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Lindsey Hayward
Born and raised in Colorado Springs, Lindsey Hayward
grew up in a house at the top of a hill. She cruised down the hill on
her bicycle with her feet off the pedals. "I remember the day, when I
was eight years old, that I first rode up the hill to the top of our
driveway," she says. "I remember the feeling of freedom and confidence
of being on a bike." Hayward rode her bike to class at Creighton
University in Omaha and got into long-distance cycling while earning a
degree in psych with a minor in business. She returned to Colorado
Springs and worked for three years with Kids on Bikes, a local
nonprofit focused on low-income fifth-graders. "They could earn a bike
by setting a goal and reaching it," she explains. "Each kid would set
goals in academics, character, or behavior." In 2010, she moved to
Eugene with her then fiancé, now husband, Darrin Hayward. She completed
an MBA program in entrepreneurship at the University of Oregon in 2014,
and found work with United Way of Lane County, making home visits for
early childhood education. In May of 2017, she was hired as operations
manager by JUMP Bikes, the company that supplies and maintains the blue
bicycles offered for rental by PeaceHealth Rides. "We put bikes out in
April 2018," she says. "The morning we launched, I saw a gentleman
riding on the bike path at 7 am. I was so excited!" With 300 bikes now
available at 39 hubs in Eugene, PeaceHealth Rides will celebrate its
first anniversary with a birthday table at the Eugene Marathon on the
weekend of April 26-28 and a display of bike-themed art at Kesey Square
during the first Friday art walk in May.
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happening peoplephotograph and story by Paul Neevel Eugene Weekly / 11 April 2019 |
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