: Saturday June 6, 2009
Time: Meet by 9:45 am; Ride Starts Sharp at 10:00 am.
Where: Begins and ends at the Clock Tower on Fulton Mall at Mariposa Street.
Why: Explore Historical sites in Downtown Fresno, along the same road
that Saroyan once road his bike.
Registration: Free. To encourage family participation the $30
registration fee is waived.
For registration visit or contact
559-224-1000.
Bring your family and friends to Downtown Fresno to enjoy a leisurely
5-mile ride, at a relaxing speed of 5 to 8 miles per hour, and explore
some of Fresno’s historic buildings and cultural sites.
This family event will start at the Fulton Mall Clock Tower and take
you through some of the streets that are the heart and soul of old
time Fresno. To encourage family participation the $30 registration
fee is waived.
Enjoy the art displayed at the Mall and witness the wonderful
multicultural fabric of our community at the Courthouse Park,
including the David of Sassoun Statue on the corner of "M" and Tulare
St. The ride will take you through the Cultural Arts District on Van
Ness, cycling between the Old Fresno Bee Building/Renovated Fresno
Metropolitan Museum, Artes Americas, KVPT Channel 18 Public TV
Station, and the African American Museum.
You will feel the splendor of downtown coming alive when you ride by
the completely renovated Historic Virginia Hotel on Kern Street and
through the heart of the beautiful Civic Center along side the new,
magnificent Federal Building and Court House.
The ride will also pass by the century-old St. John’s Cathedral, the
Holy Trinity Armenian Apostolic Church (commonly known the "Red Brick
Church"), and the First Presbyterian Church.
The Old Santa Fe/Fresno Amtrak Train Station, the nearby Basque Hotel,
the historic Warner’s Theater, the Memorial Auditorium and the iconic
Fresno Water Tower converted to Visitors Center, the Meux Home Museum
and the City Hall are some of the other sites on the itinerary.
Cyclists will ride along the same road that one of Fresno’s most
well-known sons, author William Saroyan, once peddled his bicycle on
"M" street by the Convention Center and the New Exhibit Hall, and the
Theater that now bears his name. Do not miss the plaque on Broadway
Street indicating where Saroyan was born. Your ride will take you by
Inyo and "L" St where at the age of ten Saroyan used to sell the
Morning Herald newspaper, competing for sales across the street from
young John Garabedian, whose Foundation now generously funds numerous
cultural programs annually in Fresno.
Your ride will not be complete if you do not experience the aroma of
freshly baked breads at the local bakeries, the Valley Lavash Bakery
on the corner of Santa Clara and "M" street, and the Hye Quality
Bakery on "L" street. Saroyan often visited there to taste centuries
old traditional bread that moved him to write "Valley Bakery where the
best bread in the World is baked?"
The Chukchansi Baseball Park, the new grand Fifth District Court of
Appeal, and the new housing development at the corner of Divisadero
and Fulton Street in Downtown Fresno are wonderful sites to see as
well.
The Downtown Fresno Family Fun Ride is an exciting event that should
not be missed. After the ride, you and your family will have a
wonderful opportunity to enjoy the HyeFest Festival taking place at
the Fulton Mall (Friday and Saturday) and taste delicious ethnic
Armenian food.