Park Manager Bobby Wilson holds one of two new Trek Mountain Bikes gifted to the park. (From R to L) Lula Lake Land Trust (LLLT) Board Member Bobby Davenport, LLLT property manager Walt Hodges, SORBA-Chattanooga President Jeffrey Schaarschmidt, Park Manager Bobby Wilson, Master Trail Designer Barry Smith, and LLLT Board Member Mike Pollock.
On Tuesday, Jan. 26 at 2 p.m., Cloudland Canyon State Park was gifted two mountain bikes by the Lula Lake Land Trust, …
Read the full story »SORBA-Chattanooga officially kicked off its 2010 fund raising campaign with Wine For The Climb, a wine and cheese event held on January 14 at the Outdoor Chattanooga building.
The event drew 150 people raising approximately $9,000 for the trail expansion project, in ticket sales, donations, and a silent auction of a piece of artwork created by artist Celeste Sneed. This amount represents about 17% of the funds necessary to fully complete the Raccoon Mountain trail expansion.
When …
On January 11th the Chattanooga Chapter of SORBA elected a new board.
Reelected to their former positions were, President Jeffrey Schaarschmidt, Vice President Erik Rippon and Secretary Karen Rogers.
Newly elected officers include Treasurer Christian Howard, Trails Director Minya James, Advocacy Director Rebecca Shearer and Membership Director James Holder.
The board will hold a meeting in the next thirty day to set out their goals in the upcoming year and to discuss how the chapter can better meet …
While Enterprise South Nature Park still sits behind locked gates, SORBA-Chattanooga continues to push their trail project forward with the goal of completing at least 10 miles of biking and hiking trails before the park opens.
To help move the project forward, the SORBA-Chattanooga’s board of directors recently approved funding to pay master trial designer Barry Smith to start the machine work. Mr. Smith is running the machine five days a week. The goal is to …