{"id":204,"date":"2022-05-10T21:22:24","date_gmt":"2022-05-10T21:22:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/islandmtb.org\/?page_id=204"},"modified":"2023-11-01T00:08:21","modified_gmt":"2023-11-01T00:08:21","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/islandmtb.org\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\"><\/span><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-185\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/islandmtb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Island_Crest-scaled.jpg?resize=2560%2C1920&#038;ssl=1\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/islandmtb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Island_Crest-scaled.jpg?w=2560&amp;ssl=1 2560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/islandmtb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Island_Crest-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/islandmtb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Island_Crest-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/islandmtb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Island_Crest-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/islandmtb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Island_Crest-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/islandmtb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Island_Crest-scaled.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-transform:uppercase\">Promoting kids on bikes in our own backyard<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our mission is to promote and sustain mountain biking access on Mercer Island. Mountain biking helps youth develop confidence, leadership, and build healthiness. MIMBA provides a connection to the local biking community and supports stewardship of local trails to ensure easy access to the activity. MIMBA believes in empowering youth through cycling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MIMBA also supports our <a href=\"https:\/\/mercerislandmtb.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mercer Island Middle and High School Mountain Biking Team<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">News<\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-kadence-posts kb-posts kadence-posts-list kb-posts-id-204_dc5492-5e content-wrap grid-cols kb-posts-style-unboxed grid-sm-col-1 grid-lg-col-1 item-image-style-beside\"><li class=\"kb-post-list-item\">\n\t<article class=\"entry content-bg loop-entry kb-post-no-image post-209 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-mimba\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/islandmtb.org\/?p=209\" rel=\"bookmark\">Meet MIMBA<\/a><\/h3>\t<div class=\"entry-meta entry-meta-divider-dot\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"posted-on\">\n\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2022-05-10T21:17:20+00:00\">May 10, 2022<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2022-11-16T20:55:47+00:00\">November 16, 2022<\/time>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"category-links\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"category-link-items\"><a href=\"https:\/\/islandmtb.org\/?cat=8\" rel=\"category\">MIMBA<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t<div class=\"entry-summary\">\n\t\t<p>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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-summary -->\n\t<footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-actions\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"more-link-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/islandmtb.org\/?p=209\" class=\"post-more-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\tRead More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> Meet MIMBA<\/span><span class=\"kadence-svg-iconset svg-baseline\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kadence-svg-icon kadence-arrow-right-alt-svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"27\" height=\"28\" viewBox=\"0 0 27 28\"><title>Continue<\/title><path d=\"M27 13.953c0 0.141-0.063 0.281-0.156 0.375l-6 5.531c-0.156 0.141-0.359 0.172-0.547 0.094-0.172-0.078-0.297-0.25-0.297-0.453v-3.5h-19.5c-0.281 0-0.5-0.219-0.5-0.5v-3c0-0.281 0.219-0.5 0.5-0.5h19.5v-3.5c0-0.203 0.109-0.375 0.297-0.453s0.391-0.047 0.547 0.078l6 5.469c0.094 0.094 0.156 0.219 0.156 0.359v0z\"><\/path>\n\t\t\t<\/svg><\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-actions -->\n\t\t<\/footer><!-- .entry-footer -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"kb-post-list-item\">\n\t<article class=\"entry content-bg loop-entry kb-post-no-image post-4123 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-bsa category-mimba category-mimtb-team tag-mercer-island-biking tag-mercer-island-mountain-bike-trails tag-mercer-island-mountain-biking-advocates tag-mi-bsa tag-mimba tag-mountain-bike-trail-building\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/islandmtb.org\/?p=4123\" rel=\"bookmark\">Mercer Island Bike Skills Area Opening Day November 15th<\/a><\/h3>\t<div class=\"entry-meta entry-meta-divider-dot\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"posted-on\">\n\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2023-11-07T02:28:30+00:00\">November 7, 2023<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2023-11-07T02:28:33+00:00\">November 7, 2023<\/time>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"category-links\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"category-link-items\"><a