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Each year the Sedona Fire Department puts on a bike rodeo at one of our two public elementary schools, alternating between West Sedona School and Big Park School in the VOC. This year it was at the Big Park Elementary School on May12th.

Kids are encouraged to ride their bikes to school that day. The VVCC assists cadets from the fire academy to set up approximately 10 obstacle course stations using cones and chalk lines. VVCC Members then assisted the kids as they rode through the courses. Kids range in age from primary grades through 8th grade. Don Nelms from Farmers Insurance gave away 4 new bikes to needy kids. 

Here are some pictures from this year's rodeo.

Enjoy!

VVCC's Dan Blaettler's recent Villager Article. When he's not advocating for mountain bikers, Dan's advocating for our trails!

At its April Board Meeting, the VVCC Board approved using an all-in-one membership fulfillment solutions from Wild Apricot. Wild Apricot was recently ranked by Capterra as the # 1 Membership Management Software.

Wild Apricot's fulfillment software offers

The Wild Apricot choice enabled the creation of new website that demonstrates the VVCC’s board commitment to serving all Verde Valley Cyclists. Highlights include:

As we become more familiar with the system, we’ll be sure to take full advantage of it. Member suggestions are welcome.

The City of Sedona held its annual Celebration on Spring event on Saturday April 15th at Posse Grounds Park. This event is intended for families with small children. There were rides, a magician and an Easter egg hunt. There were also many groups handing out information on health, recreation, recycling, trails, etc. The Verde Valley Cyclists Coalition purchased 40 kids bicycle helmets for the event. Doug Copp and folks from the Yavapai County Health Department fitted helmets on kids, gave out bike safety information, and promoted the new Sedona Bike Skills Park. We gave away all 40 helmets and could have handed out a few more helmets.

This young man was too late, so he got his own helmet.

A huge thank you to the following donors of the VVCC Clean Lane Fund who together donated $1,515.00 in March. These funds will be used for Sweeping beginning in August as the VVCC Board voted in February to use Operating Funds for the February and Mary 2017 Sweeps.

Absolute Bikes

Bill Kusner

David Himmel

Diane Kuss

Gordon Reiter

John Kincaid

Kevin Adams

Phoenix Metro Bicycle Club

Robert Hake

Sedona MTB Festival Donations

Susan McFadden

Vincent Chris

VVCC fund-raising drive to maintain SR-179 bike lanes - Article in "The Villager" paper

All-American Road bike lines may be eliminated - article in "The Villager" Paper

At it's March Board meeting, the VVCC Board voted to leave the IMBA Chapter Program and the next day gave IMBA its 60 day termination notice. As of May 8, 2017, VVCC will once again be a fully independent nonprofit corporation.

We've created a "VVCC/IMBA FAQ" which provides answers as to why the Board arrived at this decision to terminate the current Chapter Charter Agreement.

In February, the VVCC board approved two sweepings of the bike lane between the Red Rock Ranger Station and Back O Beyond road to be in compliance with our ADOT sweeping easement permit. The first sweep was conducted on February 27th and the second will be in late May. ADOT has threatened to remove the bike lane markings and signage if we let our easement expire on May 31st.  

Update: The VVCC has received an easement extension through September 30^th. We are currently fundraising for this effort and your tax- deductible donation would be greatly appreciated.

The VVCC Board will be conducting a strategic planning session at it's April 2017 meeting. Topics include: 

• Governance and Organizational Structure Review
• Mission and Vision Review
• FY18 and Long Term Goal Setting
• FY18 Budget
• Committee Chair Assignments
• FY18 Board Elections (Nominating Committee)
• Annual Meeting  (Event Committee)

The April Board meeting is scheduled for 5:30PM on April 12th at the Mystic Hills Club House at 108 East Mallard Drive in Sedona. The meeting is open to members.