Welcome to our new monthly feature, in which we round up all our events, earned media, meetings and speaking engagements for the month. Behold, January:

Jan 5 = Meeting with Transit Columbus's Elissa Schneider, re: Open Streets and other potential partnerships

Jan 5 = Meeting of MORPC's Community Advisory Committee, on which Catherine serves

Jan 6 = Meeting with Columbus City Council's new Public Service Chair Shannon Hardin, re: introducing him to our work

Jan 7 = Columbus Food League's Yay Bikes! fundraiser @ Grass Skirt Tiki Room

Jan 7 = Meeting with Greater Columbus Art Council's Ruby Harper, re: integrating art and bicycling

Jan 13 = Meeting with ODOT's Julie Walcoff and the Ohio AAP (American Academy of Pediatrics) Foundation's Hayley Southworth, re: providing trainings for the 2015 "Put a Lid On It" campaign

Jan 14 = Presentation at Grandview Civic Welfare Club, re: Yay Bikes! programming

Jan 15 = Meeting with Bexley's Mayor Ben Kessler, Council Member Deneese Owen and Service Department Director Bill Dorman, re: serving Bexley's cyclists

Jan 27 = Meeting with City of Columbus Deparment of Public Service Director Tracie Davies & Deputy Director Jennifer Gallagher, re: Multimodal Thoroughfare Plan update and other city bike business

Jan 28 = Meeting of the Bicycle Subcommittee of the Transportation & Pedestrian Commission, on which Catherine serves

Jan 30 = Columbus Dispatch article: "University District to get first protected bike lane in Columbus"