href=\"https:\/\/islandmtb.org\/?cat=12\" rel=\"category\">BSA<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/islandmtb.org\/?cat=8\" rel=\"category\">MIMBA<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/islandmtb.org\/?cat=13\" rel=\"category\">MIMTB Team<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t<div class=\"entry-summary\">\n\t\t<p>The Mercer Island Bike Skills Area is planned to be launched with an opening ceremony on November 15th at 3:00 PM. It&#8217;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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-summary -->\n\t<footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-actions\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"more-link-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/islandmtb.org\/?p=4123\" class=\"post-more-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\tRead More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> Mercer Island Bike Skills Area Opening Day November 15th<\/span><span class=\"kadence-svg-iconset svg-baseline\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kadence-svg-icon kadence-arrow-right-alt-svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"27\" height=\"28\" viewBox=\"0 0 27 28\"><title>Continue<\/title><path d=\"M27 13.953c0 0.141-0.063 0.281-0.156 0.375l-6 5.531c-0.156 0.141-0.359 0.172-0.547 0.094-0.172-0.078-0.297-0.25-0.297-0.453v-3.5h-19.5c-0.281 0-0.5-0.219-0.5-0.5v-3c0-0.281 0.219-0.5 0.5-0.5h19.5v-3.5c0-0.203 0.109-0.375 0.297-0.453s0.391-0.047 0.547 0.078l6 5.469c0.094 0.094 0.156 0.219 0.156 0.359v0z\"><\/path>\n\t\t\t<\/svg><\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-actions -->\n\t\t<\/footer><!-- .entry-footer -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"kb-post-list-item\">\n\t<article class=\"entry content-bg loop-entry kb-post-no-image post-4099 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-mimtb-team\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/islandmtb.org\/?p=4099\" rel=\"bookmark\">MI MTB Fall 2023 Season Recap<\/a><\/h3>\t<div class=\"entry-meta entry-meta-divider-dot\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"posted-on\">\n\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2023-11-01T00:05:27+00:00\">November 1, 2023<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2023-11-01T00:05:30+00:00\">November 1, 2023<\/time>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"category-links\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"category-link-items\"><a href=\"https:\/\/islandmtb.org\/?cat=13\" rel=\"category\">MIMTB Team<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t<div class=\"entry-summary\">\n\t\t<p>The Mercer Island Mountain Bike Team wrapped up the fall race season this month. This was a short two-race season but we still had a great time with this group of kids. The MI MTB Fall 2023 team consisted of 23 student-athletes ranging between 6th and 11th grade. The team was facilitated by 12 volunteer [&hellip;]<\/p>\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-summary -->\n\t<footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-actions\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"more-link-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/islandmtb.org\/?p=4099\" class=\"post-more-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\tRead More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> MI MTB Fall 2023 Season Recap<\/span><span class=\"kadence-svg-iconset svg-baseline\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kadence-svg-icon kadence-arrow-right-alt-svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"27\" height=\"28\" viewBox=\"0 0 27 28\"><title>Continue<\/title><path d=\"M27 13.953c0 0.141-0.063 0.281-0.156 0.375l-6 5.531c-0.156 0.141-0.359 0.172-0.547 0.094-0.172-0.078-0.297-0.25-0.297-0.453v-3.5h-19.5c-0.281 0-0.5-0.219-0.5-0.5v-3c0-0.281 0.219-0.5 0.5-0.5h19.5v-3.5c0-0.203 0.109-0.375 0.297-0.453s0.391-0.047 0.547 0.078l6 5.469c0.094 0.094 0.156 0.219 0.156 0.359v0z\"><\/path>\n\t\t\t<\/svg><\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-actions -->\n\t\t<\/footer><!-- .entry-footer -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"kb-post-list-item\">\n\t<article class=\"entry content-bg loop-entry kb-post-no-image post-4043 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-bsa category-mimba\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/islandmtb.org\/?p=4043\" rel=\"bookmark\">MI BSA Construction Started<\/a><\/h3>\t<div class=\"entry-meta entry-meta-divider-dot\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"posted-on\">\n\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2023-10-12T22:00:39+00:00\">October 12, 2023<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2023-10-12T22:07:07+00:00\">October 12, 2023<\/time>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"category-links\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"category-link-items\"><a href=\"https:\/\/islandmtb.org\/?cat=12\" rel=\"category\">BSA<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/islandmtb.org\/?cat=8\" rel=\"category\">MIMBA<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t<div class=\"entry-summary\">\n\t\t<p>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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-summary -->\n\t<footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-actions\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"more-link-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/islandmtb.org\/?p=4043\" class=\"post-more-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\tRead More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> MI BSA Construction Started<\/span><span class=\"kadence-svg-iconset svg-baseline\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kadence-svg-icon kadence-arrow-right-alt-svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"27\" height=\"28\" viewBox=\"0 0 27 28\"><title>Continue<\/title><path d=\"M27 13.953c0 0.141-0.063 0.281-0.156 0.375l-6 5.531c-0.156 0.141-0.359 0.172-0.547 0.094-0.172-0.078-0.297-0.25-0.297-0.453v-3.5h-19.5c-0.281 0-0.5-0.219-0.5-0.5v-3c0-0.281 0.219-0.5 0.5-0.5h19.5v-3.5c0-0.203 0.109-0.375 0.297-0.453s0.391-0.047 0.547 0.078l6 5.469c0.094 0.094 0.156 0.219 0.156 0.359v0z\"><\/path>\n\t\t\t<\/svg><\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-actions -->\n\t\t<\/footer><!