Author: Timothy Alexander

Thanks so much to everyone who came out to join us last week at our fundraising event at Revolution Brewery! The event was a great success and we raised over $2700 in all. You can checkout photos from the event on Facebook. We couldn’t have done it without the support of the community and congratulations to all our auction winners! We’d like […]

Don’t forget to join us this Sunday at Revolution Brewing (2nd floor) from 6-8pm in Logan Square to help ring in the new year! Revolution is providing 5 of their top selling brews along with appetizers. Today is the last chance to get discounted tickets! After tonight they’ll be $40 whether online or at the door. You can grab them […]

Please join the SCVA for our inaugural New Years Social on Sunday, January 24th at Revolution Brewing (2nd floor) from 6-8pm in Logan Square to help ring in the new year! In addition to a night of food, drinks, and fun we plan to offer a silent auction of items generously donated from friends, families, and Chicagoland businesses. TICKET INFORMATION […]

The velodrome got a bit of airtime in last night’s episode of Southside on WTTW, our bit of the piece is just past the 1:02 mark. The entire episode is worth watching and gives some of the rich history of our South Side neighborhoods. If you’re looking for other ways to support us on this Giving Tuesday, remember our GoFundMe page. We’re […]

Saturday night we’re having our bash at the Emporium Arcade Bar in Logan Square. They’ve got a ton of classic video games along with pool, shuffle board, pinball, and craft beers. We’ll be raffling off cool stuff and you can still get discounted tickets if you buy before the end of Thursday. That’s not all though, in the morning from 10am-2pm Major Taylor Cycling […]

SCVA is throwing a 21 and over bash at the Logan Square Emporium Arcade Bar on Saturday 11/28 @ 7pm. The Emporium hosts retro arcade games, pool, pinball, and craft beers. There’s something for everyone, including the chance to support a worthy cause while pummeling your friends or family in 90s video game glory! For a $15 donation at the event […]

Things continue to happen here at the SCVA. We have a couple of upcoming meetings, and as always they’re open to the public. Our general monthly meeting will be on Wednesday  11/4 (on facebook and on thechainlink) at 7pm at the velodrome. Given everything that’s been happening though we’ll be having an additional meeting this Wednesday 10/28 (on FB and on TCL), also […]

Even though we’re cycling oriented it seems appropriate that the Chicago Marathon is this weekend, and while thousands of people will be running for 26 miles, we’re trying to reach 10K. A week ago we sent out a call for help; we’d hit our own wall and needed the support of our community to keep us running. I’m happy to say […]

A small team of dedicated folks have been continuing the work down at the track, but the low turnouts have meant it’s taking much longer than expected. We still have time to get wheels down on the track this year if we’re able to complete repairs, and with a break in the heat it’s a great time to be down by the […]

This year has been filled with a lot of barriers as we try to both save the track and build an organization that can sustain it into the future. Negotiations, licensing, repairs; all of these things have take longer and had more problems than anyone expected. We have monthly payments to make on the track and insurance that total more than seven […]