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Iloilo Business Park hosts 1st Iloilo Bike Festival

Bikers here, there and everywhere
Photo courtesy of Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog Facebook Page
Around 3,000 bikers from Iloilo City and nearby provinces joined the much-anticipated “City Fun Ride" to highlight the 1st Iloilo Bike Festival. The weeklong bike festival kicked off at Megaworld's 72-hectare Iloilo Business Park in Mandurriao District.
Mayor Jed Patrik Mabilog leads the 1st Iloilo Bike Festival
Photo courtesy of Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog Facebook Page
Government officials led by Iloilo City Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog, vice-mayor Joe Espinosa III, and congressman Jerry Treñas; together with environmental advocates and Megaworld executives, participated in the 25-kilometer scenic bike ride which started from the Iloilo Business Park township to the various scenic locations in Iloilo. 
Environmental advocate and lawyer, Atty. Antonio Oposa Jr. and Senate president Franklin Drilon also graced the opening of the bike festival.

"The purpose of this festival is to gather the Ilonggo community and to showcase the 'live-work-play' lifestyle of the P35-billion Iloilo Business Park. Everybody should always have time for fun and we are showing that the Megaworld lifestyle is about living the good life," says Jennifer Ann Palmares-Fong, marketing head for Iloilo Business Park, Megaworld.
Sen. Frank Drilon and Cong. Jerry Treñas with the participants of the 1st Iloilo Bike Festival
Photo courtesy of Cong. Jerry Treñas Facebook Page
In line with the thrust of reducing the carbon footprint of the community, Megaworld’s townships, like Iloilo Business Park, creates a community that is conducive for walking and biking as it is composed of a LIVE-WORK-PLAY-LEARN components.
Aside from its wide tree-lined sidewalks, the Iloilo Business Park will also feature a network of bike lanes within the township that will allow a safe and secure lane for bikers.

" Our fundamental idea of a township is to make everything just within walking distance. But here in Iloilo Business Park, we shall say that we want to make everything just within biking distance. Our objective of a bike-friendly township runs parallel to the visions of Sen. Drilon and Mayor Mabilog. This is the reason why Megaworld fully supports this initiative," adds Fong.
The Iloilo Business Park, dubbed as Western Visaya's biggest business and tourism destination, is soon to be the next Information Technology-Business Processing Outsourcing (IT-BPO) hub in Mandurriao district. It will have luxury residential condominiums, International brand hotels, BPO office towers, a Megaworld Lifestyle Mall, a 1.1-kilometer Festive Walk commercial strip, open parks, transport hub, and the much-anticipated Iloilo Convention Center, among others.
Megaworld Boulevard will soon have bike lanes to further promote Iloilo City as a center for fitness and well being
The township is modelled after the company's pioneering 'live-work-play-learn' township lifestyle concept in the Philippines. Among its successful townships include the 17-hectare Eastwood City, known to be the Philippines' first IT park; the 50-hectare McKinley Hill in Bonifacio Global City; the 25-hectare Newport City in Pasay City, home of the famous Resorts World Manila; and the 28.8-hectare The Mactan Newtown in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu.

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