A new event offers a new way to ride into the Labor Day weekend this year and help the Cancer 
Anderson County Spokesperson Angie Stringer, holds up the yellow Tour De La France jersey, as Interim Administrator Rusty Burns looks on at Friday's press event.Association of Anderson. On Sept. 5, the "Tour De La France" will offer a 13.74-mile trek, which begins at 8 a.m. at La France Elementary School, and a mini-ride of 1.8 miles for beginners and chidren, which begins at the Great Escape and ends at the Anderson County Farmer's Market. Electric City Transit will provide transportation back to the school or the Great Escape.
"We are really pleased to be a part of this event," said Rusty Burns, interim administrator of Anderson County. "The Cancer Association of Anderson is an orgazination that is near and dear to my heart. The work they do is very meaningful and cannot be duplicated."
As part of the event, a Bike Rodeo will also be held at the Great Escape with free bike helment fittings and free helmets while supplies last.
The bike event is also aimed at raising awareness for the Anderson County, City of Anderson Complete Streets Program. The complete streets policy ensures that transportation planners and engineers consistently design and operate the entire roadway with all users in mind - including bicyclists, public transportation vehicles and riders, and pedestrians of all ages and abilities.
Sponsors for the event include Cancer Association of Anderson, City of Anderson, Anderson County, the South Carolina Department of Transportation, the Great Escape, the Complete Streets program, Safe Kids of Anderson County, Imagine Anderson, the Anderson County Farmer's Market,La France Elementary School and the Mayor's Committee on Disability.