The below is a press release put out by the band Green Giant. They’re playing a concert on July 25th at Capital Ale House and all the proceeds will benefit Richmond-MORE, the local mountain biking and trail building organization. Good music, good food and beer, and a good cause. Sounds like a good reason to part with five dollars.
What: TUNES FOR TRAILS BENEFIT CONCERT
Why: To raise $2,500 for Richmond-MORE ( http://www.richmond-more.org ) to purchase
equipment and materials for maintenance and upgrades of the James River Trails.
When: Friday, July 25 – 9:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m.
Where: Capital Alehouse Music Hall, Downtown at 7th & Main
Who: Green Giant – Fun, Hard-Driving, Soulful Rock / Originals & Covers
How Much: $ 5 – All proceeds go directly to the purchase of equipment and materials for the
James River Trails.
The James River is the crown jewel of Downtown Richmond. An estimated 500,000 people enjoy the
wonders of nature on the James River each year. More civic attention has been focused on the
James River in recent months than ever before!
The James River Adventure Games a few weekends ago highlighted the various activities the James
River Trails have to offer. The XTERRA Urban Assault had 8 mile and 15 mile loops of the XTERRA
Mountain Bike Course, which is considered the most technically challenging urban trail on the entire
National XTERRA Tour! The James River Scramble was a 10 K race, half of which traversed over
Belle Isle and the Buttermilk Trail.
Richmond-MORE is a group of ardent mountain bikers throughout Washington DC, Maryland and
Virginia whose mission is to create and preserve trails. Members of Richmond-More have
volunteered more man hours and have sweated more bullets and have provided more money than
anybody else for the 20+ miles of trails along the James. They have invested their own time and
money to attend eco-training to learn the most eco-responsible methods, not to mention paying for
truckloads of stone and sand as well as lumber for bridges. If you have walked on the Buttermilk Trail
or the North Trail, you have enjoyed Richmond-MORE’s work If you have crossed a wooden bridge
on any trail, you have enjoyed Richmond-MORE’s work.
Equipment and Materials are expensive. Richmond-MORE just completed a new arched bridge and a
new truss bridge, which cost over $10,000. Richmond-MORE needs your help to raise the funds to
continue this worthy and necessary effort to keep the trails safe and accessible to all.
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