Devoted to protecting and promoting mountain bike access in Tennessee
Brian Hann and the Appalachian Mountain Bike Club received a state parks and recreation award today at the Legacy Luncheon for their volunteer service to Knoxville parks.
The luncheon is a fundraiser for parks and is hosted by the Legacy Parks Foundation, a group who along with Knoxville Parks and Recreation, works closely with Hann and the AMBC.
Hann and the AMBC have put thousands of hours into building trails throughout the city, primarily in South Knoxville. In the last two years, they have built
an estimated ten miles of unpaved trails between …
According to an article on the Brentwood Homepage, an on-line news publication, Marcella Vivrette Smith Park will see the construction of a new mountain bike trail. With the park consisting of only 320 acres no one currently knows how many miles of mountain bike accessible trail will be constructed at the site, but any new mountain bike trails are certainly welcome in the Middle Tennessee Area.
Source: Brentwood Homepage – Mountain bikers, clubs anxious for Smith Park trail
Chattanooga riders saw the addition of 20 miles of mountain bike accessible trails with the opening of two networks in April.
Enterprise South Nature Park (link to ESNP website)
While they have been open to the public for a few months, SORBA-Chattanooga recently held an official ribbon cutting ceremony for the Enterprise South Nature Park Trails. The ceremony for this 10 mile network, consisting of several loops, log rides, a pump track, and eventually dirt jumps, was attended by Hamilton County Mayor Jim Coppinger who said a few word at the event.
The …
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The Tennessee Mountain Biking Alliance passes on this important information from the National Trails Association. We note that many parks that contain mountain bike accessible trails benefit from RTP Grant Funding. Further, this funding is NOT an earmark. Instead the funds originate from off road sources.
“The Recreational Trails Program (RTP) provides funds to the States to develop and maintain recreational trails and trail-related facilities for both nonmotorized and motorized recreational trail uses. The RTP is an assistance program of the Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway …
