Monday 1/16/12 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.  We'll be clearing the trail corridor, removing trash, and pulling privet. This workday is part of Hands on North East Georgia's MLK Jr. Day of Service.  Sign up here:
MLK Jr. Day of Service  

This is the inaugural year of this event. The  goal is to educate the consumer about new and upcoming products. There will be at least 30 exhibitors and attendees will have a chance to demo a variety of new products. The event will take place at the Georgia International Horse Park in Conyers, which is the site of the 1996 Olympic Mountain Bike cross-country course. This gives you the opportunity to use onsite world-class MTB trails. There will also be an area for road bike demos.  Best of all, all profits will be donated to IMBA/SORBA.  Sign up online for just $20:
     
http://sebikex.com/ 

Event Hours
February 25th 10:00am – 4:30pm and 6:00pm – 9:00pm (night light testing)
February 26th 10:00am – 4:00pm

The Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has scheduled two public meetings to discuss proposed mountain bike trail fees at three state parks. DNR officials are considering charging a $2 fee (or $25 annual trail pass) in addition to the normal daily fees and annual passes at Fort Yargo, Hard Labor Creek and Unicoi state parks to help offset operational and maintenance costs.  Read the proposal here.  This is your chance to give your input. The meetings are scheduled for:

• January 9, 7 p.m. at Ft. Yargo State Park in Winder. Camp Will-A-Way’s gymnasium.

• January 11, 7 p.m. at Unicoi State Park in Helen. Logo Meeting Room at the lodge

GA DNR has opened the comment period. They are accepting public
comments at Director.GSPHS@dnr.state.ga.us until January, 20, 2012.
Please copy comments@sorba.org on your email. 

That's right, Heritage Park is once again open for business.  Thank you to the 30+ volunteers who came out today. We had a great workday. The trail has been cleared and new signs, markers, and maps were added to make it easier to find your way around.  Blue circles for MTB,  orange squares for horses, and green triangles for joint use.  Go check it out.  [PHOTOS]

This workday has been cancelled. 
[Driving Directions]

**Update:  There will be plenty of extra hot dogs, veggie dogs, and buns to throw on the grill if you don't want to bring a lunch, courtesy of SORBA Athens. We'll also have some jalapenos, slaw, and onions for the dogs and some chips and salsa. If we get all the work done, Heritage Park will officially re-open Sunday morning. That's a big *IF* so please bring your friends and family, including kids. We will have something for them to do.  Thanks to Jamie Ranger for getting most of the work done for us ahead of time.**  

We will be raking and blowing off the trails after the months of neglect during the water mitigation project. We will also be blazing the trails so that bikers and horses know what trails they are on and which to stay on/off. Please bring water, gloves, a leaf blower or rake if you have one and something to grill for lunch. Jamie Ranger/Sorba Athens will be providing some drinks, tools and the grill. Stay after and get the first rides in at the park.   [GPS Coordinates/Driving Directions]

The East Athens Community Parks Mountain Bike Trail Project was approved by the ACC commission in June.  We started work on trail layout in August.  Flagging and corridor clearing are complete for the first two sections of Phase I.  We are now ready to do some serious trail building.  Check our Calendar for the workday schedule and other local mountain biking events.