Help Mountain Bikers Buy MTB Land!

From:    "Philip Keyes" <pk@nemba.org>
To:      "Philip Keyes" <pk@nemba.org>
Subject: Help NEMBA Buy Land
Date:    Mon, 16 Dec 2002 09:55:05 -0500

Hi folks,

I know I'm usually pestering you about sending in advocacy news for Dirt Rag, but I'm now writing to ask a bit of help. In short, we're looking for some national support for our land purchase, and I think that there might be some of you and your members who'd like to assist us.

The New England Mountain Bike Association invites you to check out our latest initiative to promote and protect mountain biking--buying 47 acres of prime mountain bike land known as "Vietnam."

Located in Milford, Massachusetts, NEMBA has signed a "Purchase & Sale Option" and has raised $110,000 of the $200K we need to complete the purchase. We have until next October to execute the closing. This will be the largest contribution mountain bikers have ever made to open space preservation and will be the first time that a mountain bike group own and manages its own trails. The possibilities are tremendous!

Check out our cool video and webpage on this historic land purchase at http://www.nemba.org/nembaevents/vietnamlandpurchase.html

But we need your help!

Support from the mountain bike community and bike industry is important. Please consider doing any of the following to lend a hand:

Pass the word to all your cycling friends and members
Put up a web link on your groups webpage titled "Help Mountain Bikers Buy MTB Land!"
Make a donation online

This project is groundbreaking and we hope that you will play a role making this a successful model for the future. We hope you enjoy the video--it's pretty cool!

Sincerely,
Philip Keyes
Executive Director
New England Mountain Bike Association
PO Box 2221
Acton MA 01720
P: 800-57-NEMBA
F: 928-395-7759
E: pk@nemba.org
http://www.nemba.org/

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