groc 2011 year end review

2011 Year End Review1Genesee Regional Off-Road Cyclists G.R.O.C. PO BOX 25674 Rochester NY 1462504/12/2023

About GROC

• History:– Founded in 2004– NFP Status in 2011– IMBA Affiliated Club Since 2004Our

Mission: To be an inclusive community designing, building, maintaining and riding sustainable shared-use trails

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GROC Board Of Directors Our Current Board Members 2012

– President - Jonathan Brown– Vice-President - Lou Eichel– Secretary – Steve Wowkowych – Treasurer – Russ Wait– Trail Committee Chair – Frank Steiner– Volunteer Committee Chair - Mary Lee

Rosenzweig– Advocacy Committee Chair – Mark Rosenzweig – Education Committee Chair - Adam Reitz– Event Committee Chair – Stephen Rickets– Community MTB Outreach Coordinator -

Shone Rowley – Members at Large

• Aaron Caveglia • Mara Peters• Julie Clayton• Andrew DeHaas • Buzz Weetman• Gregg Sargis

Thanks You To Our Outgoing Board members

These individuals not only help found the club but continue their advocacy and participation in the community

– Rick Williams– Eric Metzler– Victor Gaspar– Scott Likly– Bruce Hayward– Fritz Seager


Volunteers Drive Success View of volunteer hours and where they were spent

Dryer Road Ellison park Ontario County Park

Other Parks Tryon Park West Bay Park

Whitting Road

YMCA Camp Arrowhead

NMBP Bike Patrol

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7,778 GROC Volunteer Hours over the Last 4 Years

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$10,060

$21,059

$44,880

$29,524

Value of GROC Volunteer Hours Invested in Parks

2008200920102011

Value Of Volunteers*Based on Corporation for National and Community Service

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2008

Total Value of Volunteer hours by GROC $105,552*


Serving Many Communities Where are our members (2011)

Brockport 1% Canandaigua 2% Churchville 1% East Rochester 1%Fairport 6%

Farmington 3%

Henrietta 2%Honeoye Falls 1%

Macedon 2%

Penfield 4%

Pittsford 8%

Rochester 40%

Victor 8%

Webster 6%

Avon Batavia BergenBloomfield Brighton BrockportBuffalo Byron CaledoniaCanandaigua cazenovia ChurchvilleClyde East Rochester East SyracuseElmira Endicott FaiportFairport Farmington FishersFreeville Geneseo GenevaGetzville Gorham GreeceHamlin Hemlock HenriettaHilton Honeoye Falls IoniaIrondequoit johnstown KentLe Roy Lima lyonsMacedon Manchester manliusMendon Middlesex NaplesNew York Newark North Chilinorth tonawanda Ontario PalmiraPalmyra Penfield pennellvillePerinton phelps Pine CityPittsford Rochester RushRushville Scottsville Seneca fallsSound Beach spencerport springwaterStanley Swain syracuseVictor Walworth WaterlooWayland Webster West BloomfieldWest Haverstraw West Henrietta WesternWilliamson


GROC’s Park StewardshipGROC Provides the following services in cooperation with the local land mangers for each

of these Parks:– Trail Maintenance

• Clearing• Repairing• Re routing

– Trail Design and building– Trail Blazing and mapping– Organization of regular work parties

• Tryon Park– Started Pilot Program in 2010– Creating new trails and repairing and creating more sustainable trail system– GROC Provided Trail maps and blazing and materials

• West Bay Park– Started Pilot Program in 2010– Creating traisl design from scratch as no official trails existed in this park– GROC Provided Trail maps and blazing and materials

• Dryer Road Park – Started in 2004 – Home of the Fattire Festival– 10 miles of trail on 85 acres

• Ontario County Park– Started in 2007– Home of the Burning Bike Festival– 15 miles of Trail on 100+ acres 7Genesee Regional Off-Road Cyclists G.R.O.C. PO BOX 25674 Rochester NY 1462504/12/2023

GROC Trail CrewGROC Formed GROC trail Crew in 2011 The goals of this program was to organize

and bring new training to our volunteer community

• Trail Crew Meet Up Group

– 130 registered volunteers– Hosting over 66 works days in 2011– Created many new Trail Crew Leaders being

awarded Trail Crew Shirts• Trail Crew Training Program:

– Run 2011 by Rick Williams – Had 8 individuals work on sustainable trail

management and building techniques


GROC Recognition In The Community Proclomation From County Legislature:

Dan Quatro and Debbie Draw authored the proclamation recognizing GROC for our volunteer efforts and contributions to our parks

Outstanding Asset Builder Award:

GROC Honored by Department of Human Services – Award was accepted on Oct 1st. GROC nominated for this award by Mike Cooper the Penfield's Director of Parks and Recreation. The Asset Builder Award recognizes those who who donate their time in an effort to encourage our youth in leading positive healthy lives


GROC’s Events6th Annual Fatire Festival:

This was the 6th year of the Fatire Festival and event designed to bring a wider audience into the sport we love.

