Safe rides home offered to Redlands holiday revelers

Inland Empire Community Newspapers • December 26, 2013 • Page A5
Safe rides home offered to Redlands holiday revelers
COURTESY PHOTO/MARK BURKHOLDER
Hangar 24 Craft Brewery unveiled its newest drink, an all natural non-alcoholic soda--Orange Cream and Root Beer.
COURTESY PHOTO/MARK BURKHOLDER
Responsible Redlands Safe Rides Home supporters Redlads Mayor Pete Aguilar, Hangar 24
Craft Brewery Founder Ben Cook, San Bernardino County District Attorney Mike Ramos and
Redlands Police Chief Mark Garcia
COURTESY PHOTO/MARK BURKHOLDER
Hangar 24 Craft Brewery along with several other city and county agencies are offering free or
reduced-priced cab rides for holidays revelers through the Responsible Redlands Safe Rides
Home program. The cab program runs throught News Year’s morning.
W
parties and bars to ring in the
New Year pour in, party-goers in
Redlands
have one less thing to
ith the holidays in
worry
about--making
it home
full swing and invitations to gatherings, safe.
By Yazmin Alvarez
V
Hangar 24 Craft Brewery, the
City of Redlands, The San
Bernardino County District
Attorney, Redlands Police Department and Redlands Cab
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Company have partnered up
with several local bars to ensure
revelers have a fun and safe holiday season by offering free or
reduced-fare cab rides home.
Responsible Redlands Safe
Rides Home--a pilot program
spearheaded by Hangar 24
founder Ben Cook--runs from 8
p.m. to 2 a.m. nightly through the
morning of New Year’s Day.
To participate in the safe rides
home program, patrons at participating bars and restaurants in
Redlands must ask a restaurant
or bar staff for a “Responisble
Redlands Cab.” Staff will then
call the cab company for the patron. The first four miles will be
provided free of charge and the
rider is responsible for mileage
after. Rides will be provided only
to a home, not another bar or establishment.
The aim of the pilot program is
to not only ensure the public is
responsible by not drinking and
driving, but also aims at creating
a trend in taking cabs to get
home safely after a night at local
bars.
“Hopefully this sparks a movement. It’s a completely safe way
to get home when you’re out,”
said Robert Bledsoe, Hangar 24
director of marketing. “A cab is
a couple bucks. The cost in
human lives is invaluable.”
The program is being funded by
a $5 donation for every ride from
Hangar 24 and another $5 from
the participating bar or restaurant. In addition, one of the four
miles will be donated by The
Redlands Cab Company, accord-
ing to Hangar 24.
Participating bars and restaurants include: Romano's, Eureka
Burger, Royal Falconer, The
Boiler Room, Gourmet Pizza
Kitchen, Redlands Underground,
Flamingo, Lounge 22, and the
Hangar 24 Tasting Room.
Plans to replicate the program
during other holidays are in the
works, Bledsoe said.
The Redlands pilot program
launched Dec. 20 in conjunction
with the brewery’s unveiling of
its first-ever soda creations--Orange Cream and Root Beer.
The goal in creating the sodas
was to provide a non-alcoholic
option for designated drivers,
Bledsoe said.
Hangar’s new sodas are brewed
in house and made with 100 percent pure cane sugar. They contain no high-fructose corn syrup
and are caffeine-free. The sodas
can be purchased for $1 for a 12
ounce glass only at the Hangar
24 Tasting Room.
Hangar 24 Craft Brewery is located at 1710 Sessums Drive in
Redlands.
To learn more about Responisble Redlands Safe Rides Homes
or the brewery’s new sodas, visit
hangar24brewery.com.
Yazmin Alvarez is a reporter
for Inland Empire Community
Newspapers and can be reached
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