A map shows plans for the skills park being built at Jamaica Village School. JAMAICA — A skills park is being built on land around Jamaica Village School to introduce more people to mountain biking and build community.
Karen Ameden of Jamaica Area Mountain Bike Alliance said her group has a land use agreement with the West River Education District to create the park.
"We have started breaking ground with a professional trail building team and we’ve started fundraising," she said at a WRED Board meeting earlier this month. "It seems to all be working out very well."
About of years ago, JAMBA President Jason Rickles moved from Woodstock to Jamaica. He had been part of another Vermont Mountain Bike Association chapter.
Getting involved in Jamaica was "really exciting because there’s this very nascent chapter down here," Rickles said. He wants to promote mountain bike culture in the community. ‘Celebratory laps’: Jamaica Area Mountain Bike Alliance to open first trail ‘Celebratory laps’: Jamaica Area Mountain Bike Alliance to open first trail
JAMAICA — Jamaica Area Mountain Bike Alliance’s first trail is about to open at Ball Mountai…
When Rickles joined JAMBA, the group had just secured a land access deal with the federal government to build trails at Ball Mountain Dam. During flooding, he said, the trails "survived pretty well intact as a testament to some modern trail building and how well it’s generally done."A skills park at the school had already been on the docket when he joined. He said the project […]
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