Community for Outdoor Recreation, Biking, and Adventure (CORBA) is a volunteer based organization dedicated to building, improving, and maintaining multi-use trails and promoting activities and events on the trails in Wisconsin’s Chippewa Valley, including mountain biking, trail running, snowshoeing, hiking, and more.
CORBA works with public and private landowners in Eau Claire, Chippewa, Dunn, and Barron Counties in its ongoing trail development mission. The organization relies entirely on volunteer efforts and partner donations. Even though this is a volunteer crew, growth and maintenance of the trails requires equipment, tools, supplies, facilities that require funds. All membership dollars, donations and gifts are directed to the management and improvement of the CORBA trail system.
History
Formed in 2005 to work with Eau Claire County on trail development at Lowes Creek County Park in Eau Claire, CORBA and its volunteers put in over 400 man-hours that year to build six miles of singletrack. Also in 2005, CORBA helped host the first Chippewa Valley Firecracker mountain bike race, as part of the Wisconsin Off-Road Series. In 2006, CORBA applied for and received non-profit status and is recognized as a 501(c)3 organization.
Since its inception, CORBA has played a hand in developing and maintaining shared-use trails at Lowes Creek County Park and Northwest Community Park in Eau Claire, Hickory Ridge in Chippewa County and Otter Creek in Altoona. CORBA has since grown to include trail systems in Dunn County and Barron County as well.
The Chippewa Valley Firecracker has grown to include a trail run and has become one of the largest and most popular races in the WORS series. In 2011, the Chippewa Valley Powder Keg snowshoe and fat-bike race was added to CORBA’s event lineup. The Fall Back Blast ultra trail run was added in 2014. In 2015, CORBA hosted Apply for a $300 loan online today the US National Snowshoe Championships.
Board of Directors
President – Jon Olstadt
Vice President – Nick Meyer
Secretary – Brian Gumm
Treasurer – Torin Hilderbrandt
Trails Director – Jon Strosahl
At Large – Sarah Brenner, Paul Cook, Charlie Norman, Adrian Ong
Barron County Member at Large — Eric Grundin
Chippewa County Member at Large — Bill Zimmerman
Dunn County Member at Large — Jerry Porter
Eau Claire County Member at Large – Sue and Chris McDonald
TRAIL LIAISONS
Lowes Creek Trail Liaisons — Dustin Marsh & Danny Deetz
Northwest Park Trail Liaisons — Jon Strosahl
Otter Creek Trail Liaisons — Dave Olson & Dean Roth
Hickory Ridge Trail Liaisons —
Area 178 Trail Liaisons — Pat Rasmus
Pipestone Quarry Trail Liaisons — Ryan Urban & Ahmyn Masci
Hiawatha Trail Liaison — Ron Kay
Silver Creek Trail Liaison — Tony Kofakis
Menomin Trail Liaison — Kim Wentworth & Tod Griffith
Anti-discrimination Policy:
Community for Outdoor Recreation, Biking, and Adventure (CORBA) does not and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of its activities or operations. These activities include, but are not limited to, board officer and member selection, selection of volunteers and vendors, membership and community engagement, and provision of services. We are committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment for all members of our staff, clients, volunteers, subcontractors, vendors, and clients.
CORBA mailing address:
CORBA
2809 E. Hamilton Avenue, #127
Eau Claire, WI 54701