Check out the new Bikeverywhere jersey. It is being offered as a perk for $100 backers on the Bikeverywhere fund raising campaign. if you want this jersey, act quickly. the campaign ends in 9 days. to learn more or claim your jersey, go to http://igg.me/p/320424/x/2203427
The Parks and Trails Council of Minnesota has always been at the forefront of every effort to secure new green spaces for Minnesota. For over 60 years they’ve collected money to move quickly on land purchases that have great value to the state. Then, when the slow machinery of State or local government finally frees up funds, the Council sells the land and uses money from the sale to invest again. Trails have always had a special place on the Council’s agenda. This year their agenda includes funding for 13 trail projects that meet the Council’s four main criteria:
The Mill Towns State Trail is a good example of their priorities: It will connect the popular Cannon Valley and Sakatah Singing Hills trails (located for high use and enhances connectivity). It will include a bridge over the Cannon River (“destination” experience) and funding is needed right now to secure a 6.5 mile right of way (development depends on quick action). 12 other trails meet the same criteria and the Parks and Trails Council is ready to move on all of them.
Their impact on some of the most important quality of life amenities in the state expands to a legislative agenda that includes restoring funding to operate State Parks and Trails and making the Legacy Funds from the Clean Water, Land and Legacy Amendment truly transformative. Dorian Grilley, former Executive Director of the Council, reviewed “Bicycle Vacation Guide” when it first came out and told me. “Our goal is to make this book outdated as quickly as possible.” They did a great job on that front and I couldn’t have been happier about it.
Check out the Council’s website. It’s not an exciting read, but even a quick look will demonstrate just how important this venerable institution has been to those of us who need the restorative power of nature in our lives.
This just in. Mt Borah, a custom athletic clothing manufacturer, has agreed to make a custom Bikeverywhere cycling jersey for sponsors of the Bikeverywhere campaign on Indiegogo. This offer is so new that we don’t have the artwork figured out yet. check out the campaign and offer here.
The Indiegogo fund raising campaign has been launched! The goal of the campaign is to raise money to make the new Bikeverywhere website the best place on the web for planning your next bike ride.
We’ll launch the new site in Mid March. It’s already packed full of bike route and trail information plus bike amenities like picnic areas, parks, bathrooms and photos, but it can be better. If this campaign is successful, we will immediately begin planning and developing improvements to the site. You will see those improvements rolling out soon after launch.
Please help us get to out goal of $8000. You can do that by backing the project at one of a number of different levels, from a basic $12 membership to a $10,00 luxury houseboat and bike tour of the Upper Mississippi River.
If money isn’t an option, please spread the word by liking and sharing this post, sending out twitter feeds and emailing friends. Everything you do will help us make the new Bikeverywhere website the best go-to location for bike route information in the Upper Midwest.
Thanks for your support.