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Jan. 7, 2010: CAMBC announces 2010 first general members meeting and ride, Saturday, 1/23/2010, 1 p.m.

Date/Time: 1 p.m., Saturday, January 23, 2010
Location: Dave Stackhouse's home at 1404 Westwood Rd, Charlottesville.
Directions: Take the Rugby Ave and/or McIntire Park exit off the 250 bypass. Dave's house is on the corner of Rugby Ave and Westwood Rd immediately adjacent the bypass and McIntire park.
Description: The meeting will be held first with a ride to follow for any takers (and weather dependent). In the case of inclement weather anyone who brings a trainer & suitable bike is welcome to join Dave for an indoor trainer session (duration approximately 1 hour) followed by ping pong round robin for a cool down.
Meeting Agenda:

• Meet the new Board of Directors
• Recap of CAMBC's 2009 accomplishments
• Treasurer's report
• Launch CAMBC's new master plan to build membership and volunteers for 2010
• Trail building plans and opportunities for 2010
• Open discussion and suggestions for the 2010 calendar of CAMBC group rides and events

2009 Highlights

• CAMBC supports Bike Factory Racing building bikes for charity: On December 5, 2009, CAMBC members joined Bike Factory Racing to build over 300 bicycles that were given to needy Charlottesville area children through the charitable Toy Lift program. Shawn Tevendale of Bike Factory organized the bike building volunteers at the request of folks at Toy Lift. More than 10 CAMBC members braved the snowy conditions and cold to work from 11am until past 7pm assembling bicycles that Toy Lift purchased from a local retailer. Though no experience was necessary, CAMBC members reported that they were all very experienced by the time all the bikes were assembled. All bikes, toys, and other donations raised by Toy Lift were distributed to needy families to make for a Merry Holiday. As one happy CAMBC volunteer commented, "I can't think of a better way to give to charity than to help Toy Lift give a healthy new (biking) activity to Charlottesville's neediest children. This opportunity to build bikes for Toy Lift is one of the most satisfying holiday events in my recent memory."
• Record trailwork hours! In 2009, CAMBC members put in over 1,000 hours of trailwork towards improving existing trails, building reroutes, and breaking ground on new trails. Trail networks included RTF, Walnut Creek, Preddy Creek, O'hill, Mint Springs, Forest Lakes, Sherando, and Whetstone & Narrowback in the GW National Park. Great job, everyone!
• Preddy Creek Park trails: CAMBC and Will Sanford are leading this development in conjunction with ACPR to complete an "intermediate outer loop" trail which is almost complete, with additional loops and advanced trails planned for 2010. Trails are scheduled to open in Summer 2010. Trailwork is almost complete thanks to CAMBC and many other community volunteers such as U.Va.'s Madison House student volunteers.
• Night Rides at Walnut Creek Park. CAMBC received permission to hold night rides at Walnut Creek Park twice per month. These rides are the first and third Wednesday of each month. This year there are two regular night rides; one at 6 p.m. and the other at 8 p.m. Watch your email for weather updates and ride confirmations. These night rides are for CAMBC members only due to insurance purposes.
• Trail Advocacy: CAMBC is presently working on agreements with UVA, ACPR, and State of Virginia to plan new trails and/or maintain existing trails at O’hill, Preddy Creek, Byrom (a brand new park under consideration near Whitehall), and the brand new Biscuit Run State Park just announced by Governor Kaine.
• Take A Kid Mountain Biking Day. CAMBC had 20+ kids at TAKMBD in 2009. There was fun to be had by all.
• Summer Epic Ride Series. CAMBC members coordinated and led many epic rides in the George Washington National Forest to help fellow riders prepare for the Shenandoah Mountain 100 endurance race.
• More trailwork tools and tool trailer improvements. CAMBC used some funds to improve the condition of the tool trailer and build up the tools available for trailwork.
• The Walnut Creek Chimney Chase on Sunday, July 12, 2009 was a great success! The Daily Progress wrote an article about the event as well.
• CAMBC in the News! CAMBC's advocacy and volunteer work on local trails was covered in the Daily Progress on June 22, 2009: Read all about it!
• Record Donations: CAMBC received record breaking private and corporate donations in 2009 and ended the year with a very positive treasury balance.
• A special thank you to private landowners who allowed CAMBC members to ride their trails continuously throughout the year. Your generosity is greatly appreciated.

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CAMBC is a charitable non-profit organization, dedicated to educating and promoting mountain bike access in the Charlottesville Virginia area, maintaining trails, and providing a meeting point for local mountain bikers.

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