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The Carrollton Greenbelt
To contribute thru CFWG CLICK HERE and select Carrollton Greenbelt Project Fund
from the pulldown menu.
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If we had $1 for every time a person said "I'd ride my bicycle more if I had a better place to ride" while
chatting with us in our store, the Carrollton
Greenbelt Project would already be funded in full!
Ok, so while that might be a bit of an exaggeration, there is significant local interest in having a paved path facility in Carroll County and Perpetual Motion Bicycles, Inc. wanted to help make that dream a reality for our community. So, while owner Mikki Griffin was participating in the March 2003 National Bike Summit in Washington, DC with the North Georgia Bicycle Dealers Association (NGBDA), she discovered that the City of Carrollton's Greenspace agenda might qualify as a Federal High Priority Project and thus the Carrollton Greenbelt Project was born. Representative Phil Gingrey presented the Carrollton Greenbelt Project to Congress in the Federal Transportation Bill just a few days later. Suddenly, with the support of Representative Mac Collins, Senator Zell Miller, and Senator Saxby Chambliss, the City of Carrollton was awarded its first Federal Transportaion Fund Allocation. The Carrollton Greenbelt has been the pet project of Perpetual Motion Bicycles, Inc. ever since!
We are excited to announce that in 2008 The Alice Richards Foundation contributed a million dollars to the Greenbelt, contingent on the first phase completing construction.
The Community Foundation of West Georgia has partnered with us to assist in processing contributions for this
multi-million dollar project. Most donations made to the Carrollton Greenbelt Project through the CFWG
website qualify for tax deductible status*. If you or your business are interested in supporting the Carrollton
Greenbelt Project, please complete the form on this page:
Click here and select Carrollton Greenbelt Project Fund
from the pulldown menu.
With this wonderful facility in place, Carrollton will become known as the town with the bicycle trail, and visitors will flock in and the quality of life for our citizens will be elevated in many ways. The Carrollton Greenbelt IS the future of this community. Let's keep the wheel rolling!
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Representative Phil Gingrey with Mikki Griffin
Citizens of Georgia Power present a check for the Greenbelt in 2007
Tim Blumenthal of Bikes Belong
Construction on the Greenbelt started midsummer of 2011 with our first leg completed by Christmas of the same year. We look forward to addtional sections being put into place Spring of 2012.