Ramblewood Park recently underwent a planning cycle and now has a brand spanking new master plan. The Shenandoah Valley Bicycle Coalition is committed to expanding the off road bicycling opportunities in the city of Harrisonburg and is working closely with Harrisonburg Parks and Recreation to design and build these trails. Unlike Hillandale, Ramblewood has elevation…
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SVBC trail work crews will continue with Thursday trail work each week at 5pm – Dark. SVBC now has permission to leave the gate open by the horse stalls on Thursday afternoons so you can drive to the pond for trail work. We will spend Thursday working on the new “IMBA Trail” above the pond…
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From the Virginia State Parks eNews. Great write up on our two most prolific chainsaw volunteers, Mike Capraro and Susan Musante. Chainsaw Champions Jennifer Saik, Education Specialist II/Volunteer Coordinator, Shenandoah River State Park As we all know, many of our state parks suffered a lot of damage resulting from the derechostorm that hit Virginia last month. Many…
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What: Camp Todd 2-Day Trail Work Camp Out When: Saturday August 25 and Sunday August 26 Where: Camp Todd off of Forest Road 95 Why: Begin accumulating matching hours for $125,000 grant Saturday August 25: Work party starts at 1pm and work for 4 hours then camp out Sunday August 26: Work party starts at…
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Trail Funding On Tap At Workshop Federal Grants For Biking, Walking Paths Discussed Posted: August 6, 2012 By PRESTON KNIGHT HARRISONBURG — Area residents interested in learning about federal funding opportunities for biking and walking trails are being encouraged to sign up for a September workshop. The Harrisonburg-Rockingham County Metropolitan Planning Organization and the Shenandoah Valley…
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June and July have not been easy months for our trails. The recent round of storm to sweep through our area, ring lead by the Derecho on June 29th, have left a lot of our trails in rough shape. The storms snapped the dead trees, uprooted the weak trees and shook every loose…
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The SVBC Ride of Silence made it on the DNR and WHSV TV! Check out the WHSV Report and the DNR article: Cycling For Awareness Annual Ride Of Silence One Of Many Events For National Bike Safety MonthBy JEREMY HUNT Daily News-RecordHARRISONBURG — Dozens of bicyclists pedaled their agenda Wednesday through the streets of Harrisonburg…
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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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