-- .entry-footer -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"kb-post-list-item\">\n\t<article class=\"entry content-bg loop-entry kb-post-no-image post-2742 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-bsa category-mimba tag-mercer-island-bsa tag-mi-bsa\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/islandmtb.org\/?p=2742\" rel=\"bookmark\">MI BSA Conceptual Design Input<\/a><\/h3>\t<div class=\"entry-meta entry-meta-divider-dot\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"posted-on\">\n\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2023-01-05T19:39:19+00:00\">January 5, 2023<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2023-01-05T19:39:23+00:00\">January 5, 2023<\/time>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"category-links\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"category-link-items\"><a href=\"https:\/\/islandmtb.org\/?cat=12\" rel=\"category\">BSA<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/islandmtb.org\/?cat=8\" rel=\"category\">MIMBA<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t<div class=\"entry-summary\">\n\t\t<p>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.\u00a0Thank you to the design team\u00a0for keeping this process moving and providing the surveys and meetings to get community feedback. The conceptual [&hellip;]<\/p>\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-summary -->\n\t<footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-actions\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"more-link-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/islandmtb.org\/?p=2742\" class=\"post-more-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\tRead More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> MI BSA Conceptual Design Input<\/span><span class=\"kadence-svg-iconset svg-baseline\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kadence-svg-icon kadence-arrow-right-alt-svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"27\" height=\"28\" viewBox=\"0 0 27 28\"><title>Continue<\/title><path d=\"M27 13.953c0 0.141-0.063 0.281-0.156 0.375l-6 5.531c-0.156 0.141-0.359 0.172-0.547 0.094-0.172-0.078-0.297-0.25-0.297-0.453v-3.5h-19.5c-0.281 0-0.5-0.219-0.5-0.5v-3c0-0.281 0.219-0.5 0.5-0.5h19.5v-3.5c0-0.203 0.109-0.375 0.297-0.453s0.391-0.047 0.547 0.078l6 5.469c0.094 0.094 0.156 0.219 0.156 0.359v0z\"><\/path>\n\t\t\t<\/svg><\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-actions -->\n\t\t<\/footer><!-- .entry-footer -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"kb-post-list-item\">\n\t<article class=\"entry content-bg loop-entry kb-post-no-image post-2738 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-mimtb-team\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/islandmtb.org\/?p=2738\" rel=\"bookmark\">MI MTB Team Spring Kick-off<\/a><\/h3>\t<div class=\"entry-meta entry-meta-divider-dot\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"posted-on\">\n\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2023-01-04T23:05:33+00:00\">January 4, 2023<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2023-01-04T23:05:39+00:00\">January 4, 2023<\/time>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"category-links\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"category-link-items\"><a href=\"https:\/\/islandmtb.org\/?cat=13\" rel=\"category\">MIMTB Team<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t<div class=\"entry-summary\">\n\t\t<p>The Mercer Island Mountain Bike Team for grades 6-12 will hold a season kick-off meeting on Wednesday, January 11th at 5:30 PM in the Mercer Island Community Center. The team will compete in the Washington Student Cycling League spring season. Registration opens on January 15th and practices will begin in February. The spring season wraps [&hellip;]<\/p>\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-summary -->\n\t<footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-actions\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"more-link-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/islandmtb.org\/?p=2738\" class=\"post-more-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\tRead More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> MI MTB Team Spring Kick-off<\/span><span class=\"kadence-svg-iconset svg-baseline\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kadence-svg-icon kadence-arrow-right-alt-svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"27\" height=\"28\" viewBox=\"0 0 27 28\"><title>Continue<\/title><path d=\"M27 13.953c0 0.141-0.063 0.281-0.156 0.375l-6 5.531c-0.156 0.141-0.359 0.172-0.547 0.094-0.172-0.078-0.297-0.25-0.297-0.453v-3.5h-19.5c-0.281 0-0.5-0.219-0.5-0.5v-3c0-0.281 0.219-0.5 0.5-0.5h19.5v-3.5c0-0.203 0.109-0.375 0.297-0.453s0.391-0.047 0.547 0.078l6 5.469c0.094 0.094 0.156 0.219 0.156 0.359v0z\"><\/path>\n\t\t\t<\/svg><\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-actions -->\n\t\t<\/footer><!