Becker County Receives $10,000 For New Bike Racks...

DETROIT LAKES--Becker County receives $10,000 for bike racks to be installed at schools, businesses, and government buildings in communities around the county. The grant comes from the Statewide Health Improvement Program. SHIP's Karen Nitzkorski who works in Becker, Clay, Otter Tail, and Wilkin Counties says Becker County's Economic Development Coordinator, Guy Fischer, has spearheaded effort to identify the places lots of people tend to go and where the infrastructure is needed. She says the bike racks are exactly the type of thing SHIP invests in to make it easier for people to make the healthy choice. Nitzkorski says the bike racks will start to appear in the next few months at locations in Audubon, Lake Park, Frazee and Detroit Lakes.