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Mercer Island Bike Skills Area Opening Day November 15th
The Mercer Island Bike Skills Area is planned to be launched with an opening ceremony on November 15th at 3:00 PM. It’s hard to believe this day is just around the corner after the journey for this community asset. We hope we get a good weather window to allow some riding of the trails at…
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MI BSA Construction Started
Construction on the Mercer Island Bike Skills Area started the week of October 2nd, 2023! MIMBA is stoked to see construction begin and bring this vision to life. The ramp structures are on-site at the construction site. The construction timeline is weather dependent so a firm ETA is unavailable. Until construction is complete please respect…
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MI BSA Conceptual Design Input
The Mercer Island Mountain Biking Advocates have shared the following suggestions with the parks and recreation commission for consideration. This feedback captures feedback from the local mountain biking community on the published conceptual design. Thank you to the design team for keeping this process moving and providing the surveys and meetings to get community feedback. The conceptual…
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Bike Skills Area Moving?
In the July 19, 2022 City Council meeting funding was approved to develop a 30% design to locate the Mercer Island Bike Skills Area in Deane’s Children’s Park. This is the first step in developing a design that will facilitate future public engagement. The following milestones have been shared as the desired timeline: Fall 2022…
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Meet MIMBA
Mercer Island Mountain Bike Advocates (MIMBA) was formed to support mountain biking on Mercer Island. The primary mission is to engage the community to promote access to biking facilities and stewardship of biking areas on Mercer Island. The closure of the Bike Skills Area in Upper Luther Burbank Park in 2021 was the catalyst for…