groc 2014 year end review

2014 Year End Review1Genesee Regional Off-Road Cyclists G.R.O.C. PO BOX 25674 Rochester NY 1462511/13/14

About GROC

• History:– Founded in 2004– NFP Status in 2011– IMBA Affiliated Club Since 2004– IMBA Chapter Club 2014

Mission: To be an inclusive community designing, building, maintaining and riding sustainable shared-use trails

2Genesee Regional Off-Road Cyclists G.R.O.C. PO BOX 25674 Rochester NY 1462511/13/14

Volunteers Do It All View of volunteer hours – 9,290 hours since 2008


1st Year of Pilot Program, Building of Bay Park West

Trails

1st Year of Pilot Program, Building of Bay Park West

Trails

Volunteers Do It All GROC’s core parks – 8,065 hours in these 4 parks alone

Averaging over 2,016 hours per park since 2008


Value Of Volunteers


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Value of GROC Volunteer Hours$245,719 Source independentsector.org

GROC MembersWe represent our the Genesee region well


GROC Recognition In The Community Proclamation From County Legislature:

Dan Quatro and Debbie Drawe authored the proclamation recognizing GROC for our volunteer efforts and contributions to our parks

Outstanding Asset Builder Award:GROC Honored by Department of Human Services – Award was accepted on Oct 1st. GROC nominated for this award by Mike Cooper the Penfield's Director of Parks and Recreation. The Asset Builder Award recognizes those who donate their time in an effort to encourage our youth in leading positive healthy lives


IMBA Chapter 2014GROC become an IMBA Chapter

GROC represents IMBA in our area.

GROC members now become IMBA members and your memberships support not only our local parks, but Mountain biking in the US.

IMBA also boosted out membership and reach:

137 Members with average membership of $66.61


Local Business Support

• Bike Shop Involvement– Local Bike Shops offering discounts for GROC members– Local shops also supporting Single Track Academy with sponsorships

• Donations and Support– These groups have donated over $4,500 dollars over the last 3 years. The donations have been

presented to GROC for its Outstanding Mountain Bike Advocacy in the region.


Bay Park West

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Projects Done By GROC Volunteers Bay Park West• Trail Design / Signage

– Trails were laid out and designed by GROC along with Monroe County Parks Department

– GROC provided Trail Map coding and layout– Mobile Map application developed by GROC given free to public

• Benching– All sections of trail that required benching– In Bay Park West there is significant elevation and benching was

required on every trail.

• Trail Entrance Fish and Game– Major retaining wall done to create sustainable switch back for main

trail entrance– Mitigation of lower muddy areas using raised crusher stone paths

• Trail Entrance Orchard Park Blvd– Design and benching of main entrance off parking lot– Installation of 6x6 wit 4ft rebar to secure edges of main trail entrance


Bay Park West

• Bridges–Design and building of 6 bridges within the park

• 4 bridges off home wood Trail Entrance• Large Bridge on Green trail over ravine• Large Bridge on Green to connect to old trolley

bed–GROC supplied all materials and labor



Tryon Park

Projects Done By GROC Volunteers Tryon Park• Trail Design / Signage

– Existing trails were marked and mitigation an re-routing of unsustainable trails was done

– New trails were designed and built to take offline old unsustainable trails

– All Blazes and signage was donated and put up by GROC– Trail Map coding and layout

• Trail Entrance Tryon Road– New trails established to enter park– Established new substitutable trail from top of Tyron to

the bottom as part of training with IMBA Trail Crew (International Mountain Bike Patrol)

• Bridges– Design and building of 3 bridges within the park

• Armoring wet areas in several location– GROC supplied all materials and labor

• Clean up – Tryon Park was used used for years and gathered allot of

trash – GROC volunteers cleaned up the park and removed


Tryon Park

GROC Sponsored IMBA Trail Crew

2012 Subaru IMBA Trail Crew join us in Rochester for 3 days of Training and presentations on Sustainable Trail Building.

Land Managers from Monroe County Parks, Victor Parks, Penfield, and other local trail clubs attended training with the IMBA Crew

The hands on project portion of training was done in Tryon Park. This created a new sustainable trail from the top of Tryon parking area to the bottom, taking off-line a fall line trail that is dangerous and continually eroding.,


Advocacy


Mendon Ponds Park Master Plan

Webster Park Master Plan

Powder Mills Park Master Plan

Public Meeting Pending for all three parks

Now we can have some fun!


