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Comment on the Harrisonburg Bike-Ped Plan

We almost have a new Harrisonburg Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan- Read the Draft Plan and Comment Today You’ve heard about it for awhile now. You knew it was coming. You may even have already participated in some of the public meetings. Well now we have our latest draft plan and we want you to look…
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November 21, 2016 0

Festival Survey to win a Free Entry into 2017 Shenandoah Mountain Bike Festival

Want to Attend the 2017 Shenandoah Mountain Bike Festival for Free? Click here to take the Survey SURVEY CLOSES Tuesday, November 22 The 2016 Shenandoah Mountain Bike Festival by the numbers Take our Survey 190 registrants Raised over $11,000 for the SVBC Filled 120 volunteer positions (not including trail workers) Saturday’s trail workers rehabilitated the Trimble Mountain Trail–…
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November 19, 2016 0

5th Harrisonburg & Rockingham Bike-Walk Summit

On Friday November 4, 2016 the Shenandoah Valley Bicycle Coalition in partnership with the Harrisonburg Rockingham Metropolitan Planning Organization, The City of Harrisonburg, Rockingham County, and James Madison Univeristy, hosted our regions fifth annual Bike-Walk Summit. The Summit was held on the campus of James Madison University and brought together community members including, Rockingham County and…
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November 15, 2016 0

6 Newly Designated League Cycling Instructors in Shenandoah Valley

6 Newly Designated League Cycling Instructors in Shenandoah Valley Harrisonburg, VA – November 14, 2016 – The Shenandoah Valley Bicycle Coalition (SVBC) announced 6 of its members earned the prestigious certification of League Cycling Instructor (LCI) from the League of American Bicyclists, a 136-year-old national bicycling and advocacy organization. The new LCIs are Dan Finseth…
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November 15, 2016 0

11/14: SVBC November Social- Clementine Upstairs

***Change of location for November, we will still be at Clementine but we will be in the upstairs dining room rather than in the downstairs Lounge”*** Read the Agenda by clicking here: November 2016 SVBC Social Agenda We will have at least one guest with us. We will welcome Erin Yancey, the new City of Harrisonburg…
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November 13, 2016 0

City of Harrisonburg City Council Candidates- Bike. Walk. Vote!

Learn more about our local candidates who are running for Harrisonburg City council. You can find out where you vote on the Harrisonburg Voter Registrar Office website and Google provides an easy to use map to help you find your polling place. Shenandoah Valley Bicycle Coalition is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization and does not support…
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November 7, 2016 0

You Bike. You Walk. and You VOTE! H-Burg School Board Info

Learn more about our local candidates who are running for Harrisonburg City School Board. You can find out where you vote on the Harrisonburg Voter Registrar Office website and Google provides an easy to use map to help you find your polling place. Shenandoah Valley Bicycle Coalition is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization and does not…
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November 7, 2016 0

Bike-Walk Summit On Tap Fifth Annual Event Will Discuss Diversity

You can read the full article in the Daily News Record: Bike-Walk Summit On Tap Fifth Annual Event Will Discuss Diversity By NOLAN STOUT Daily News-Record  HARRISONBURG — Rhonda Cooper sees accommodations for bicyclists and pedestrians as essential to economic development. “Oftentimes, and we’re seeing this more and more, companies looking to locate to areas aren’t…
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October 31, 2016 0

Approved! Rockingham County Bicycle-Pedestrian Plan

10/27: Update: Board of Supervisors votes to unanimously approve the first ever Rockingham County Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan. If you live in Rockingham County then please consider sending a THANK-YOU email to your supervisor. Don’t know who your supervisor is? Take a look at this map (Election Districts in Rockingham County VA) and then look…
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October 24, 2016 0

10/30: Volunteer to Free Hearthstone Ridge Trail

October 23 and October 30 Trail Work missions in the George Washington National Forest. Where: 9am at the Wolf Ridge Trail Parking Lot (Click for Google Driving Directions) to brush Hearthstone Ridge Trail Why: Hearthstone Ridge is overgrown and needs our love. Plus, the hours you spend on this trail will count as match for…
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