Thursday, May 5, 2011

Help us bring more cycling to West Milford!

For the last few months, Team Town Cycle member and JORBA Executive Director Jeff Mergler has been working hard on a proposal to bring a pump track to West Milford. JORBA has already built NJ's first public pump track in Alexandria - watch the great video! 





Having a pump track in West Milford would be a great gift to the kids (and adults!) in West Milford, as well as a great opportunity to bring more people and money in to local businesses in West Milford.


Jeff, along with TTC members Jay Huggins and David Van Wart have met with various West Milford Township committees and personnel over the last few months - the Recreation Advisory Committee, the Economic Development Committee, the Environment Commission, as well as the head of the township Recreation department to discuss possible locations and support for a project in West Milford.


The next steps will include talking to the West Milford town council - and that's where you come in! The West Milford Economic Development Committee has put a poll online to gauge interest in such a project. There are two bicycling related questions on the poll, which will take you all of 30 seconds to answer! Jeff Mergler and many of us in the cycling community endorse a hearty "YES" answer to both poll questions, and we hope you can join us! We'd like to collect as many "YES" votes as possible to show the council how much public support a project like this can garner. Please take a moment to answer the poll yourself, and please pass it along to anyone else who you think would support the development of these two cycling projects in West Milford.


All of us thank you for your time - and if you have any questions about the proposal, drop us a line at info@teamtowncycle.com, and we'll do our best to get them answered for you!

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