Surely, a lot of parties will be involved.
@Ryan, do you think we can try to work it out this time?
Jing
-----Original Message----- From: bikeboard-bounces@bikemorgantown.com [mailto:bikeboard-bounces@bikemorgantown.com] On Behalf Of Gunnar Shogren Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2015 10:22 AM To: Ryan Post Cc: Mikorski' 'Jeff; Burch Melissa; Board - Morgantown Bike Subject: Re: [Bikeboard] Fwd: WVU Cycling Race
I believe the route/course they are thinking of,
Would necessitate the closing of one of the lanes on University/Don Knotts. Not sure if that kind of thing is even legal to USAC or NCAA any more, but that's really the only way that they could do a long enough loop down there in the wharf. Yes, parking would be an issue if they go toward the parking garage too far.
Ryan would know the most about the kinds of permits and people that need to know and can be helpful, as he has helped with and put on events such as this before.
There hasn't been a cycling event that closed streets in Morgantown since the early 1990s and that was the big pro-only Tour of West Virginia thingie.
On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 9:26 AM, Ryan Post rpostwvu@gmail.com wrote:
I tried to figure out a race loop in the Wharf area a few years back and it wasn't possible. Unless some roads opened since then, it took a lot of area to meet the minimum distance requirement and then there was no parking that wasn't inside the race loop. I never even got to the part about requesting from the city to give permissions, which is going to be hard if some of those businesses are open (April 12 is a Sunday). I expect a race would be from 8a to 1pm unless it also included public racing which would make it all daylight.
I doubt WVU is going to be cordial with any event around the Stadium, Coliseum or Rec Center like you would expect, as they (really just 1 person) weren't when we put one on despite having no issues arise.
Ryan Post
On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 9:01 PM, Jennifer jselin@hotmail.com wrote:
Jeff and Mel, Bike Board:
How would they go about planning this? They are road racers. Which Permissions are necessary? I know they have organized bike races in the past in other communities.
Jenny Selin Cell 304-685-6569
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From: Nicholas Caddenhead nicaddenhead@mix.wvu.edu Date: January 28, 2015 at 8:45:52 PM EST To: citycouncilward4@cityofmorgantown.org Subject: WVU Cycling Race
Hello Mayor Selin,
I am the road cycling coordinator for the WVU Cycling team. A team mate of mine got your contact info in hopes that we would be able to put on a race in the city of Morgantown.
We were hoping to be able to do the race on the 12th of April in the Wharf area. Obviously we are just in the early planning phases of this, and I was wondering how possible you think that this would be or if you had any insight as to how the city of Morgantown would like to go about planning this.
Thank you for your time,
Nicholas Caddenhead
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On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 9:26 PM, Ryan Post rpostwvu@gmail.com wrote:
I tried to figure out a race loop in the Wharf area a few years back and it wasn't possible. Unless some roads opened since then, it took a lot of area to meet the minimum distance requirement and then there was no parking that wasn't inside the race loop. I never even got to the part about requesting from the city to give permissions, which is going to be hard if some of those businesses are open (April 12 is a Sunday). I expect a race would be from 8a to 1pm unless it also included public racing which would make it all daylight.
I doubt WVU is going to be cordial with any event around the Stadium, Coliseum or Rec Center like you would expect, as they (really just 1 person) weren't when we put one on despite having no issues arise.
Ryan Post
On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 9:01 PM, Jennifer jselin@hotmail.com wrote:
Jeff and Mel, Bike Board:
How would they go about planning this? They are road racers. Which Permissions are necessary? I know they have organized bike races in the past in other communities.
Jenny Selin Cell 304-685-6569
Begin forwarded message:
From: Nicholas Caddenhead nicaddenhead@mix.wvu.edu Date: January 28, 2015 at 8:45:52 PM EST To: citycouncilward4@cityofmorgantown.org Subject: WVU Cycling Race
Hello Mayor Selin,
I am the road cycling coordinator for the WVU Cycling team. A team mate of mine got your contact info in hopes that we would be able to put on a race in the city of Morgantown.
We were hoping to be able to do the race on the 12th of April in the Wharf area. Obviously we are just in the early planning phases of this, and I was wondering how possible you think that this would be or if you had any insight as to how the city of Morgantown would like to go about planning this.
Thank you for your time,
Nicholas Caddenhead
Bikeboard mailing list Bikeboard@bikemorgantown.com http://wvcompletestreets.org/mailman/listinfo/bikeboard
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