Hello Everyone,
This coming Saturday will be the first major build day at the
Eagan Bike Park, the newest addition to the MORC riding facilities. The park is
currently about 80% complete after all the hard work from the volunteers last
year. The original group of volunteers approached MORC and asked if MORC would
like to partner with the City and help take this Bike Park to the next level
and fulfill its true potential.
The answer was “Yes” and now is the time to act! There will be a
Mini-Excavator, Skid Steer and gas plate compactor on site to speed up the
building, but a majority of the work will still need to be done by hand. Please
come help make the first bike park in the Metro area a success! Dress for trail
work, wear closed toed shoes and bring gloves.
We are not sure if the water will be turned on, on site by this
Saturday. The weather has pushed the City to their limit in trying to get
things together, so please bring 5 gallon buckets, watering cans and pump
sprayers if you have them. Hopefully we won’t need to use them. If you have any
hand tools, please bring them along. We need additional tools like steel rakes,
flat and spade shovels, hand tampers and rouge hoes. Oh and don’t forget your
bike! This weekend is the big Eagan city soccer tournament so get there early
if you want to park in the parking lots. There is a parking lot right by the
skate park off of Diffley Road and another on the other side off of Lexington
Avenue. If the lots are full there is street parking but you will have to park
a few blocks off and ride your bike in. So if you brought things just drop them
off, go park and ride up!
Make sure to check in with one of the guys in the bright orange
shirts to sign the volunteer waiver. We will be providing lunch, pizza from
Little Caesar’s and will have water on site but it would probably be best to
bring a jug of water for yourself, hydration is important!
The address is 4201 Lexington Avenue South, Eagan, MN, look for
a large white water tower follow the road back to a parking lot by the skate
park and then follow the bike path towards the trees and look for the blue MORC
tent and feather flags.
Please post up if you are going to be able to attend and help
out so that we can get an idea of the amount of hand tools, water, food, etc.
to have on hand.
Thank you! Hope to see you all there!
