This nice piece on the Carr Mountain Cooperative trail build appeared in the latest issue of the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation “Greenways and Trails Program E-News.” The Carr Mountain Trail nears completion by Tom Johnson In its fourth year of volunteer work, the six-mile Carr Mountain Trail– a critical piece of the Great Eastern…
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The Shenandoah Valley Bicycle Coalition was awarded an Action 2020 Workshop through Advocacy Advance. Advocacy Advance is a dynamic partnership of the Alliance for Biking & Walking and the League of American Bicyclists to boost local and state bicycle and pedestrian advocacy efforts. The Workshop is designed to provide knowledge, skills and resources to access untapped…
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From Mr. Marshall Hammond: On Saturday 21 April, 2012 twenty-two members and friends of the Shenandoah Valley Bicycle Coalition met at the Dog Graveyard on Tillman Road in the Dry River District of the George Washington National Forest. This is the 5th year of SVBC celebrating Earth Day by picking up trash along the 7 mile forest service…
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The Start of the Congressional Bike Ride to wrap up the Summit If you are interested in any aspect of cycling advocacy then you need to make sure you attend the National Bike Summit. If you ride any type or style of bicycle on a regular or irregular basis, you should attend the National Bike…
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Classroom portion of IMBA Trail Building School at the Lucy Simms Center Harrisonburg hosted a successful IMBA Trail Care Crew visit this past weekend. Steven and Morgan Lommele came to the Burg and brought with them over two years of accumulated knowledge from traveling around the country and working with a broad spectrum of mountain bike…
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Volunteers cutting in the Carr Mountain Trail above German River Road The Shenandoah Valley Bicycle Coalition participated in a weekend of work on the Carr Mountain Trail in conjunction with the Potomac Appalachian Trail Club. The SVBC hired Ironwood Outdoors to bring in a machine to help with benching in the southern portion of the trail.…
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SVBC Built Berms on the “Short Track Course” Mike Carpenter knows how to lean… (Photo Credit: Katy Martin-Smith) Daily News-Record (Harrisonburg, VA) February 4, 2012 Section: News-Local Just Add Water When you start asking strangers for water, that’s a sign you’ve bitten off more than you can chew. Last October, Connor and I went to the…
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Harrisonburg was very lucky to have two representatives from Alta Planning and Design make the journey to the Friendly City to engage local advocates about local cycling issues and potential for future infrastructure improvements. In the picture above, local advocates talk about the potential for transforming Federal Street into a bike specific (maybe car free?)…
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Daily News Record Article 12/30 HARRISONBURG — Local bicycle advocates hope community support and interest begins rolling in as they attempt to advance the Harrisonburg metropolitan area’s bike and pedestrian development in 2012. Two upcoming events organized by the Shenandoah Valley Bicycle Coalition are planned to solicit feedback on the issue. The first, an informational session…
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Narrowboack Reroute – 2011 SVBCoalition Fall MTB Fest from Scott Wootten on Vimeo.Shenandoah Valley Bicycle Coalition hosts the 15th annual Virginia Mountain Bike Festival. As part of the Recreational Trails Program, funded by the Virginia Gas Tax, the SVBC undertakes a major trailbuilding project on Narrowback Mountain. View from the Tillman West Trail looking back…
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