Over 150 racers and their family and friends

Burning Bike Festival

It’s a weekend of camping, mountain biking, food and fun at Ontario County Park in South Bristol, NY.


IMBA VisitIMBA Working with GROC Subaru IMBA Trail Crew join us in Rochester for 3 days of Training and presentations on Sustainable Trail Building. Even better we got 2 Trail crews, Steve & Morgan Lommele and Jake Carten and Jenny Abraham really put on a fun and full three days.

The Subaru IMBA Trail Crew goes around the country visiting local areas and working with IMBA clubs to train and teach trail building techniques and even more than than help Clubs like our to be the best possible advocacy groups within our communities. These crews come with years of knowledge being out in the field and working on every conceivable trail type and with all kinds of clubs big and small.

Land Mangers from Monroe County Parks, Victor Parks, Penfield and others attended training with the IMBA Crew


Other GROC Community Involvement• Single Track Academy

– GROC has a summer program for young adults that teaches mountain Bike Skills and much more. This 6 week course focus on skills, health, advocacy, trail building, and sense of stewardship for our parks and trails.

– This Year there were over 40 students

• Local Park Clean Up - Ellison Parktrash 3,258 pounds

- About 500 volunteers -2,861 pounds of e-scrap collected for recycling from the volunteers

Black Creek- 630 pounds of trash; 25 volunteers

Ellison- 850 pounds of trash; 138 volunteers

Genesee Valley- 277 pounds of trash; ~150 volunteers

Mendon Ponds- 380 pounds of trash; ~50-75 volunteers

Ontario Beach- 370 pounds of trash; 40 volunteers

Seneca- 510 pounds of trash; ~100-110 volunteers

GROC wins refurbished laptop for most pounds of trash collected

• National Mountain Bike Patrol– GROC has a summer program for young adults that teaches mountain Bike Skills and much


Pilot Program Update• County Is doing it evaluation starting 11/21/2011

– They will be taking photos as they did at the beginning of the process

• Feedback:– GROC and The County have received allot of positive

feedback from the community on these parks– PLEASE SEND LETTER OR EMAILS TO COUNTY the more

feedback the better– Larry Staub [email protected]– Dave Rinaldo [email protected]


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GROC Has Grown • Membership Dollars:

– trail signage– not for profit legal fees– materials for skills park– trail tools– and other trail advocacy items– Insurance (1 million dollar policy, allows us to work in parks )

• Current Membership – 261 Currently Active and Paying members

• 13 Gold Member• 27 Advocate Members• 88 Family• 163 Single• 36 FREE members

– 358 – is most members we have had paying

• Email list – 985 deliverable emails


Local Business Support

• Bike Shop Involvement– Local Bike Shops offering discounts for GROC members and supporting events like Fattire festival– Local shops also supporting Single Track Academy with sponsorships

• Donations and Support– These groups have donated over $3,000 dollars over the last 2 years. The donations have been

presented to GROC for its Outstanding Mountain Bike Advocacy in the region.


GROC 2011 SurveyResults from 2011 Survey gives us some things to think about:• Over all the survey was very positive and GROC has done allot for off road cycling

in our community. • Open Comments:

• More Support for other local cycling events• More opportunities for all levels of ability including GROC lead clinics and rides• More women specific opportunities to ride and learn• Youth education and involvement outside our core audience


GROC Focus for 2012- 2013 • Management and Maintenance of Existing Parks:

– Building Trails is only only the first step, proper maintenance and care of trails are what make the trails truly sustainable and enjoyable

• Growing our Membership base– Creating more stewardship opportunities for users of our

parks– Getting more diverse audiences to volunteer some time in

our parks– Creating value that will drive people to become members– More community programs for Women, Youth, and all levels

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GROC Gives, Inc. NFP Status in 2011Mission“Mentor under privileged youth in the Genesee Valley Region of New York, Promote exercise and fitness by providing access to off-road cycling opportunities.”

2 Year Plan for GROC Gives NFP Volunteers– Fulfill our NFP Mission “Mentor under privileged youth in the Genesee Valley Region of

New York, Promote exercise and fitness by providing access to off-road cycling opportunities.”

– Create two year plan that identifies grant and community partnership opportunities

Goals for 2012:– First Grand Application Submitted:

• Parks and Trails New York• Capacity Building Grants for Parks and Trail Organizations


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