I rode my bike to Hillandale with our four-year-old last week. It was the first time he had ridden from our house to the Rocktown Trails all on his own. It filled my heart with warmth and joy. We pedaled together down Liberty St in Downtown Harrisonburg, taking the entire right lane and riding over…
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As we wrap up 2021, we are asking for your support to help us Spread Pixie Dust in the Valley and ensure everyone has access to safe accessible biking and walking. Can you help us reach our 2021 Pixie Dust goals before January 1? We are asking our members and our broader network to support…
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Friends like YOU provide the support and partnerships fueling the Shenandoah Valley Bicycle Coalition’s impact. We need YOUR help to ensure bicycling and walking in the valley is for everyone. Will YOU become a champion to ensure all of us have access to trails, greenways, and safe spaces to bike? As we wrap up 2021,…
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Joy, Community, and Pixie Dust Together, we are reclaiming our streets, trails, and public places for current and future generations of walkers and riders. Please consider helping us continue spreading pixie dust through trails, friendships, bicycles, volunteerism, and community. If you are in a position to donate and help spread the pixie dust we are…
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Donate As we wrap up 2021 we ask you to consider helping us continue spreading Pixie Dust through the Valley with a contribution. After all, change can be playful and we can reclaim space for people walking and biking. In 2021 your Coalition created another new collection of trails on Massanutten’s Western Slope. Like last…
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Thank you @SVBCoalition for organizing @deanna4council first annual bike ride through @HarrisonburgVA! Great way to raise awareness about biking & transportation access. pic.twitter.com/ee0nNAFiPz — Dr. Carah Ong Whaley (@CarahOng) May 18, 2019 What: Our second Harrisonburg Mayor’s Bike Ride will include costumes and the route will be in the spirit of our past Bike Month…
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These photos were taken in August of 2021 on Narrowback Mountain while the relocation of the Narrowback Mountain Trail was in progress. Once finished, the trail will connect from the Wolf Parking lot to the Narrowback ridge top. The project is the result of a $200,000 grant the Coalition secured and is administering on the…
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On August 22, 2021 the Coalition held a unique special event in Shenandoah National Park. We received a special permit to bike on an unpaved road in the park. This road, Madison Run Road as well as other administrative roads in the park are and remain closed to bicycles. We will say it again, Shenandoah…
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This is a unique special event and Madison Run Road as well as other administrative roads in the park are and remain closed to bicycles. We will say it again, Shenandoah National Park’s prohibits bicycle access to administrative roads. The Coalition has worked for many years to secure bicycle access to certain unpaved administrative roads…
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Volunteer Tillman Road Trash Clean Up Day Part 2 Come out and volunteer by giving back to the National Forest! For over 10 years, the Coalition has celebrated Earth Day by picking up trash along Tillman Road in the George Washington National Forest. This is part 2 of our April Earth Day event.