-- .entry-footer -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"kb-post-list-item\">\n\t<article class=\"entry content-bg loop-entry kb-post-no-image post-2429 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-bsa\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/islandmtb.org\/?p=2429\" rel=\"bookmark\">BSA Design Input | Support the New Park<\/a><\/h3>\t<div class=\"entry-meta entry-meta-divider-dot\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"posted-on\">\n\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2022-11-15T01:09:04+00:00\">November 15, 2022<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2022-11-15T01:09:07+00:00\">November 15, 2022<\/time>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"category-links\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"category-link-items\"><a href=\"https:\/\/islandmtb.org\/?cat=12\" rel=\"category\">BSA<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t<div class=\"entry-summary\">\n\t\t<p>The Mercer Island Bike Skills Area is progressing to the next phase following the closure of the BSA in Upper Luther Burbank Park. The City has contracted with\u00a0American Ramp Company (ARC)\u00a0to design a new Bike Skills Area at Deane\u2019s Children\u2019s Park. Over the next few months, ARC, City staff, the Parks &amp; Recreation Commission, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-summary -->\n\t<footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-actions\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"more-link-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/islandmtb.org\/?p=2429\" class=\"post-more-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\tRead More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> BSA Design Input | Support the New Park<\/span><span class=\"kadence-svg-iconset svg-baseline\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kadence-svg-icon kadence-arrow-right-alt-svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"27\" height=\"28\" viewBox=\"0 0 27 28\"><title>Continue<\/title><path d=\"M27 13.953c0 0.141-0.063 0.281-0.156 0.375l-6 5.531c-0.156 0.141-0.359 0.172-0.547 0.094-0.172-0.078-0.297-0.25-0.297-0.453v-3.5h-19.5c-0.281 0-0.5-0.219-0.5-0.5v-3c0-0.281 0.219-0.5 0.5-0.5h19.5v-3.5c0-0.203 0.109-0.375 0.297-0.453s0.391-0.047 0.547 0.078l6 5.469c0.094 0.094 0.156 0.219 0.156 0.359v0z\"><\/path>\n\t\t\t<\/svg><\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-actions -->\n\t\t<\/footer><!-- .entry-footer -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"kb-post-list-item\">\n\t<article class=\"entry content-bg loop-entry kb-post-no-image post-1991 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-mimtb-team\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/islandmtb.org\/?p=1991\" rel=\"bookmark\">Meet the Fall 2022 MI MTB Team<\/a><\/h3>\t<div class=\"entry-meta entry-meta-divider-dot\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"posted-on\">\n\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2022-09-08T23:34:59+00:00\">September 8, 2022<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2022-09-09T16:45:52+00:00\">September 9, 2022<\/time>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"category-links\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"category-link-items\"><a href=\"https:\/\/islandmtb.org\/?cat=13\" rel=\"category\">MIMTB Team<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t<div class=\"entry-summary\">\n\t\t<p>The Mercer Island Mountain Bike Team is off and running in the Fall 2022 Washington Student Cycling League. The MI MTB team has grown to 32 athletes for the fall season &#8211; with 16 new riders on the team. The team has 23 middle school athletes and 9 high school athletes for the season. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-summary -->\n\t<footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-actions\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"more-link-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/islandmtb.org\/?p=1991\" class=\"post-more-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\tRead More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> Meet the Fall 2022 MI MTB Team<\/span><span class=\"kadence-svg-iconset svg-baseline\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kadence-svg-icon kadence-arrow-right-alt-svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"27\" height=\"28\" viewBox=\"0 0 27 28\"><title>Continue<\/title><path d=\"M27 13.953c0 0.141-0.063 0.281-0.156 0.375l-6 5.531c-0.156 0.141-0.359 0.172-0.547 0.094-0.172-0.078-0.297-0.25-0.297-0.453v-3.5h-19.5c-0.281 0-0.5-0.219-0.5-0.5v-3c0-0.281 0.219-0.5 0.5-0.5h19.5v-3.5c0-0.203 0.109-0.375 0.297-0.453s0.391-0.047 0.547 0.078l6 5.469c0.094 0.094 0.156 0.219 0.156 0.359v0z\"><\/path>\n\t\t\t<\/svg><\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-actions -->\n\t\t<\/footer><!-- .entry-footer -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"kb-post-list-item\">\n\t<article class=\"entry content-bg loop-entry kb-post-no-image post-1237 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-bsa category-mimba\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/islandmtb.org\/?p=1237\" rel=\"bookmark\">Bike Skills Area Moving?