WV Cycling Symposium April 17, 2009

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On April 17th and 18th in Charleston, WV, a cycling symposium some are calling “the most historic event to ever happen in the history of West Virginia cycling” will be held. It is being organized by the League of American Cyclists, Thunderhead Alliance, and a steering committee of volunteers who represent different aspects of cycling and regions of the state. The symposium is the first step to a committed long term partnership between the organizations to progress the state of cycling in beautiful, Wild and Wonderful West Virginia.

The event will begin April 17th at 6 pm and will include a dinner and some great presentations. The evening will conclude at 9:30 pm. The “roll up your sleeves and let’s get busy” work will happen during Saturday’s sessions at the Civic Center. The day starts at 9:00 am and will conclude at 2:00 pm with a ride to the Capital (and a longer ride after that for those interested.) Dennis Strawn of the Wheelers has made sure the ride is on the ride calendar for the Mountain State Wheelers and we would really appreciate any help in planning and management of the ride to making it, in itself, an event of historic significance. We would love to see hundreds of cyclists of all ages on the ride to show the support of the population for cycling! We would also like to bring pedestrians into the mix by having them organize at the capital and walk towards the cyclists and returning to the capital so that those who prefer not to ride can also show their support for biking and pedestrian activities.

Please contact Dennis if you can help with the event. We would really appreciate any and all support.
We also hope you plan to attend the symposium. The response has been phenomenal and we need you there! If you would like to sign up for information about the event, please go to
http://www.wvcf.org/wvcyclingadvocatesignup.html. You can visit the event website at www.wvcf.org. We are thankful to the WV Cycling Foundation for their support of this event by allowing the use of their resources. We are thankful to the Wheelers for their support of the Cheat Mountain Challenge as proceeds from that event have funded the development of these resources.