Call for volunteer to ready the Mountain Biking Skills Park for July 27 opening

Volunteers are helping build the Mountain Biking Skills Park at the foot of Brush Mountain and the trails of the George Washington and Jefferson National Forest will open at the end of July. A grassroots effort that helped fund and raise awareness of the possibility of the park, encouraged local government and business support, sold t-shirts, and held biking movie events to raise money and enthusiasm. Before the grand opening, two more Sunday workdays call for volunteers.

It is almost time for the grand opening of the Blacksburg Rotary Mountain Biking Skills Park (2702 Meadowbrook Road across from Gateway Park), but we need your help to make sure it is ready to go, said a Blacksburg Parks & Recreation announcement this week.

There are two workdays scheduled: Sunday, July 14, and Sunday, July 21, both from 8 a.m. to noon.

We need volunteers to move dirt, adjust features, and harden the trail. Please bring any tools you think would help us. No need to register to help, just show up.

The grand opening will be Saturday, July 27 at 10 a.m.

If you would like more information, please call the Blacksburg Parks & Recreation Department at 540-443-1100.

Call for volunteer to ready the Mountain Biking Skills Park for July 27 opening

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