Myrtle Beach gets "friendly" with Bike Week visitors

A group of Myrtle Beach volunteers is working to bring bike week visitors and local residents together.

The Friendship Team has been around for twelve years.

Coleman Randall, with the City of Myrtle Beach says volunteers work to bridge the gap between bike week visitors and residents whose relationship has had some friction in past years.

"Bottom line, they are here they are coming here and they are contributing to the economy and we want them to feel welcome to recognize that this too is a community," Randall said.

There are about 60 Friendship Team volunteers that will be chatting with visitors and handing out bike week survival guides this weekend.

They'll be on Ocean Boulevard for a few hours every night through Sunday.