2015 and beyond

Cool New Projects !!


• OCP - Peter Landre

• Tryon – Jon Brown

• West Bay – Adam Rietz

• Dryer Road – Mark and Mary Lee

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Tryon North Exit to West Bay


County PropertyNorth Tryon

County PropertyNorth Tryon

Issue :The north side is split by City Owned Property

Dave Renaldo is working with City to get proper right of ways

Hope to start this project in Soring 2015

Tryon North Exit to West Bay


Tryon North ExitTryon

North Exit

Side WalkSide Walk

Cross WalkCross Walk

Orchard Park BlvdWest Bay

Orchard Park BlvdWest Bay

Irondequoit Bay Park West

2014 Projects Review

Red

• Berm, tabletop and rollers (MTB optimized)

• Rocks serve as optional challenges, trail anchors and speed checks

• New connection for recycle loop

Blue

• Seven short trail re-routes– Use of trees as anchors and lots of

benching– Introduction of pump track-like rolling

tread contours

• Split rail fence• Patched boardwalks leading up to

Homewood

Purple

• Re-route of Orchard Park entrance and addition of crusher stone

Green• End of trolley bed rocks and

armoring

• New boardwalk offers less technical option

• Collaborative project with lots of volunteer help

• Materials either donated or provided by Monroe County

Orange Extension

• Additional trail added and some unsustainable trail being taken offline

• Extension is about 80% complete (great volunteer work!)

• To be completed in late Spring of 2015

Proposed Projects

GOALS• Continually improve sustainability • More trail diversity – primitive to MTB-optimized• Maintain friendly, shared-use atmosphere with less trail density

(low mileage)• Improve trail network accessibility for less-skilled riders• Optional advanced features and flow trail lines• Improve trail building skills and employ new techniques

• Thank you volunteers!

• Thank you Monroe County Parks

• Open to suggestions and collaboration: [email protected]

• Looking forward to 2015 season!

Thank You

Dryer Road – Loved to Death


• Dryer needs your help– Repair and improve trails


700+ hours 2014

Dryer Accomplishments in 2014


Accomplishments in 2014•Improvements to the path in the field above the parking lot; more grade reversals to deflect water•Build up of humps in pump track•New kiosk at parking lot with glass doors, cork board backing and wipe board•New kiosk with cork board in upper field•New grade reversals, deberming and general trail repair on Bones, Bone a Part and•iPod.•Major repairs and new grade reversals and nicks on Moon Valley•Multiple layered grade reversals on VHT and widening for parking/viewing area at top of VHT•Extension of Tree Beard through woods to VHT•Improvements at the other end of Tree Beard (near the entry to Bone-A-Part) cleaned up a nasty, rooty chicane around two large trees, avoiding the need of a significant rerouting.•New, short trail, Kat’s Cut•Reroute, repairs and new grade reversals on Owl’s Maze•Major reroute of upper half of Pinball: flagged further reroutes of the bottom half. Plan to complete all improvements this season•Start of planning and construction of a new trail, Moonshot•Improved signage marking all trails; over 30 new signs added

•700+ hours of volunteer work– Many dedicated volunteers who have come to several work parties and even done work on their own– A lot of new volunteers- Several volunteers are now ready and willing to plan and lead projects- We partnered with two user groups. A group of Boy Scouts helped build trails and– the girls’ soccer team from Victor HS, for their community service, worked on leaf– removal

Dryer Road 2015 planning


•Complete the new trail, Moonshot•Combine the best parts of Humpty and CMP and surrounding terrain•Improvements and lengthening of Epping Forest•Work to better educate and communicate with all trail users with the goals of

– Informing them about GROC and Trail Crew– Encouraging them to join us in trail stewardship– Teaching them to minimize their negative impact on trails; examples: not ride when trails are wet and

don’t skid turns– Continue to reach out to other user groups to get involved with trail work

Respectfully submitted,Mary LeeMark RosenzweigProject Managers for DRP

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