Coweta County Commissioner’s approve Trail Plan for Brown’s Mill Historic Site

Great news from Coweta County.

Following last October’s approval of a Memorandum of Understanding between Coweta County and MTB Atlanta, on Tuesday February 26th, the Coweta County Board of Commissioner’s has approved MTB Atlanta‘s plan for 5-6 miles of shared use trails for Mountain Biking at Brown’s Mill Historic Site with the support of the Brown’s Mill Battlefield Association.

This will be the first mountain bike trail system in Coweta County and on Coweta County Park land.

MTB Atlanta’s Vice President Chris Doane has spearheaded local advocacy efforts and also serves as Chairman of the newly formed Bike Coweta, a local advocacy group working as an arm of the Coweta Community Foundation to promote all forms of cycling in Coweta County.

MTB Atlanta hired Keith McFadden of Blue Ridge Geographics to produce the concept plan at Brown’s Mill.

Browns Mill Battlefield Historic Site is a 171 acre county-owned property on Millard Farmers Rd and was the site of a cavalry battle during the Civil War. The Park has largely been developed by the Brown’s Mill Battlefield Association and the County and has a system of trails already in place for hiking and running.

Currently, there is no other trail system in the County for mountain biking except one beginner trail at Chattahoochee Bend State Park. Local riders must drive some distance to mountain bike. In addition, National Interscholastic Cycling Association (NICA) mountain-bike competition has been growing in popularity within Georgia middle and high-schools. Students who participate on NICA teams need convenient locations for practice and skill development. Adding MTB trails at Browns Mill Park will help fill the need for MTB Trails that are largely non-existent in the Newnan area at this time and will provide a much needed venue for the Coweta Composite NICA Team.

Design and construction will begin in March on Phase One, a Beginner Trail to activate the project. There will be two main ways you can support the project. First, you can donate to the trail fund at http://bikecoweta.com/donate. All donations are tax deductible through Bike Coweta a non profit arm of the Coweta Community Foundation. Secondly, look out for volunteer work days through all our social channels, here at http://mtbatlanta.com at our events calendar and at .http://bikecoweta.com/volunteer/