08-15-10
Monthly
newsletter released by Miami Valley Rail Trails
08-11-10
Hello Friends..... With all the hot
weather this summer, perhaps you would like to join us at an Ice Cream Social in London at
Cowling Park this Sunday, August 15th, 2 - 5 p.m. There seems to
be a natural connection between cycling and ice cream, so here's an
opportunity for both! Ride your bike there, then enjoy some great
ice cream!
In a few days, on Saturday, August 21st, 10 a.m - 2 p.m. FMCPT will be
sponsoring a Family Fun Bike Fest! This
will be an enjoyable family event so bring your kids and grandkids
along with all their bikes!
For an interesting evening, come join us on the Full Moon Ride on Friday, August
27th at 8 p.m. (The Trail Sentinels annual appreciation picnic
will be prior to the ride.)
The popular OX Roast Bicycle Tour will be on
Sunday, September 5th.
Help raise funds for some worthy causes while having fun at the 3rd Annual Kenton Caper on
Saturday, September 11th.
Enjoy a day at the Ruth I. Bentley Memorial Ride on
Sunday, September 12th sponsored by the Simon Kenton Pathfinders.
08-05-10 Madison Press article: Skating
in line helps Haiti mission
08-02-10
Hello Friends..... The summer is
moving right along so mark your calendar for some fun upcoming events:
Tuesday, August 10th - A relaxing Evening Ride. Meet at the
London trailhead at 7 p.m.
Saturday, August 21st - The first London Family
Fun Bike Fest. 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. at the shelter house behind
the London Baptist Church.
Friday, August 27th - Full Moon Ride. Meet at the
London trailhead at 8 p.m.
Sunday, September 5th - The 21st Annual OX ROAST BICYCLE TOUR. Meet
at the West Jefferson High School from 7:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Saturday, September 11th - 3rd Annual Kenton Caper. Meet in
Springfield per the three ride options.
Thursday, September 23rd - Full Moon Ride.
07-30-10 Join our friends from Columbus and Franklin
County Metro Parks at their "Night Bike Ride and Meteors"
program Thursday, Aug. 12 at Glacier Ridge Metro Park.
07-22-10
Madison
Messenger article: Pedaling past petals
07-22-10
Madison Press article: Bike trail pipes to collect ‘green’
07-22-10 Madison Press article: Concrete
costs skyrocket trailhead bids
07-15-10 Monthly
newsletter released by Miami Valley Rail Trails
07-13-10 Hello
Friends...... Now is a
good time to update your calendar with some fun events for the
remainder of the summer:
Evening Rides July 13th and Aug
10th at 7 pm at the London Trailhead. (See the FMCPT calendar for
details)
The Delaware County Community Ties
Bicycle
Tour July 24 at 7 a.m.
Full Moon Bike Tours July 24th,
Aug. 27th, Sept 23rd.
Family Fun Bicycle Fest Aug 21st
behind the London Baptist Church along the trail.
Ox Roast Bicycle Tour in West
Jefferson on Sept. 5th.
Kenton Caper Bike Tour Sept. 11 in
Springfield.
07-09-10
Madison Press article: Friends to bike with "Friends" Saturday
07-01-10 Hello
Friends....... Please join us at
the Madison County Bicentennial Ceremony on Saturday, July 3rd from 1 -
3 p.m. in Cowling Park on State Route 56 on the north side of
London. In addition to the ceremony, there will several other
activities going on including displays of antique fire trucks, cars,
and bicycles. Several time capsule items will be on display along
with local artist Harry Croghan's drawing of the Madison County and
London Bicentennial Monument which will be constructed next year at the
new Bicentennial Park during London's celebration.
07-01-10 Madison Press article: New
trail sculpture greets London cyclists
06-28-10 FMCPT Press
Release: FMCPT member Brandon Gaunt gets victory
in the Tour de Grandview Cycling Classic
06-18-10 The London High School Summer Phys Ed
class finds another use for the multi-purpose trail
06-15-10 Madison Press article: Cyclists
provided map, displayed at trailhead
06-10-10 Madison Press article: Choose
your own adventure
06-07-10 Hello
Friends............. Come out
and enjoy a relaxing time after work at our first Evening Ride on
Tuesday, June 8th at 7 pm at the London Trailhead behind the
Madison County Senior Citizens Center. (See our Calendar of Upcoming Events for
more details.)
If you have not pre-registered for the Strawberry Festival Bicycle
Tour, don't worry! Just come to the registration table on
Saturday morning at the London Trailhead. Click here for more details.
The next Full-Moon Ride is scheduled for 6/25 at 8 p.m. Click here for more details.
FMCPT will be hosting a special
collaborative ride with our sister
"Friends" groups along the Little Miami Trail and the Simon Kenton
Trail on Saturday, July 10th at 9:00 a.m. starting at the London
Trailhead. Come join us for a fun, learning ride and "get to
know" those incredible volunteers that keep these trails going.
