Tag: cheasty trails and bike park

September 23, 2022

After a decade of community organizing, city will officially open the Cheasty mountain bike and hiking trails October 1

The Cheasty Mountain Bike and Pedestrian Trails project first won grant funding to clear out invasive greenery to create a recreation area between Rainier Valley and Beacon Hill in 2013, and supporters have been bushwhacking through the Seattle Process ever since. One decade later, Seattle is finally ready to cut the ribbon on the South…
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tagged: beacon bike park, cheasty greenspace, cheasty trails and bike park, evergreen mountain bike alliance, parks and recreation
October 19, 2018

After much study and some changes, Cheasty Trails and Bike Park gets environmental thumbs up

The community-led Cheasty Trails and Bike Park concept has been six years in making. With a series of walking and mountain biking trails in the greenbelt, project boosters hope to create much-needed access to outdoor recreation in a steep greenbelt slope between Beacon Hill and Rainier Valley. Volunteers for the effort have spent years working…
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tagged: beacon hill, cheasty trails and bike park, rainier valley
February 1, 2016

Hearing Examiner: Cheasty mountain biking and hiking trails need more study

Another Seattle bike trail plan has run into delays from the environmental review process, this time a mountain biking and hiking trail. After years of community outreach, heated debates and evolving designs, the Cheasty Trails and Bike Park cleared vital hurdles last year by getting approval from both the Parks Board and the City Council.…
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tagged: beacon hill, cheasty greenspace, cheasty trails and bike park, hearing examiner, joel dejong, rainier valley, rainier vista
October 12, 2015

Cheasty Trails and Bike Park finally secures its $100,000 grant

The folks behind the Cheasty Trails and Bike Park project have been working for years to receive city permission and win grants to restore and activate the hilly Cheasty Greenspace between Rainier Valley and Beacon Hill. The idea gained a lot of steam and community support, but it also encountered some pretty serious opposition. The…
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tagged: beacon bike park, beacon hill, cheasty greenspace, cheasty greenspace mountain bike pilot project, cheasty trails and bike park, joel dejong, mary dejong