Tue
May 26 2015
05:33 pm

Press release from Appalachian Mountain Bike Club:

After regional voting determined the finalists in three divisions of the United States for the Bell Helmets Trail Building Grant, Knoxville's Urban Wilderness Gravity Trail came out on top in the East and will vie for the $100K grant with final online voting May 27-June 4.

"We are definitely an underdog in this contest competing with California," said Matthew Kellogg, president of the Appalachian Mountain Bike Club (AMBC), who submitted the application in cooperation with Legacy Parks Foundation on whose land the trail is planned. "We think we can get a lot of support from our surrounding states because there isn't another world-class trail like this in the entire Southeast," he added.

The grant would fund the construction of a unique, expert downhill trail to add to the existing Urban Wilderness South Loop trail system. "Knoxville’s Urban Wilderness has over 40 miles of trail now, but most is easy to moderate. We need to create a progression for our riders and add more challenging aspects like the gravity trail to attract more visitors and events," said Carol Evans, Executive Director of Legacy Parks.

Voting is live now, and continues through June 4th. Vote early, tell your friends, spread the word. Here's the link:

NATIONAL VOTING IS LIVE!

More info:

HELP PUT TENNESSEE ON THE DOWNHILL TRAIL MAP

jbr's picture

Looks like Knoxville is ahead

Looks like Knoxville is ahead by just under 500 votes.

R. Neal's picture

Knoxville still

Knoxville still ahead:

California: 7,602
Minnesota: 12,860
Knoxville: 20,825

Nice organizing/promotion work by Appalachian Mountain Bike Club.

jbr's picture

The voting ends at midnight?

The voting ends at midnight?

Rachel's picture

Yup, and unless somebody can

Yup, and unless somebody can come up with 10,000 votes in the next 15 minutes, Knoxville has pulled it off.

jbr's picture

Maybe it is midnight on the

Maybe it is midnight on the west coast that is deadline?

Rachel's picture

Good point. Nevertheless....

Good point. Nevertheless....

Knoxgal's picture

National Voting is Closed

The results are being tallied. Final totals will be available tomorrow after 3 pm PST.

Hard to imagine Knoxville isn't the winner. This is so cool.

Knoxgal's picture

Knoxville is the Winner!!!!

Congratulations to Knoxville and the AMBC!

Comment viewing options

Select your preferred way to display the comments and click "Save settings" to activate your changes.

TN Progressive

TN Politics

Knox TN Today

Local TV News

News Sentinel

    State News

    Wire Reports

    Lost Medicaid Funding

    To date, the failure to expand Medicaid/TennCare has cost the State of Tennessee ? in lost federal funding. (Source)

    Search and Archives