Events

RSVP is required so that we know how much food to bring: svbcoalition.org/2024/03/04/bigdigday/

Sign up: https://svbcoalition.org/2024/03/04/bigdigday/
The Big Dig Day is a volunteer trail-building event on the Western Slope of Massanutten. Volunteers will work together to build new trails and or maintain existing trails.

This is more than a volunteer day! It will be a fun, family-friendly day in the woods with friends old and new! Bonus… you can earn your annual Western Slope trail pass volunteer hours in a single day!

Prior trail experience is NOT necessary.
On-site training and instruction will allow volunteers to work safely, confidently, and effectively.

💥What: A celebration of our volunteers while we work on improving the Western Slope trails.

💥Where: Massanutten’s Western Slope near Keezletown.

💥Where do I park? Parking will be in the main parking lot or the field near the pavilion. Please be aware that there is an event going.
on the same day, and we will be sharing parking.

💥When: Saturday, April 27, from 11 am to 3 pm.

💥What to wear: Sturdy closed-toe shoes, long pants, gloves, and water!

We will get together at 11 am to go over a plan for the day and then break up into groups to work on project sites. We will have food ready at 3 pm for our post-event gathering and hangout.

We’ll grill burgers and have drinks for folks and other snacks and food.
RSVPs ARE REQUIRED. Please sign up so we can plan effectively. Once you’ve signed up, you will receive email notifications with details about the day, including where we will meet. We need a headcount for food/drink and to give you some thank-you gifts.

https://svbcoalition.org/ride/womens-monday-mountain-bike-ride/

Join us for a women’s casual mountain bike ride at Massanutten Western Slope on Monday evenings. You do not need a parking pass (if you don’t have a pass just ask a ride leader for one when you arrive) but will need to sign an electronic waiver before the ride.

💥Time: 5:30pm on Mondays
💥When: Starting April 1st 2024
💥Location: Meet at Massanutten Western Slope Parking Lot
💥Pace: Super casual, no-drop ride. Beginner pace with frequent stops as needed
💥Length: Typically 1-1.5 hours and we will often cover 4-6 miles.
💥Ride Surface: This is a mountain bike ride so plan for dirt singletrack trails with some rock.
💥Regroup Points During Ride? Yes. The Massanutten Western Slope Trails offer lots of options for regrouping and course changes depending on where and what the group wants to ride.

Join us and Livable Harrisonburg at Pale Fire Brewing for an event with Strong Towns Founder Chuck MarohHousing is an investment. Investment prices must go up. Housing is shelter. When the price of shelter goes up, people experience distress.

This is the housing trap. It’s time to escape. This presentation introduces a first-of-its-kind discussion of the tension between housing as a financial product and housing as shelter. These insights will help local communities fight back against the current affordability housing crisis, and opt out of the boom and bust cycles that have typified housing in postwar America.

This presentation offers a serious, yet accessible, history of housing policy in the United States and explains how it led us to this point in time: where we face a market that is rigged against people who, only a few decades ago, could have been homeowners or stable, long-term renters. Only local change, on a neighborhood or city-wide scale, can begin to restore balance to the housing market.

After this one-hour presentation, you’ll walk away understanding:
– How the tension between housing as an investment and housing as shelter impacts where and how we live.
– How financial innovations in the Great Depression stabilized the housing market, and how those tools were repurposed after World War II to rapidly expand America’s cities.
– How a series of housing price bubbles and banking crises have financialized the housing market, transforming homeowners from the customer purchasing a home to the product supporting a mortgage.
– How regulations designed to facilitate the rapid growth of cities end up stagnating neighborhoods and creating artificial housing shortages.
– Why making it easier for more people to borrow more money is not a solution to housing affordability and, in fact, has only made housing less broadly attainable.
– The huge difference between a goal of making affordable housing and a goal of making housing affordable.
Where cities can effectively intervene to make their housing market more locally responsive, broadly increasing affordability without participating in the boom and bust cycle of the broader housing market.

