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CLIF Bar and IMBA Award $3,000 in Grants
For Immediate Release: May 20, 2004
Six IMBA mountain bike clubs will score cash awards to kick start local trail projects thanks to the 2004 IMBA/CLIF Bar Trail Preservation Grants. The $500 grants are focused on projects that promote environmental education and inspire conservation in the mountain biking community.
Forty grants totaling $20,000 have been distributed since the IMBA/CLIF Bar Trail Preservation Grants program was established in 2001.
The 2004 first-round winners are:
- Guelph Off-Road Bicycling Association, Ontario, Canada - The club will use grant monies to design and construct a wetland bridge in the Guelph Lake Conservation Area located about one hour west of Toronto.
- Michigan Mountain Bike Association, Holly/Flint Chapter, Holly, Michigan - The grant will be used to help restore trails and construct sustainable water crossings in Seven Lakes State Park.
- CoMotion, High Point, North Carolina - Funds will help pay for an educational kiosk in Rich Park near Mocksville, North Carolina. The club will also build a small bridge to improve access for a local elementary school.
- Mountain Trails Foundation, Park City, Utah - The 10-year-old trails group will use grant funds to improve signs on the Park City Town Loop.
- Iowa Coalition of Off Road Riders (ICORR), Iowa City, Iowa - ICORR will use the funds to re-route an eroded section of the popular Cannon's Run trail at Sugar Bottom Recreation Area in North Liberty, Iowa.
- Redding Mountain Biking Club, Redding, California - Volunteers will install signs on the newly restored Mule Mountain Pass trail to encourage responsible riding.
IMBA affiliated clubs are invited to apply for the second round of 2004 IMBA/CLIF Bar Trail Preservation grants. Proposals are due by September 1. For more information visit:
http://www.imba.com/resources/grants/clifbar_grants.html
A leading maker of all-natural energy and nutrition foods, Clif Bar Inc. has been an Above-and-Beyond IMBA corporate member since 1995 and has donated more than 60,000 CLIF BARS to fuel IMBA-affiliated trailbuilding and maintenance projects.
Contact: Brandon Dwight, IMBA grants coordinator brandon@imba.com, 303-545-9011
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