 | September 2011
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Save the Date to Celebrate a Decade of Carsharing!
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Since we launched our service a decade ago, City CarShare members have saved a whopping $100 million a year in transportation costs while lowering the amount of CO2 emissions in the Bay Area by 250 million pounds. Now that's news worth celebrating!
Please join us on October 19 to commemorate a decade of Bay Area carsharing pioneered by City Carshare. Tickets are on sale now.
Mix and mingle with your friends and fellow members as we honor our visionary founders and share our love for the Bay Area cities we are proud to call home. Treat yourself to flavorful hors d'oeuvres catered by Credo and toast to the green life with a glass of locally produced wine or artisan beer from our tasting room. After you're fueled up for fun, bop your way over to our play-pods! Hosted by our generous community and partner organizations, these booths will tap into your creativity, challenge your coordination, and unleash your hidden brainpower.
You, our City CarShare members, have had an incredibly positive impact on the Bay Area over the past decade. Your choice to tread lighter has reduced greenhouse gas emissions and given our local roads a welcome rest with less traffic. With your support, City CarShare's nonprofit model continues to lower your cost of mobility while promoting more vibrant communities.
Click here to learn more and buy your tickets. Our party doors are open to everyone, so bring a friend and share the word. If you are a member since 2001, you get a special discount. E-mail events@citycarshare.org with your Member ID and we'll hook you up.
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Does your organization want to participate in our anniversary party? Does your company want to support our organization and party by becoming a sponsor? We are welcoming sponsors! Download our sponsor packet here or email us at events@citycarshare.org for information on becoming a sponsor.
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Prize Alert!
Stay tuned on Twitter and Facebook for our 10th Anniversary Party ticket giveaways every Wednesday!  
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Find the Sun Field Trip Report
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Last month, members took us up on our Find the Sun summer promo by taking a break from the hustle and bustle of urban living to explore the outer regions of the Bay Area. Several of you sent in photos of your adventures for extra credit. We had so much fun seeing how our cars transported you to new sites and experiences, we are sharing them with all of you. Click here to open the album. |
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We ♥ The Bay Area: Squishy is now on Twitter!
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Between updating his new twitter feed and being our proud We ♥ the Bay Area mascot, Squishy the plush Octopus has become a City CarShare celebrity. Seeking solace from the spotlight, Squishy has retreated to ten CCS vehicles in September. During your next reservation, make sure to look for him. If you find him, take him home with you and follow his instructions on how to collect your bounty brought to you by local businesses who generously donated the prizes.
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Want to get hints on where Squishy is hiding? Click here to follow him on Twitter.
September marks the eighth month of hidden prizes for our 10th Anniversary We ♥ the Bay Area promotion. Throughout 2011, for 10 months, we are hiding prizes in 10 cars as a fun way to show our appreciation for the driving force that keeps our mission moving forward: our members. Alll prizes are donated by local businesses so check out our sponsors to get ideas on how you can keep your dollars local by purchasing homegrown products and services.
September prizes are: Kabuki Springs & Spa - two (2) day bath passes, citrus shower gel, & citrus facial mask
Brava Theater - two (2) tickets to any Brava production
Little Green Cyclo - $10 gift certificate
Driving credits on us - $10 will be credited to your account
 Kabuki Springs & Spa
Inspired by centuries-old tradition of the Japanese sentō, Kabuki Springs & Spa blends the beauty and serenity of gourmet bathing with premier spa treatments. Nestled in San Francisco's Japantown, Kabuki offers Asian inspired body treatments, Swedish, as well as Shiatsu massage, facials, and the ever-popular co-ed day for the spa. (...more about Kabuki)
 Brava Theater
For 25 years Brava Theater has enriched the Bay Area with art that doesn't just imitate life but heightens our social peripheries. Brava Theater, a professional arts organization committed to producing, presenting and cultivating live art, celebrates the intersection of feminism and multiculturalism that ignites social change and empowers community.
