You can look forward to the same fun and exciting events this year, including the Gravel Grinder, Pond Jump Party, VT Mountain Bike Festival, Leaf Blower, and a few surprises.Throughout the season please stay tuned to our website, facebook page, and newsletters for the trail work and events.
Our main focus for 2012 is going to be to support the Stowe Land Trust in securing the Cady Hill property and the restructuring of the club. As we move forward with larger scale projects and expand the scope of the club's responsibilities, there have been concerns about long term sustainability. The SMBC Board has been reevaluating our structure and in response we are reorganizing. With the help of Jesse Goldfine, a local attorney, we are establishing the SMBC as a non profit organization and a stand alone entity. Up until this point we have operated as an arm of VMBA, the state organization. We will still maintain our status as a VMBA chapter, but will set up our own books and establish what we hope to be a long term sustainable organization not dependent on the efforts of one or two of us. That means the creation of by laws, work committes with more formal and business like processes. Hopefully that will mean that we will have even more opportunities to participate, create more trail and involve more members.