Author: Art Fovargue

The Century cometh — and we need volunteers!!

You can help! Volunteers are needed to help on the day of the Century with registration, parking, sag driving and assistance at both Hillandale Park and the Bridgewater rest stop. We need to fill all the lovely green slots below with the names of beautiful volunteers, so check out your choices below (or open up the…
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August 27, 2013 0

Need help finding a bicycle-friendly route?

08/19/2013 update: Thanks to the enthusiasm generated by Ben and Carl’s service, the information in this post is moving to a permanent page on our website, under the “Valley Riding” –> “Bike Commuting” drop-down menu items: https://svbcbackup.dreamhosters.com/our-riding/help-finding-bicycle-friendly-route/ If you are new to bicycle commuting or new to town or just think there must be an easier…
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May 19, 2013 6

Outside Looking In

Hello ! My name is Julie Rae Powers and I am guest “blogging” for the Friendly City Grand Prix. For those of you who don’t know me I recently graduated from JMU with a degree in photography. I am relatively new to cycling.


October 17, 2012 0

Join the Harrisonburg Bike/Ped Subcommittee!

The Bicycle & Pedestrian Subcommittee now has a vacancy and applications for the position are currently being accepted through Thursday April 28, 2011. Please visit www.harrisonburgva.gov/bikeped to learn more about the duties of the Subcommittee and to download the Application Form. Please submit your application to Thanh Dang by email at thanhd@harrisonburgva.gov, fax at (540)…
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April 12, 2011 0