(...more about Brava Theater)
 Little Green Cyclo
Biting into a Little Green Cyclo's crunchy bánh mì with homemade organic pâté & packed with lemongrass grilled pork will transport you to the streets of Vietnam. Founders Chef Quynh Nguyen, Monica Wong, and Susie Pham serve up locally sourced and organic Vietnamese street food on Bay Area streets from their little green cyclo ... okay, its actually a food truck, but it is green. (...more about Little Green Cyclo)
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Prize Alert!
We are stashing prizes in the glove compartments each month in 10 cars to celebrate our 10th Anniversary until November (only 3 months left!) Find Squishy, who holds the key to finding out how to redeem your prize (look for a scroll in one of his arms). Get a leg up on his hiding spot by following him on Twitter. Good luck!
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New Perk from The New Wheel + Win a Week with an Electric Bike
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 Powering up one of our hills on a bike can leave even the heartiest quads begging for mercy. Some streets (hello, Frederick Street, we're talking to you!) have us seriously questioning the laws of physics. Our newest Member Perks partner is coming to the rescue. The New Wheel provides premier electric bikes so you can master those hills, conserve your energy, and add to your list of "Places to Go and Things to See Without a Car."
The New Wheel's electric bikes have the simplicity of a bicycle with the utility of an automobile. As a City CarShare member, you can receive a free Bern Watts bike helmet ($60 value) with the purchase of an electric bike from The New Wheel, along with complimentary servicing for a year. Just flash your key fob when you pick up your new wheels. If an electric bike seems outside your budget, consider The New Wheel's "Green Financing" option that allows you to purchase a bike with small payments over the course of three years.
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Prize Alert!
For a chance to win a week with an electric bike in October fill out this survey (only 3 questions!) by end of day September 30. Four lucky winners with the most electric responses will win. Winners will be notified in September.
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 Pod Expansion
New space with a Honda Fit
Relaunched Pod
San Francisco: Bernal Heights: Mission & 30th (7-Eleven)
Introducing two new Prii (plural for Prius)
Coming soon ...
New Pod
Mid-September
San Francisco: Bayview: 3rd & Armstrong
Other News A new car type! Stay tuned, it's stylish and has a cute Italian accent. If you would like to offer parking or make suggestions for new Pods (locations) or vehicle types, please e-mail us at memberservices@citycarshare.org. Our criteria for vehicles, other than being reliable and roomy, include fuel and emissions efficiency. Because our cars are driven a lot more than an average car owners' wheels, having cars with a lower carbon impact is an especially important consideration for City CarShare.
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Behind the Velvet Lei: VIP Parking at Trader Joe's
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A gorgeous SF skyline view
from Trader Joe's VIP parking lot
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While nothing beats the comfort of home, the cars that live at your local Pod can now get away for a taste of luau love whenever your hunger strikes. The cheerful crew of Trader Joe's in Laurel Heights is donning its best Hawaiian shirts to welcome City CarShare shoppers. Say aloha to two VIP parking spots reserved exclusively for City CarShare members driving one of our cars.
And if Masonic and Geary is your home Pod, reserve the Toyota Corolla from the rooftop parking lot then stroll down to TJ's to pick up as many seedless watermelons and Chili Spiced Mangos as possible to tote your groceries home.
To access the VIP spaces, wave and smile as you pass up that long line of cars entering the main Trader Joe's parking lot (the true VIP experience always includes a secret door) and head West on Geary. Then take the first right on Emerson; near the end of the street, make another right into a small driveway up into the rooftop parking lot. You'll need to use your key fob to open the gate and to get to the Pod and the two VIP guest parking spots.
This VIP spot has another perk: from this upper lot, you get to revel in the beautiful view of the SF skyline before popping into the store.
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Good, Clean Fun at the Brainwash Movie Festival
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Bike, walk, BART or drive (your City CarShare ride) to the 17th Annual Brainwash Movie Festival, a unique way to experience movies in a public space. City CarShare is a proud sponsor of this family friendly festival that spans three days in tree-lined Oakland. The festival features celestial eats from local food trucks and celluloid shorts ranging from high production live-action stories to experimental art.
