melinda

Royal Oak freelancer, Melinda Clynes, favors a circa-1974 Schwinn Suburban when it comes to two-wheeled transport. She rescued the bike from her parent’s garage days before it was headed to the curb.

In the same spirit, Clynes will share her passion for health and wellness issues with Mode Shift readers through weekly stories about the people, places and projects that are making southeast Michigan more robust, more livable, and, doggone it, more fun.

She has been writing about the work of metro Detroit nonprofits for 22 years; once an active travel writer who traversed the globe, Clynes still pens stories about recreation, festivals, and destinations closer to home.