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Overland Mountain Bike Association's annual season kickoff party is coming up on April 20th. The evening will include a silent auction, Rio margs, new merch reveals, info on upcoming trail projects, social rides, campouts, patrols and bike parks.

Local video creator (and former bike mechanic) Taylor Calmus, aka Dude Dad, has joined the movement to turn the former Hughes stadium property into a bike park. Many locals were surprised when Calmus approached the podium during a recent city council meeting to speak out in favor of the bike park and again the next day when he showed up at the former college football stadium to be interviewed by Denver 7. The father of three (soon to be four) is well-versed in riding dirt jumps, pump tracks and helping to build parks. Clamus started riding BMX bikes when he was nine, and after moving to California, he started riding dirt jumps.

Overland Mountain Bike Association announced today that it had hired Samantha Boon, formerly Samantha Welter, as its new Membership & Outreach Coordinator. According to the original job posting, Sam will work with OMBA’s Executive Director & Board of Directors on the Membership, Communications and Community Outreach programs.  Congrats, Sam.

The Wednesday Open Ride (WOR) resumes for the season tonight. The spicy road group ride leaves from the Southwest corner of the Front Range Community College Library parking lot at 530.

During last week's city council meeting, roughly 50 people, most of whom were kids, spoke out in favor of the former Hughes Stadium property being turned into a bike park, and Denver 7 took note. Reporters from the channel reached out to Dave Dixon with Bike Fort Collins, asking for an interview at Hughes. Dave was out of pocket, but he reached out to Kenny Bearden with Overland Mountain Bike Association who in turn reached out to Ciclismo Coaching, Wolfpack Cycling, Sendtown Bike Club, Dude Dad and YGR. Within a few hours, we had 50 people waiting to greet a somewhat taken aback reporter. The video and article are below.

Fort Collins City Council will begin to discuss the Hughes property redevelopment during tonight's work session. I have the LIVE stream and agenda packet embedded on YGR.

On Tuesday, March 14th, the Fort Collins City Council will begin discussing what to do with the former Hughes Stadium property. They recently released their agenda packet for Tuesday's  Work Session; it includes the results from a five-month study conducted by the consulting company Kearns and West. The 57-page packet includes the results from public surveys and focus group meetings. While there is strong support for a bike park, it isn't the only purpose presented.

YGR learned yesterday that the City of Fort Collins is officially under contract to buy the former Hughes Stadium property from Colorado State University. Fort Collins City Manager, Kelly DiMartino, notified city council and Mayor Arndt that she signed the contract on Thursday, March 2nd.

The USA Cycling road season kicked off here in Colorado with the Frostbite Time Trail hosted by Team Rio Grande Racing on Saturday. 168 racers from across the region took part in the 11-mile individual and team time trials. 19 of those racers were from NoCo/SoWyo and ended up on the podium.

Trek is hosting Overalnd's March Trail Talks event at their Fort Collins North location. On the docket for discussion this month - Bike Parks! Most know...okay, everyone now knows...about the big push currently underway to see a bike park included as part of the future use of the former Hughes Stadium site. They'll discuss Hughes and other area bike parks that are in the works.

The Colorado USAC road season kicks off this weekend with the Frostbite Time Trials just North of Fort Collins. The races take place on Saturday and registration closes tonight!

USA cycling announced the additions of former professional cyclists and Fort Collins residents Kristen Arnold and Gavin Mannion to its Road Development staff.  Arnold will take on the role of Women’s Development Road Director while Mannion will be the new Junior Men's Road Director.