**Bridgeport Grand Opening Rescheduled**

**Bridgeport Grand Opening Rescheduled**


We have been notified by Ryan Nolting, Director of the Parks and Recreation Department that due to the continuing rains in the Bridgeport area the City of Bridgeport has rescheduled the Northwest ORV Park Grand Opening for October 10, 2009.


The week long rains that continue to fall, have made Northwest ORV Park unsuitable for wheeling activities at this time; therefore we have no choice but to close the park for the weekend. We hope that everyone will understand the need to keep the trails in good condition and that wheeling at this time will cause extensive damage to the trails.


We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and look forward to seeing everyone on Saturday, October 10, 2009. Weather permitting, the park will be open for normal operating hours on September 26, 2009.


The City of Bridgeport Parks and Recreation Department staff will be happy to answer any and all questions or concerns and can be reached at (940)683-3480


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***ATTENTION FELLOW WHEELERS***

We are re-posting this in order to give a bit of advance notice to the north Texas area off-road clubs...a couple of slight changes have been made.

As noted, grand opening for Bridgeport Northwest ORV Park has now been rescheduled for Saturday, October 10th. We are looking for a few good rigs to help us present the park to new visitors 

Ryan Nolting, Director of Parks & Recreation for the City of Bridgeport has asked me to coordinate this venture and to assemble the list of volunteers.

We are needing about 15 - 20 capable rigs that have the ability to run a couple of the harder trails at the park to help us out on a "fun ride" event.
The press, some city officials, as well as any other visitors that just want to get a good taste of the park will be there to ride "shotgun" on a pre-arranged tour of about 15 - 20 minutes around the park, ending up the tour "with a bang" on a challenging trail or two...
Depending on how many are there for the the "ride along", it should take up to perhaps an hour or two total considering how many tours you take out,  and then you will be free to wheel as you wish the rest of the day.
It should be a blast for those that will be willing to give us a hand on this, and at the same time get a chance to show off just what you and your rig can do on the rocks...be the talk of the town, so to speak. 


15 - 20 of the more capable rigs that sign up will get the spots. We are looking for those that are those modified and confident enough to hit a hard trail or two...Step up and volunteer, this will no doubt be a great opportunity for a little exposure for those that get in on this!

***For your time and services, you will be awarded a free one day pass to the park for a future wheeling visit.***

We will need you to be on site by the time the park opens up at 8:00 a.m.
Please post up, and PM or call me @214-662-6384  ASAP if you can help us out.


Michelle and I will be working at the park opening weekend, and we would love to see you out there!

Thank you,

Steve Sprayberry
City of Bridgeport Northwest ORV Park
(Park Ranger)

Thats a tuff one do I drive around a city official or an orphan. I now there is a joke in this.

Being new to this club, I had totally forgotten hearing about the orphans run at our first meeting last week... didn't mean to step on any toes by asking for volunteers, as I completely understand how important the orphans run will be.

Thanks,
Steve 

Trust me no toes are stepped on. Our club has done the orphans run for years and I am proud of those that do it every year. I have only done it one year and I still smile everytime I think of those kids screaming and laughing so hard and their smiles.
I have missed it for many reasons from work to rig not together to just plain selfish and went wheeling at katemcy one year.
I planned to go out and do the orphans deal early and then go to bridge port and wheel the afternoon.
I also understand the importance of giving thes folks a ride around the park at bridgeport. This may open some eyes to some folks and show them this is a good thing the city is doing. And you never know someone might become a wheeler out of it.

This year I will be taking part in the B-port function instead of the OR.

I'm not able to attend either, nor would my "rig" make it on some of the tougher trails, ...., but maybe you should try to merge some of the PR stuff with the Orphans Run.  I think that would make an even better impression on the VIP's and the media.

ORIGINAL: manhunter

I'm not able to attend either, nor would my "rig" make it on some of the tougher trails, ...., but maybe you should try to merge some of the PR stuff with the Orphans Run.  I think that would make an even better impression on the VIP's and the media.

 
Two different events at two different locations.  Probably 30 minute drive between the two.

ORIGINAL: Squeaky

ORIGINAL: manhunter

I'm not able to attend either, nor would my "rig" make it on some of the tougher trails, ...., but maybe you should try to merge some of the PR stuff with the Orphans Run.  I think that would make an even better impression on the VIP's and the media.

My bad, ...., I thought the orphans run was at Bridgeport.  Sorry.
Two different events at two different locations.  Probably 30 minute drive between the two.

Why did it do that, my reply is in the quotes box.

ORIGINAL: manhunter

I'm not able to attend either, nor would my "rig" make it on some of the tougher trails, ...., but maybe you should try to merge some of the PR stuff with the Orphans Run.  I think that would make an even better impression on the VIP's and the media.

That sounds like an excellent idea, and I will speak with the parks & recreation director to see about the possibilities for that to be put together. If all the logistics would be able to fall into place, perhaps we can arrange this for a future event.
Thanks for the input.

The problem is that we 4x4s are not the main attraction..at the current location the children can also fish, tractor rides, the local fire dept comes out, music and dance..I'm sure there are others I am forgetting.
 
A few weeks ago at Superlift ORV they had an actual wheeling event at the park for underprivileged kids..this could be another option.
 

Orphans run isn't something we put on. In fact is a Fort Worth Anglers event that we only take part in. It would be nice though to have the media know that wheelers aren't just out running around the country side.

ide be willing to try the harder trails im not big but i have a trailer so i dont care how the jeeo is when i put it up there. Ive got 6in of lift 33's n an aussie n the rear..

**Bridgeport Grand Opening Rescheduled**


We have been notified by Ryan Nolting, Director of the Parks and Recreation Department that due to the continuing rains in the Bridgeport area the City of Bridgeport has rescheduled the Northwest ORV Park Grand Opening for October 10, 2009.


The week long rains that continue to fall, have made Northwest ORV Park unsuitable for wheeling activities at this time; therefore we have no choice but to close the park for the weekend. We hope that everyone will understand the need to keep the trails in good condition and that wheeling at this time will cause extensive damage to the trails.


We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and look forward to seeing everyone on Saturday, October 10, 2009. Weather permitting, the park will be open for normal operating hours on September 26, 2009.


The City of Bridgeport Parks and Recreation Department staff will be happy to answer any and all questions or concerns and can be reached at (940)683-3480

Just an FYI..the weekend of Oct 10th is the Fall Run.

ORIGINAL: 90K5

Just an FYI..the weekend of Oct 10th is the Fall Run.

 
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ORIGINAL: manhunter

Why did it do that, my reply is in the quotes box.

 
Dave, that is the problem.  Your post showed up exactly how you told it too.  If you type or edit between the [ quote ] and the [ /quote ] it will appear like it was a part of the quote.  It is simply a formatting thing and not really a true quote...watch this...
 

ORIGINAL: manhunter

My favorite movie is The Fugative, Tommy Lee Jones is my hero

 
The bracket and a command starts the formatting and the bracket, a slash and the same command is the end of that formatting.  Some simple HTML commands are things like [bold]BOLD[/bold], various color and font options, etc.
 

The Money Pit is there!!!!!

You have gotta be kidding me.....

At least we still have the orphan's run...right!?!?