ERIC MYLE
to getting to medical care. I'd be so worn out
walking all the time that sometimes I just
wouldn't. e bike's a godsend. It's a blessing
and the people who fixed it are a blessing. I
got a bike and got a life back. Really."
Wood is a Re-Cycle evangelist. He tells
others in the same shape he's in they should
go to Re-Cycle, "talk to Eric," do five hours
service and earn their bike. He tells them
they're foolish if they don't and that Re-
Cycle even helps keep bikes running when
something goes wrong.
"ERIC" IS ERIC MYLE, executive director
of Centenary Community Ministries
(CCMI) and a staff-minister at Centenary
United Methodist Church. Centenary
initiated CCMI in 2009. Now, CCMI is
a separate organization involving other
churches, community and business partners
and volunteers. Centenary still provides
operating space for most CCMI endeavors,
including Re-Cycle, at its near-downtown
location on the corner of College and Ash
streets.
"Re-Cycle started in 2017 when we
began fixing donated bikes and making
them available," Myle said. "It started and
continues largely through grants from
the Knight Foundation and the Georgia
Council on Developmental Disabilities plus
the volunteerism of others. In February
2019, we added the co-op, which is a
gathering every third ursday of the month
M ACO N M AG A Z I N E.CO M 7 9
