On January 29th, the NWTA held its first all member meeting of 2013 at Hopworks Brewery.  This was a special meeting for us for two reasons:

During this meeting our membership elected 5 new and very capable members of to the board of directors and re-elected two directors that have already made tremendous efforts to help guide the organization. 

This week, the Northwest Trail Alliance elected seven Members to the Board of Directors, some behind-the-scenes players, some brand new faces and some returning directors. Meet this year’s additions!

Portland, Oregon. 12.07.12

Universal Cycles of Portland Oregon has donated $15,000 to be used to help build trails in the Portland Metro area.  Universal Cycles gave the multi-thousand dollar contribution to the Northwest Trail Alliance (NWTA), a nonprofit mountain bike advocacy and trail stewardship organization and International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA) chapter.

In the fall of 2012, NWTA was awarded a $55,248 grant through Oregon’s Recreational Trails Program (RTP) for the purchase of equipment to be used for building trail within the Portland Metro area and region. As part of the grant requirements, NWTA has to provide a 20% match to receive the money, a common stipulation for such funding. Universal Cycles generously stepped up and donated the first $15,000 to cover the matching funds needed by the NWTA.  

Travel Oregon is conducting a Bicycle Travel Survey. The survey which will provide useful information on the economic impact of bicycling in Oregon.  The info they gather from this survey will help gain an understanding of the spending and travel patterns of cyclists in order to improve cycling and cycling-related travel in Oregon.

Please help them out by taking the survey before Dec 31st!