MTB Atlanta Pro Trails

11/22/2025

The Chestnut Family Foundation Awards MTB Atlanta $1.26 Million for New Trails in North Georgia and Metro Atlanta
 
MTB Atlanta to utilize the award to construct 25 miles of new trails at four different shovel ready sites across North Georgia.
 
(Chattahoochee Hills, Georgia, November 21, 2025) — The Chestnut Family Foundation has awarded the Southern Off Road Bicycle Association, Atlanta Chapter (MTB Atlanta) $1,259,774.00 for the construction of 25 new miles of trails focused on activating youth cycling and regional tourism in North Georgia. Four sites across North Georgia will benefit from the award.
 
This grant is the second gift awarded to from the Chestnut Family Foundation following their 2022 grant which built 24 miles of new trails in eight different parks in Metro Atlanta and Georgia’s first Velosolutions asphalt pump track at Allatoona Creek Park.
 
“We are immeasurably grateful to the Chestnut Family Foundation for once again making an unprecedented contribution for new trail construction and mountain biking on our public lands in Georgia,” said Brett Davidson, Executive Director of MTB Atlanta. “This grant will add capacity for youth cycling and tourism across our region and will benefit mountain bikers, hikers and trail runners for generations to come.”
 
The Chestnut Family Foundation Award will fund MTB Atlanta’s professional trail building program who will manage the projects and construct the new trails in Troup, Murray, Gilmer, and Coweta Counties.

Read the full press release and the details at the link in our bio.

11/14/2025

04/09/2025

Phase 2 construction of 4 new miles of designed single track at Wilderness Camp in Bartow County is underway! Check out the article on the project from our friends over at at the link in their profile.

03/09/2025

Awesome turnout for Friday Night Lights at Allatoona Creek Park.

02/17/2025

We had an incredible Trail Crew Leader Class with (CRNRA) this past weekend. We’ve been running this class with the CRNRA for close to 15 years making it the longest running Trails Education program in the Southeast!

We had volunteers from the Trail Blazer program at the CRNRA, folks from and and Trail Staff from and who all attended free of charge on behalf of 's trails education fund.

Trails Education is a pillar of our non profit work and this workshop represents a $2,800 contribution to our partners from MTB Atlanta but the knowledge that these volunteers and staff gained will pay untold dividends as they apply their new found skills managing volunteer trail work at the CRNRA and on trails across Metro Atlanta!

Thanks to the good folks who gave up their weekend for trail stewardship on the public lands they love and to Park staff for helping us facilitate the Class.

Also thanks to the CRNRA for providing their amazing conference room and for giving us access and great trails to ride at the park!

02/13/2025

Next up on 2025 -2027 Volunteer Board profiles returning for his 5th term is Mike Edwards.

Mike is a league certified cycling instructor(LCI), a level one coach for .cycling , a mentor and coach for the .

Mike is a proud member of the (MACC) and the .

He rides 50/50 between MTB and road but occasionally trains on the track at velodrome.

Mike enjoys building and maintaining mountain bike trails in our communities while encouraging everyone to become more active on a bicycle.

02/02/2025

As we look forward to 2025, we are taking a look back at and accomplishments in 2024.

The most significant milestone was completing the work of the $1,000,000 Chestnut Family Foundation Grant which finished every shovel ready project that MTB Atlanta had ready and in most cases partially built and funded.

This grant work was started in January 2023 and completed in April 2024 netting 25 miles of new trails in 8 different parks and the first pumptrack in the State of Georgia.

It took two crews and 10 trail builders and a the Velosolutions Crew to complete all the work and the project manager and designer on all builds was our Executive Director Brett Davidson (.)

Huge thanks again to the Chestnut Family Foundation for this game changing contribution to mountain biking and trail development for outdoor recreation in Metro Atlanta.

02/01/2025

Next up on our 2025-2027 Volunteer Board is Kim Taaca.

Kim has been part of the Atlanta MTB community for the past 8 years after relocating to the Atlanta area. 

Her home trail system is Allatoona Creek Park, and for the past several years she has been leading the weekly Toona Tuesday Social ride. She enjoys training, riding, and racing XC, Gravel, and Cyclocross. She is a Level 1 PMBIA MTB instructor and enjoys helping others gain skill and confidence riding MTBs.

When not riding bikes, she is hiking with her doberman, Gus, riding motorcycles, or spending time with Nolan, her husband of 24 years. 

Kim works in healthcare and is proud to serve again on the MTB Atlanta board. 

01/31/2025

Meet your 2025-2027 Volunteer Board continued!

Jamie Youngblood is returning for his 7th term serving At Large on the Volunteer Board.

Jamie resides in Paulding County. When he's not running his insurance agency, he devotes his time to the mountain bike community.

Jamie is a certified skills instructor, a .cycling coach, the founding member of the team and a Trans North Georgia veteran.

We appreciate Jamie's continued participation on our Board and for his work across the MTB Community in Metro Atlanta and North Georgia.

01/30/2025

Next up on our 2025-2027 Volunteer Board profiles is Christian DiCenso.

Christian returns for a 2nd non consecutive term and is a proud resident of Southwest Atlanta (the SWATS) and races track, mountain and cyclocross for Team Lager out of . He’s a big proponent of riding to the trails instead of driving. A former collegiate racer for Georgia Tech, he stays involved with the Tech Cycling team as well as Composite team out of his neighborhood, and loves to ride the Beltline with his son.

His goal for this term is to expand support for the trails at his favorite local park Lionel Hampton and work to develop more trails throughout the city.

01/28/2025

Next up on our 2025-2027 Board profiles is Daniel Price.

Daniel returns to the Board for his second consecutive term.

"I am proud to be a Volunteer Board member and regional advocate for Troup County and surrounding areas.  I serve as the liason MTB Atlanta and the US Army Corp of Engineers (Lakeside Trails) and the Troup County Government / Parks and Recreation (Pyne Road Park). Our efforts to expand support for mountain bike trails in La Grange and Troup County continue to gain recognition and momentum. "

01/26/2025

Meet you '25-'27 Volunteer Board.

Jennifer Braddock is returning for her third term on the Volunteer Board.

Jennifer resides in SW Atlanta. When she's not working on a film set, she devotes her time to the mountain bike community.

Jen is a certified skills instructor, .cycling coach with the Composite Team, a guide, racer, and owner of one too many bikes.

We appreciate Jennifer's continued participation on our Board and her work across the MTB Community in Metro Atlanta and North Georgia.