We will ride parts of the Ohio to Erie Trail east of London, feature
brief stops at the Madison County State Park, the Madison County
Historical Museum, the Gallery On High art museum, and enjoy lunch
together at the Perkins Family Restaurant in London. (Send an
email to FMCPT@columbus.rr.com if you would like to attend so we can
get a count for Perkins.)
Don't forget the Delaware County Community Ties Bicycle Tour on July
24th. Additional details and a registration form are available here.
The first Family Fun Bicycle Fest will be
on Saturday, August 21st
along the Ohio to Erie Trail behind the London Baptist Church on State
Route 665 just east of London. Click
here for more details and a registration form.
The popular West Jefferson Ox Roast
Bicycle Tour is coming up on
Sunday, September 5th. You don't want to miss this enjoyable
rural country roads tour. For more details and a registration
form, click here.
06-06-10 Join our
friends at the Developmental
Disabilities of Clark County at their 3rd Annual Kenton Caper bike tour
on Saturday, September 11, 2010, benefiting The Developmental
Disabilities Levy Campaign and the Springfield/Clark County Salvation
Army. Click here for a registration form.
06-03-10
Madison
Messenger article: Register now for Strawberry Festival
Bicycle Tour
05-20-10
Hello
Friends.......... Don't forget our first Full-Moon
ride of the season on Wednesday, May 26th at 8 pm. We start
at the London Trailhead and go west on the Prairie Grass Trail.
Come see us at our booth at the Madison County Motor-Heads Car Show on
Saturday, June 5th 11-2 pm. The car show will be in the London
K-Mart parking lot. Looks like a fun event sponsored by Madison
County Vineyard.
Our first Evening Ride is scheduled for Tuesday, June 8th at 7
pm. This ride is intended as a relaxing after-work stress
release. The ride starts at the London Trailhead and returns
before dark.
The annual Strawberry Festival Bicycle Tour
will be here shortly! If you haven't done so already, print out a
registration form and send it in
today to reserve your spot for a fun family tour!
05-19-10 Madison Press
article: Everybody’s walkin’
05-18-10 Madison Press article: Trailhead
gets green light
05-15-10 Monthly
newsletter released by Miami Valley Rail Trails
05-11-10
Madison
Messenger article: Commuters of a different kind
05-10-10
Madison Messenger article: London and Plain City will observe Walk
To School Day on May 19
05-10-10 Madison Press
article: Take a bike to work
05-04-10
Madison Press
article: Expo draws record crowd
05-03-10 Trail construction on the Little Miami
Scenic Trail south of Morrow on May 18 - 19.
04-29-10 Download and
print a registration form for our Family Fun Bike Fest!
04-29-10 FMCPT Press Release: Join
us at the FMCPT display booth at the Downtown London Association Art
Walk & Music Festival on May 7th
04-26-10
Madison Press
photo: Litter pick-up on trail
04-22-10 Hello Friends...... Don't
forget to mark your calendar and come out to visit us at the following
events:
May 1st at the Chamber's Community Expo:
We'll have a display set up
outside the London Elementary School with an antique display showing a
"bone shaker", a high wheeler, and various unusual bikes. We'll
also have people available to answer your safety and maintenance
questions. Inside we'll have literature available about upcome
events, volunteers to talk about Safe Routes to Schools, and
information on new construction projects.
June
12th - the Strawberry Festival Bicycle Tour:
Come join us for a fun ride on
some pretty country roads and multi-purpose trails! Enjoy the
scenery at your pace and watch for some of the rarest wild flowers in
the world. Study the wild life section of the FMCPT website
before hand and see how many native birds and plants you can identify!
August 21st - bring the whole family to
the Family Fun Bike Fest:
Enjoy a day of fun with your
loved ones with games, a bike rodeo, door prizes, food, bike rides,
etc. behind the London Baptist Church. Learn bike safety tips and
how to do simple repair jobs along the road or trail. If you
haven't been on the Roberts Pass section of the Ohio to Erie Trail, now
is a great time to come and see the various sites along the way.
04-22-10 Madison
Press
article: Safe Routes to School kicks into gear
04-21-10 Madison
Press
article: Commissioners
seek public input
04-20-10 Madison
Press
article: Safe
Routes to School meeting tonight
04-20-10
Madison Messenger article: Chamber's Community Expo offers free
fun for all ages
04-17-10 Madison Press
article: Safe Routes to Schools needs public
input
04-15-10 Monthly
newsletter released by Miami Valley Rail Trails
04-11-10 FMCPT Press
Release: Please join us at the May 1st Madison
County Community Expo
04-10-10 Our
Community article: Downtown London is hosting May's First
Friday
04-10-10 Our
Community article: Public information-gathering meeting
will aid Safe Route to School initiative
03-29-10
Columbus Dispatch article: Missing links
03-20-10 Mark your calendars for our Family
Fun Bike Fest
03-19-10
Hello
Friends........ For those of you that are
working on your 2010 bike touring calendar, please keep in mind our 7th Annual Strawberry Festival Bicycle
Tour planned for Saturday, June 12th. If you rode it last
year, you will be receiving an information packet in the mail
shortly. If you didn't and want more information, click here.
