The League of American Bicyclists recently announced the latest round of awards in its Bicycle Friendly Communities (BFC) program and the the Villages of Elmhurst and Batavia were both recognized as bronze-level bike-friendly communities.  Elmhurst and Batavia join four other communities in our region that have obtained bike-friendly community status – Chicago (silver), Evanston (silver), Schaumburg (bronze), and Naperville (bronze).  Downstate, Champaign and Urbana are both bronze-level bicycle-friendly communities.