<\/a><\/h3>\t<div class=\"entry-meta entry-meta-divider-dot\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"posted-on\">\n\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2022-07-22T00:55:42+00:00\">July 22, 2022<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2022-07-22T00:55:50+00:00\">July 22, 2022<\/time>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"category-links\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"category-link-items\"><a href=\"https:\/\/islandmtb.org\/?cat=12\" rel=\"category\">BSA<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/islandmtb.org\/?cat=8\" rel=\"category\">MIMBA<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t<div class=\"entry-summary\">\n\t\t<p>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\u2019s Children\u2019s 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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-summary -->\n\t<footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-actions\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"more-link-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/islandmtb.org\/?p=1237\" class=\"post-more-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\tRead More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> Bike Skills Area Moving?<\/span><span class=\"kadence-svg-iconset svg-baseline\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kadence-svg-icon kadence-arrow-right-alt-svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"27\" height=\"28\" viewBox=\"0 0 27 28\"><title>Continue<\/title><path d=\"M27 13.953c0 0.141-0.063 0.281-0.156 0.375l-6 5.531c-0.156 0.141-0.359 0.172-0.547 0.094-0.172-0.078-0.297-0.25-0.297-0.453v-3.5h-19.5c-0.281 0-0.5-0.219-0.5-0.5v-3c0-0.281 0.219-0.5 0.5-0.5h19.5v-3.5c0-0.203 0.109-0.375 0.297-0.453s0.391-0.047 0.547 0.078l6 5.469c0.094 0.094 0.156 0.219 0.156 0.359v0z\"><\/path>\n\t\t\t<\/svg><\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-actions -->\n\t\t<\/footer><!-- .entry-footer -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"kb-post-list-item\">\n\t<article class=\"entry content-bg loop-entry kb-post-no-image post-371 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-mimtb-team\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/islandmtb.org\/?p=371\" rel=\"bookmark\">Mercer Island Mountain Bike Team Trail Work<\/a><\/h3>\t<div class=\"entry-meta entry-meta-divider-dot\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"posted-on\">\n\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2022-07-21T21:58:11+00:00\">July 21, 2022<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2022-07-21T21:58:14+00:00\">July 21, 2022<\/time>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"category-links\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"category-link-items\"><a href=\"https:\/\/islandmtb.org\/?cat=13\" rel=\"category\">MIMTB Team<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t<div class=\"entry-summary\">\n\t\t<p>On June 2 the Mercer Island Mountain Bike team had the opportunity to give back to the trail system on Mercer Island. The team worked with the Mercer Island Parks department to address chronic muddy areas on the Pioneer Park trails. With 20 team members and coaches at the event, quick work was done on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-summary -->\n\t<footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-actions\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"more-link-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/islandmtb.org\/?p=371\" class=\"post-more-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\tRead More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> Mercer Island Mountain Bike Team Trail Work<\/span><span class=\"kadence-svg-iconset svg-baseline\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kadence-svg-icon kadence-arrow-right-alt-svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"27\" height=\"28\" viewBox=\"0 0 27 28\"><title>Continue<\/title><path d=\"M27 13.953c0 0.141-0.063 0.281-0.156 0.375l-6 5.531c-0.156 0.141-0.359 0.172-0.547 0.094-0.172-0.078-0.297-0.25-0.297-0.453v-3.5h-19.5c-0.281 0-0.5-0.219-0.5-0.5v-3c0-0.281 0.219-0.5 0.5-0.5h19.5v-3.5c0-0.203 0.109-0.375 0.297-0.453s0.391-0.047 0.547 0.078l6 5.469c0.094 0.094 0.156 0.219 0.156 0.359v0z\"><\/path>\n\t\t\t<\/svg><\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-actions -->\n\t\t<\/footer><!-- .entry-footer -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"kb-post-list-item\">\n\t<article class=\"entry content-bg loop-entry kb-post-no-image post-316 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-mimtb-team\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/islandmtb.org\/?p=316\" rel=\"bookmark\">Mercer Island Mountain Bike Team Competes in State Championships<\/a><\/h3>\t<div class=\"entry-meta entry-meta-divider-dot\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"posted-on\">\n\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2022-05-26T21:58:51+00:00\">May 26, 2022<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2022-06-09T17:33:20+00:00\">June 9, 2022<\/time>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"category-links\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"category-link-items\"><a href=\"https:\/\/islandmtb.org\/?cat=13\" rel=\"category\">MIMTB Team<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t<div class=\"entry-summary\">\n\t\t<p>The Mercer Island Middle and High School Mountain Bike team competed in the state championship race in Spokane on May 22nd&nbsp;&nbsp;fielding&nbsp;330 riders from across the state. This was the fourth and final&nbsp;race of the spring season. Eight Mercer Island Middle school athletes raced to field a complete team. 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