03-16-10
Madison Press
article: Board wants to complete bike trail
03-15-10 Monthly
newsletter released by Miami Valley Rail Trails
03-14-10
Columbus Dispatch article: Do
you have mettle to pedal via map routes?
03-10-10
Columbus Dispatch article: Metro
Parks acquire Big Darby land for $570,000
02-16-10
Madison Press
article: Chow time
02-15-10 Monthly
newsletter released by Miami Valley Rail Trails
02-07-10
Madison
Messenger article:
Safe Routes To School
02-11-10 Hello
Friends...... A
little cabin fever after the latest snow
storms?! Come join us for breakfast and a silent auction at
the
Madison County Senior Citizens Center this Saturday between 7 a.m. and
11 a.m. It will be a fun morning that includes an antique bicycle
display and an opportunity to see the new Giant Cypress commuter
bicycle that will be raffled at the Family Fun Bicycle Fest in August!
Also, if you haven't renewed your 2010 membership, please click here do so.
02-06-10
(5:36am)
Friends....... Due to the weather
conditions, the Pancake and Sausage Breakfast scheduled for Saturday,
Feb. 6th has been rescheduled for Saturday, Feb. 13th. Same time
and place. Sorry for any
inconvenience. Sincerely,
FMCPT Staff
01-30-10 Our
Community article: FMCPT Annual Meeting
01-26-10 Madison
Messenger article:
Parks and Trails president steps down
after 10 years
01-25-10 Madison Press
article: Commissioners OK Jones Building
bid and moon rides
01-19-10 Madison Press
article: He rode with Lance Armstrong
01-17-10 Madison Messenger article:
Community Calendar
01-16-10
Hello Friends...... The Annual Membership
Meeting will be this Wednesday, January 20th at
7:00 p.m. at the Madison County Senior Citizens Center (east
entrance). Jeff Stephens from Consider Biking will be the guest
speaker. Light refreshments will be available, so come join us
for an enjoyable meeting.
Mark your calendar for our annual fundraiser Pancake and Sausage Breakfast on
Saturday, February 6th from 7 a.m - 11 a.m.. Raffle tickets will
be sold for a new Giant Cypress bicycle that will be drawn later in the
year. There will be a silent auction during the breakfast as
well. All proceeds will be split with the Madison County Senior
Citizens Center. This is a great way to treat the whole family to
a hearty breakfast and help your community at the same time!
01-16-10 Monthly
newsletter released by Miami Valley Rail Trails
01-12-10 Madison Press
advertisement: Pancake Breakfast
01-09-10 Our
Community article: Bundled Up for B-icicle Ride
12-23-09
Hello Friends........ The Board of D\irectors for the
Friends of Madison County Parks and
Trails would like to wish all of you and your families a very happy
Holiday Season!
Each year on January 1st a few of our members like to start the new
year off right with a bike ride down the trail. Although there is
a lot of competition out their for your time on that day, we want to
invite all our Friends to this annual ritual. We will gather at
the London Trailhead behind the Senior Center and start the ride at 1
pm. Hope you can make it!
The FMCPT Annual Membership meeting is Wednesday, January 20th at 7 pm
at the Madison County Senior Citizens Center in London. (Enter
through the east side doors.) Refreshments will be provided and
we will have Jeff Stephens from Consider Biking as our guest speaker.
Finally, the FMCPT Annual Pancake & Sausage Breakfast
is coming up on Saturday, February 6th. We are once again
thankful to Bob Evans for their generous donation of their delicious
sausage. We have pre-sale tickets available which make nice gift
certificates for family and friends. This fundraiser is split
between the Madison County Senior Citizens Center and Friends of
Madison County Parks and Trails. We look forward to helping you
start your Saturday morning off right!
12-15-09 Monthly
newsletter released by Miami Valley Rail Trails
12-14-09
Mark your calendars for our 5th Annual Pancake & Sausage
Breakfast, which will take place on Saturday, February 6, 2010 at
the Madison County Senior Center in London.
12-14-09
Columbus Dispatch article: Secure bicycle storage being studied
for Downtown
12-11-09 Madison
Messenger article: Bike path group looks to donate
land to London
12-08-09 Hello Friends..... Thanks to the
many of you that have renewed your 2010 FMCPT
membership. If you haven't renewed yours yet, click here download a membership
registration form. Your support is most appreciated!
Also, mark your calendar for the annual FMCPT membership meeting on
Wednesday January 20, 2010 at 7 pm at the Madison County Senior
Citizens Center in London, Ohio. We are proud to have Jeff
Stephens, Executive Director for Consider
Biking, and possibly long-time Columbus bicycle commuter and active
transportation advocate Doug Morgan as featured
speakers. Refreshments will be served, so come and have an
enjoyable evening.
12-07-09 Madison
Messenger article: LHS honor students clear bike path
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