City CarShare members get 25% off the price of a one-day pass by flashing your fob at the gate! For more information, click here to visit Brainwash's site.
17th Annual Brainwash Drive-in Bike-in Walk-in Movie Festival September 3 @ 8 p.m. September 9 & 10 @ 7 p.m. (coming up!) Mandela Village Arts Center 1357 5th Street Oakland, CA 94607 |
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Prize Alert!
Reserving a City CarShare ride is always great for date night. Share with us your favorite local date spots and the first 4 City CarShare members will win a pass for two to the 17th Annual Brainwash Movies Festival. E-mail us your favorite spots by noon on Wednesday (September 7) to enter. We'll select the 4 winners to win passes to attend the festival on Sept 9 - 10.
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Two Wheels, Twice the Fun: September's Sunday Streets
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 Playing in the streets with the kids, playing hide-and-go-seek with the sun (come out, come out, wherever you are!), and spending quality time with our neighbors is an idyllic retreat from workweek grind. Sunday Streets, introduced in 2008 to encourage San Franciscans to become more active and healthy, has become a mainstay for celebrating the Bay's diverse communities.
As a proud sponsor for the past two years, City Carshare's booth is always a hotspot for hula hoopers, friendly games of hopscotch and abstract chalk art. Or flex your dormant twinkle toes in a pick-up game of double dutch with the girl or guy next door ... and exchange numbers to make plans for next weekend. With our mission to reduce the number of cars on the road, the scene at Sunday Streets resonates with the future our members are sharing for.
With six successful events spanning the city so far this year, Sunday Streets gets serious with not one, but two events in the month of September. Join us on September 11 as Sunday Streets makes its triumphant return to the Western Addition. And the following week, on September 18, jet down to Grant Avenue for the first ever Grant Avenue Walking Street. Boldly going where no Sunday Streets has gone before, from the Panhandle to the Fillmore, Chinatown gates to Coit Tower. This special pedestrian route will showcase the amazing local flavors of Chinatown and North Beach alongside car-free recreation. Stop by our booth if you are in the neighborhood to say hello or jump into a friendly competition of hula hooping.
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Volunteer Call Out!
Sunday Streets can't be done without the help of volunteers! Click here to sign up for a shift. Volunteers get a t-shirt, lunch, and that warm, fuzzy feeling of helping your community. Sign up today!
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We ♥ the Bay Area (continued)
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 Kabuki Springs & Spa ...
In 1998 when Joie de Vivre hospitality, with Chip Conley, Kathy Nelsen, and Your Space Design revamped the spa to its current avatar they breathed new life to a local treasure. And as a member of the Joie de Vivre family, Kabuki is rooted in an organization that supports the local community. To learn more about the Kabuki or to schedule you relaxing massage click here. Owner Bio Kathy Nelsen has traveled extensively worldwide seeking the waters, the beauty and the serenity of other cultures and their bathing rituals to create a paradigm for the spa experience in the Bay Area. She opened her first spa, Miracle Baths, in a converted Baptist church on Fillmore Street in San Francisco in 1977.She has opened Indian Springs in Calistoga, the Claremont Spa in Oakland, and is currently the Director of Kabuki Springs & Spa in San Francisco, as well as the Director of Spa for all Joie de Vivre Hotels. She believes we can all celebrate the body beautiful and begin to create self love through the art of bathing.
Brava Theater ...
Little Green Cyclo ...
When plying their fresh, delectable dishes to hungry crowds, Little Green Cyclo applies the same focus on details to their flatware as they do to their locally-sourced ingredients-only reusable, recyclable, and compostable products bring their mmm to your mouth. And while we follow their food truck route around the Bay Area, Little Green Cyclo follows local organizations and charities. Each month they donate a percentage of their proceeds to a different charity and local food banks. To find out where their truck will be this week, click here.
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Directory of Member Services
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Volunteer:
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