from the Plano Courier Star

By Kim Nguyen, Staff Writer

The Association of Pedestrian & Bicycle Professionals (APBP) revealed the five winners of its Susie Stephens Young Professional Scholarship.

Renee Burke of Plano; Laura Dierenfield of Hawaii; Joe Fish of Bloomington, Ind.; Maureen Shenberger of Chicago; and Barry Zalph of Louisville, Ky. are the 2008 beneficiaries. The scholarship provides funding for recipients to attend either the 2008 ProWalk/ProBike conference or the Thunderhead Alliance Retreat, both held just outside Seattle.

Burke is the trail systems planner, a newly created position, for the City of Plano and has plans to implement a stellar, effective, safe, on-street system that will set the trend in North Texas, defining a safe place for cyclists to ride. Burke is an avid bicyclist who bikes to work and leads several monthly rides for novices.

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