Durango Wheel Club

The Durango Youth Coalition is holding an information session for the public about Horse Gulch & Ewing Mesa on March 3rd, a Wednesday, from 7-9 pm at FLC Chem Hall Room 130. [Read more →]

Amber Blake (our super-fantastic Multi-Modial Coordinator for the City of Durango) recently sent us this email and an attached form that can be used to report missing sidewalks. If you know of a missing sidewalk in your area please fill out this form and send it back to Amber before March 15th! [Read more →]

The Board of County Commissioners would like to personally invite you to participate in a Community Ideas Forum on Saturday, February 27th from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Durango Recreation Center. The Forum will bring together community members from around the county to discuss and identify the best strategies for us to move forward together to achieve our common vision. The topic areas for discussion during the Ideas Forum include: Economic Vitality, Sustainable Agriculture & Development, Housing (affordable & market rate), Healthy Communities and Social Services, Transportation & Connectivity, and Natural Resources.

Our excitement is continuing to mount with the ever increasing number of positive RSVP’s we are receiving. We will be serving light refreshments for breakfast as well as serving a delicious lunch. Additionally, we will have daycare available for those of you with wee little ones. Seats are filling quickly and we hope you can take a break from shoveling and confirm your attendance by emailing planning@co.laplata.co.us or calling 970.382.6263.

The event is being sponsored by:
La Plata County Government,
La Plata-Archuleta Cattlemen’s Association,
La Plata Economic Action Partnership (LEAD), and
Sustainability Alliance of Southwest Colorado.

If you know anyone else who might be interested in attending, please let them know. Thank you and we look forward seeing you on the 27th!

Jason Meininger
La Plata County / Planning Department
970.382.6267

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durangowheelclub@gmail.com

La Plata County Manager Shawn Nau has put the Ewing Mesa map online for all to see. It shows the Oakridge Development divided into 54, 35 acre parcels, all the trails in the Horse Gulch network, along with the proposed road connecting Grandview to Durango: http://co.laplata.co.us/pressrel/2010/documents/Ewing_Grandviewconnector2.pdf [Read more →]

January 24, 2010

DWC Members:
Recently I was asked to meet with the La Plata County administrative staff to discuss the proposed road through Ewing Mesa. The meeting focused on the parcel of land that is currently known as the Oakridge Development. This parcel consists of approximately 1800 privately owned acres located to the southeast of Durango on which are a considerable number of biking, hiking and equestrian trails. [Read more →]

A Los Angeles doctor was sentenced to prison today for a road rage incident with two cyclists.

By: Cycling News Published: Friday, January 8, 2010 [Read more →]

DWC Members;

The folks who live at Edgemont have asked that bicyclists not use the entrance to Edgemont to regroup after the Edgemont climb. [Read more →]

Durango Cyclists and FLC Supporters,

The response to the new FLC Booster Club has been great. Thank you all for your interest and support of the Fort Lewis Cycling Club. Below are the instructions on how to sign-up for the program. You can join any-time but we encourage everyone to join as soon as possible to help the team with Mountain bike Nationals, Cyclocross Nationals and the start of the road cycling season. [Read more →]

We are still short on volunteers to help the City of Durango count cyclists and pedestrians!

PLEASE NOTE: The counts will be made on Tuesday the 8th, Wednesday the 9th and Sunday the 13.
Not on Thursday!!! [Read more →]

On Sunday, August 30th will be the 3rd Annual Tour de Farms hosted by Healthy Lifestyle LaPlata. There will be 2 rides this year: an in-town 5-mile tour that will visit school, community and backyard gardens and an Ignacio tour that will visit La Boca Center for Sustainability and Fox Fire Farms. The Ignacio ride is 25 miles.

Both rides will meet back at the Smiley Building for an all local foods BBQ with Sunnyside burgers, Carvers beer & root beer, and music by Michael Rendon’s gypsy band, “Carute Roma!”

To sign up just print out the registration form and mail it in!

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durangowheelclub@gmail.com