With your help, we convinced the City of Harrisonburg to move forward with funding and designing the trails or greenways that comprise the “Connect Our Schools” initiative. The City of Harrisonburg refers to these trails as the Garbers Church Shared Use Paths since they will connect Westover to Thomas Harrison Middle School, to Hillandale, to…
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UPDATE: The Little Cheerful will be up on the mountain selling food to benefit the Shenandoah Valley Bicycle Coalition. Bring some cash so you can buy some goodies! Check out the menu by clicking here. When: Sunday, February 5 @ Riding at 10:00 AM Where: Park at Briery Branch Community Center and bike up to Flagpole Knob (Highest point…
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Unsolicited Bid May Jump-Start Trail Project Proposal Also Includes Blacks Run Cleanup By TONY BROWN Daily News-Record Nikki Fox / DN-R Allen Chandler (pictured right), a 23-year-old James Madison University senior from Stuarts Draft, walks on the Bluestone Trail Tuesday. Momentum Earthworks submitted an unsolicited bid to build a section of the Northend Greenway Shared…
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Please support those events that support the Shenandoah Valley Bicycle Coalition. The Alpine Loop Gran Fondo donates thousands of dollars each year to your Bicycle Coalition. With their help, we were able to engage in the Connect Our Schools Campaign to help secure $3 million for local greenways in the City of Harrisonburg. Riding your…
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City Seeks Input through Budget Survey Harrisonburg, Va. Harrisonburg, Va. – The city of Harrisonburg is preparing the budget for the next fiscal year (2017-2018) and is seeking input from city residents, property owners, and business owners. Although the next budget will not begin for several months, the process has already begun to evaluate the…
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THE WESTERN SLOPE IS OPEN!! Massanutten has opened the Western Slope Trails for the riding/running/hiking season. This is the earliest in the year the trails have opened! SVBC thanks Massanutten for another year of a great partnership. Support the partnership by making sure you have a current trail pass for the 2017 trail season!
Monday, January 9, 2017 – We will meet at our regular time of 7:00pm in our typical location of Ruby’s Lounge in the basement of Clementine. More Details on Location We will also pull names from a hat for the winner of a full Shimano XT 11-speed kit thanks to the generous support of Shenandoah Bicycle Company…
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The City of Harrisonburg will host an open-house meeting to share conceptual designs for the Garbers Church Road Shared Use Path (aka Connect Our Schools). We ask that you (the public) attend to learn about the project, ask questions, and offer input on its design. Why: We need you to attend because this is an important…
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We kick off elections every year in February. If you would like to run for the board election (2 seats available) then please let us know ASAP so we can get your info up on the website or answer any questions you may have. Email us if you are interested:SVBCoalition@gmail.com Term: 3 years Total number…
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We are helping CAP (Community Alliance for Preservation) spread the word about our region’s Long Range Transportation Planning process. We suspect that local transportation plans may not be the first thing on your minds in the new year, but we want to let you know that the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) has just released…
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