matthew denberg
Reminder that the Rally for MTB trails is Monday evening at 7pm at the
City
Council chamber on Pearl Street between 7th and 8th Ave. Come out and
support
our local trails.
This will be our second visit to the Council Chambers to request
more trails
for Mountain bikes. Our first meeting with Council went well, and we
introduced
the issue of the Ribbon trail and MTB access to the councilors.
See coverage of the first Rally here: http://tinyurl.com/MTBRally
This time, we want to give them specific reasons why more the
Ribbon trail
decision was flawed, and emphasize our belief that more trails should be
opened
to bikes. We really need to get a large crowd to attend this Rally. We
set a
high bar in April with 45 attendees, so let's try to double the numbers
and show
Council that we are serious, and that we will continue to pursue this
issue.
We hope to get the City Council to realize that there is strong
support for
building more trails that are open to bikes. We also want them to
understand
that concerns about safety, trail damage, and other issues have been
successfully resolved in dozens of towns across the US. There are so
many
examples of success that it will be hard for people to ignore the facts.
Our long term goal would be to see the entire Ridgeline trail
system have
access to MTB use. We also hope to ensure that all future trail
expansions will
have a MTB component unless unique circumstances prevent the
possibility.
We are asking people to show up in front of the City Council
Chambers (On
Pearl Street between 7th and 8th Ave) at 7pm on Monday May 24th. We will
gather
and go over some info, and then as a group we will enter the Council
Chamber a
few minutes before the 7:30 meeting start.
Come out and support local trails!!!!!!!!!!
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