The Tour de Peninsula (TdP) bike ride will take place Sunday, August 6. “The Tour is owned and benefits the San Mateo County Parks & Recreation Foundation, a nonprofit that undertakes special projects to benefit San Mateo County’s (SMC) parks system and its users.” TdP Site While everyone is welcome in SMC parks, the parks …
Category Archive: Advocacy
Jul 31
Sanborn County Park Trails Master Plan 8/2 at 6:30
The Preferred Trail Alternatives Report for the Sanborn County Park Trails Master Plan will be presented to the Parks & Recreation Commission at the Isaac Newton Senter Auditorium at 70 W. Hedding St. in San Jose at 6:30pm on Wednesday August 2nd. The Report Summary and Map are attached to this email for your review. …
Jul 19
Woorld Mountain Bike Conference / IMBA Summit Report Part 2
Well, it has been a little while since the IMBA Summit, and I put talking about it on the agenda for the next ROMP meeting, so here I am trying to focus my thoughts. Basically the rest of the conference was about future trends in mountain biking, Grant Writing, and Grassroots organizing and motivating. THE …
Jul 19
The regular monthly meeting 7/24
The regular monthly meeting will happen this Monday at Roundatable Pizza in Sunnyvale Town and Country at 7PM. Come a little early to socialize so we can start near 7PM. Below is the agenda. If there is something you would like to add, reply to this message or email president@romp.org Agenda ———– Socks and Bells …
Jun 23
Woorld Mountain Bike Conference / IMBA Summit Report
Julie and I drove up to the IMBA summit. Along the way we stopped at Redding’s Whiskeytown Recreational Area, McKenzie River in Oregon, and Squamish Forest in BC.The riding has been terrific all the way, though confusing where rogues have built undesignated trails, which obviously are not signed and do not appear on the maps. …
May 17
support funding the NPS Rivers and Trails
As you know, RTCA has been one of IMBA’s biggest supporters and has helped get mountain biking represented in dozens of trail projects around the country. Further, RTCA went to bat for IMBA with the National ark Service and helped secure our new partnership agreement with their larger parent agency. Now is our time to …
May 16
Yes On Parks
It�s time to renew the Santa Clara County park charter amendment VOTE YES ON MEASURE B ON JUNE 6TH � A YES vote on Measure B will provide a stable and necessary fund for our Santa Clara County park system through the renewal of the Park Charter Amendment. � A YES vote on Measure B …
