Please be on the lookout for your renewal notices from IMBA/SORBA folks. January through March was usually the time we pushed for a membership drive, and we have lots of memberships coming up for renewal right now or in the very near future.
We still need every single dollar you can afford for the club to help maintain the current trails you ride, and also continuing to look for new opportunities.
The money from your dues helps us keep up our machines like the quad (that just happened to break down at a trail work day at Renni recently, so it needs a little TLC), Bobcat, Ditchwitch, the Volvo mini excavator, and umpteen chain saws. It helps us buy wood for some of the latest cool trail features like Enoch and crew put in at Sherman Branch, Cycelpath and crew put in at Fisher Farm, and all the good stuff that Gravitythief guy is doing out there at Beatty, and that's just to name a few...
may also alow us to buy some more pulaskis to cut out roots at Beatty so Dicky can ride it once more Also, the big RTP grant we're using to finish up LNSP we have to use our own money first, then get reimbursed by the state. Our bank account has to be in good shape to be able to do this, and to look for future RPT grant applicatoins.
These are just a few things your dues go for, so please think about us even in these tough economic times. Nothing relieves the stress of everyday life like a mountain bike ride.
Edward Autry
President - Tarheel Trailblazers