Gilroy Gardens Family Theme Park has proposed developing a bike park adjacent to its theme park site in Gilroy. The proposal includes a 536 acre mountain bike park with a diverse range of trails to serve a diverse range of mountain bikers as well as uplift provided by chairlift. This would be the first bike park of this kind in the greater bay area and would provide an experience that now requires California mountain bikers to travel as far away as Tahoe, Mammoth or Shasta. This presents a unique opportunity for a mountain bike oriented trail experience.

This project is going in front of the Gilroy Bicycle Pedestrian Commission on September 24th at 6pm at Gilroy City Council Chambers where there will hopefully be a vote to recommend that council adopt the plan and enter into a lease with bike park. Your voice is needed to ensure that the plan moves forward! Please consider attending the meeting to support this project or writing a letter to both the commission and Gilroy City Council.

To learn more about this project you can see a recent presentation to Gilroy City Council here.

Send letters to both:

AllCouncilMembers@ci.gilroy.ca.us

BicyclePedestrianCommissioners@ci.gilroy.ca.us

Sample Letter

It’s best to write your own letter but if you are pressed for time here is a sample letter, add a personal touch if you can:

To the Gilroy Bicycle Pedestrian Commission and City Council,

I support the Adventure Park in Gilroy because it will be a positive project in the region for people that bike, hike, and enjoy the outdoors. It will provide a benefit to our local community and attract tourism to the city. The park would be an amazing resource for local high school mountain bike teams, mountain bike enthusiasts, new riders, hikers, and those who enjoy emerging trends in recreation. There is not another project like this in the region. Gilroy is a Bicycle Friendly Community and the Adventure Park supports the 2018 Tourism in the Hecker Pass Corridor Resolution. Please approve this amazing project!

Sincerely,

[Your Name Here]

[Where You Live]