We are kicking off Bike Month with a First Friday Ice Cream Ride to Klines! This will be a casual, around-town bike ride designed for the whole family. Before enjoying the rest of your evening downtown, this will be a mellow and gentle ride through town. All are welcome and encouraged to attend.
Date: Friday, May 3rd
Time: 6p-7p
Location: We’ll meet in the parking lot next to Kline’s on E. Wolfe St. in Downtown Harrisonburg
Route: 2 mile loop in Downtown Harrisonburg
Bring your helmet and bring your kids! (And if you’re under 18, bring a parent or guardian!)

Come for bikes and friends, stay for the ice cream 🙂

This is not a SVBCoalition event – it will be hosted at the Western Slope, with proceeds benefiting the organization.

Register Here: https://vamomentum.com/perfect-day-50k/

Date: May 4, 2024 at 8:00am
Location: Massanutten Western Slope, Keezletown, VA
Preregistration Prices:

• Until February 14: $99/person
• February 15-May 3: $109/person

Important Information:

• Limited to 200 participants

How It Works:

• 8am-6pm: Run a 5K on the hour every hour for 10 hours. Individual and team options!
• The Course: a 5K trail loop with a shared start/finish line. Participants must be ready at the start line at the top of every hour.
• Individuals: Can you complete all ten loops?! Run all 50K for the most bragging rights of the day. Awards are based on cumulative time.
• Teams: Are you endurance race curious? Or trail running curious? Both? This is a welcoming event for YOU!
• Teams of 2: may either alternate 5K’s or have one person do five hours in a row then the other person do the next five hours in a row. Each teammate must complete five loops.
• Teams of 3: you decide how to divide up loops. Each teammate must complete at least three loops.
• Timing: All loops are chip timed. Results will be based on total cumulative time.
• Time cutoff: participants must be able to finish each 5K loop in under 57 minutes. Anyone who does not meet the time cut off each hour will not be permitted to continue.
• Basecamp: The Perfect Day 50K hangout spot & party zone! Participants will park their vehicles in the grassy area next to the start/finish line for refueling between loops. You’re welcome to bring tents, coolers, camping grills, and pets must be on a leash. We’ll have music playing and spectators are encouraged to bring their energy to Basecamp to support runners. Spectators will be asked to park in the main Western Slopes gravel parking lot adjacent to the start/finish line.
• Black Sheep Coffee will have FREE coffee for participants all day long.
• Swag: Every participant receives a premium moisture wicking race shirt, custom finisher medal and stocked drinks & snacks at Basecamp.
• Charity Partner: A portion of each registration goes to Shenandoah Valley Bicycle Coalition. SVBC volunteers are responsible for the building and maintenance of the trail system at Massanutten Western Slopes and we couldn’t do this without them.

Date: Saturday, May 4th
Time: 9:30am-12:00pm
Location: Hillandale Park

Come out to Hillandale Park to get your bikes ready for summer riding! We will help you adjust your bike, inflate your tires, and make sure helmets are fitting well. This activity is open to all ages.

Learn bike safety, test your riding skills, enjoy prizes, and learn about biking opportunities in the Harrisonburg area. Participants can ride through different obstacle courses, ride the trails, or take on the pump track.

Representatives from local bike organizations, Harrisonburg Fire and Police will all be at this event! Helmets are required by law in Harrisonburg for anyone 14 years of age or younger. This event will run rain or shine. We will cancel for severe weather.

Register: https://harrisonburgva.gov/pop-up-parks-hillandale

We’re partnering with the Friendly City Food Co-Op and local bike shops to bring you this DIY Bike Maintenance Workshop.

Date: Sunday, May 5th
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Location: Friendly City Food Co-op Patio

Dust off your wheels and learn essential bike maintenance skills firsthand from a local group of expert bike mechanics. Whether you’re a seasoned cyclist or just starting out, this FREE event offers invaluable knowledge to keep your ride in top condition.

Sign up in-store or online to secure your spot.

This workshop will be presented by Shenandoah Valley Bicycle Coalition, Wyse Cycles, Rocktown Bicycles, and Bluestone Bike & Run.

