Events and Activities : Subaru/IMBA Trail Care Crew in Vinton July 29-30th

The International Mountain Bicycling Association’s (IMBA) Subaru/IMBA Trail Care Crew will be in Vinton on July 29th and 30th to talk trails, teach proper trail building technique and spend quality time digging in the dirt. This visit is one of about 40 stops on the 2016 nationwide tour and everyone is invited to attend the weekend’s events at no cost. The award-winning Subaru/IMBA Trail Care Crew program includes two full-time professional teams of trail experts who travel North America year-round, leading IMBA Trail Building Schools, meeting with government officials and land managers and working with IMBA-affiliated groups to improve local mountain biking opportunities. IMBA’s crews have led well over 1,000 trail projects in the US, North America and abroad since the program debuted in 1997. The Vinton Parks & Recreation Department is currently in the proecess of developing 50 acres of timbered property within city limits at Riverside Park to establish a network of multi-use trail and singletrack. The Subaru/IMBA visit will focus on a particular segment that will integrate varied terrain coupled with flowing benchcut trail. Everybody that has an interest in seeing trails developed within Vinton are encouraged to take part in one or both of this weekend’s sessions. The following is a schedule of events that are open to the public and pre-registration is required. Friday, July 29 Better Living Through Trails Presentation Vinton Palace Theatre 10 AM – Noon This presentation explores the positive relationships between communities and their trail systems. Trails as community assets can improve quality of live and livability in a community for both the biking and non-biking members, and can also attract significant tourism dollars. Participants will learn how to turn a quality community trail system into a destination trail system that is also effectively marketed. Saturday, July 30 IMBA Trail Building School Vinton Recreation Center Classroom: Classroom 9 AM –Noon (Vinton Recreation Center Catered Lunch Provided Trail Work: 1 PM – 5 PM (Riverside Park Trails, Vinton) IMBA’s Trail Building School teaches philosophies and trails local volunteers and land managers on how to build and maintain sustainable trails and singletrack. The school involves three hours in the classroom followed by about four hours in the field doing hands-on work and field instruction. Participants are expected to come to both the classroom and field sessions on Saturday. Please contact the Vinton Parks & Recreation Department for more information or visit imba.com/tcc/schedule to register! Please consider joining us for this trail building and education event!