Don’t miss out on this opportunity to learn from the best and confidently maintain your bike at home! Admission is FREE, but space is limited sign up online and grab your bike to join us for a fun and informative session.
Register: https://friendlycity.coop/event/diy-bike-maintenance/?instance_id=4224

https://svbcoalition.org/ride/womens-monday-mountain-bike-ride/

Join us for a women’s casual mountain bike ride at Massanutten Western Slope on Monday evenings. You do not need a parking pass (if you don’t have a pass just ask a ride leader for one when you arrive) but will need to sign an electronic waiver before the ride.

💥Time: 5:30pm on Mondays
💥When: Starting April 1st 2024
💥Location: Meet at Massanutten Western Slope Parking Lot
💥Pace: Super casual, no-drop ride. Beginner pace with frequent stops as needed
💥Length: Typically 1-1.5 hours and we will often cover 4-6 miles.
💥Ride Surface: This is a mountain bike ride so plan for dirt singletrack trails with some rock.
💥Regroup Points During Ride? Yes. The Massanutten Western Slope Trails offer lots of options for regrouping and course changes depending on where and what the group wants to ride.

Ever seen a Bike Bus?

Walk, Bike & Roll to School Day creates opportunities for children to interact and socialize with their peers, teach pedestrian and bicycle safety skills, and create positive experiences to encourage active and independent transportation later in life.
Most of all, it’s a party parade..all before school even starts!

Routes: VISIT https://svbcoalition.org/event-calendar/bike-month-2024/

• Routes organized so far: Waterman EMS (Lee Ave and Collicello), Keister: Sunset Heights and Purcell

*If you would like to lead a “bike bus” on May 8th, please contact

https://svbcoalition.org/ride/womens-monday-mountain-bike-ride/

Join us for a women’s casual mountain bike ride at Massanutten Western Slope on Monday evenings. You do not need a parking pass (if you don’t have a pass just ask a ride leader for one when you arrive) but will need to sign an electronic waiver before the ride.

💥Time: 5:30pm on Mondays
💥When: Starting April 1st 2024
💥Location: Meet at Massanutten Western Slope Parking Lot
💥Pace: Super casual, no-drop ride. Beginner pace with frequent stops as needed
💥Length: Typically 1-1.5 hours and we will often cover 4-6 miles.
💥Ride Surface: This is a mountain bike ride so plan for dirt singletrack trails with some rock.
💥Regroup Points During Ride? Yes. The Massanutten Western Slope Trails offer lots of options for regrouping and course changes depending on where and what the group wants to ride.

• WHY: To HONOR those who have been injured or killed while riding bicycles on our public roads, to RAISE AWARENESS that we are people, and to value our personal safety. Although cyclists have a legal right to use the road along with motorists, the motoring public often isn’t aware of these rights and is sometimes not aware of the cyclists themselves. This is a FREE ride, but you are REQUIRED to sign a Waiver: Click to Sign.
• WHAT: For the Ride of Silence, cyclists will take to the roads in a silent procession to honor cyclists who have been killed or injured while cycling on public roadways. The ride is FREE and will go no more than 12 miles per hour.
• WHEN: Wednesday, May 15, 2024 at 7:00 PM
• WHERE: Harrisonburg’s Ride of Silence begins and ends at the University Commons on the Eastern Mennonite University campus.
• Questions? Marshall Hammond is the event organizer. Contact him with questions:

https://svbcoalition.org/ride/womens-monday-mountain-bike-ride/

Join us for a women’s casual mountain bike ride at Massanutten Western Slope on Monday evenings. You do not need a parking pass (if you don’t have a pass just ask a ride leader for one when you arrive) but will need to sign an electronic waiver before the ride.

💥Time: 5:30pm on Mondays
💥When: Starting April 1st 2024
💥Location: Meet at Massanutten Western Slope Parking Lot
💥Pace: Super casual, no-drop ride. Beginner pace with frequent stops as needed
💥Length: Typically 1-1.5 hours and we will often cover 4-6 miles.
💥Ride Surface: This is a mountain bike ride so plan for dirt singletrack trails with some rock.
💥Regroup Points During Ride? Yes. The Massanutten Western Slope Trails offer lots of options for regrouping and course changes depending on where and what the group wants to ride.