EBRPD District Plan Survey — Act Now!
The East Bay Regional Park District (EBRPD) wants your input during Round 2 of its public outreach on updating its District Plan. You can provide your input through an online questionnaire and budgeting exercise. They are looking for feedback on (1) their draft goals and (2) relative priorities. The online questionnaire has multiple open text boxes. We suggest you use those text boxes to tell them (1) what type of mountain bike trails you would like see, (2) how many new trails you would like to see, and (3) specifically what parks you think should have significant mountain bike access. Keep in mind they are looking for priorities so prioritize the parks you suggest
It is important that the park district hear from the mountain bike community. The district will use responses to a great extent to prioritize work and budgets. A strong showing in the survey will help advance access. A lack of response in the questionnaire would be used to lower the priority on improving mountain bike singletrack access. Don’t let this happen. Fill out the questionnaire now — don’t wait. And then get 1 other person to fill it out.
Here’s more on the District Plan from EBRPD:
The East Bay Regional Park District (EBRPD) is seeking community input to develop EBRPD’s next District Plan. We encourage you to complete the online activities available at https://www.ebparks.org/district-plan now through August 2026. The website also offers more information about EBRPD and the District Plan.
The District Plan is a long-term strategic roadmap that will guide EBRPD’s major decisions over the coming decades. It will outline broad goals and help prioritize actions to achieve the vision of a well-managed and exceptional system of open space parklands in Alameda and Contra Costa counties. While the Plan will not list specific projects, it will serve as a framework for future decisions about which projects to prioritize. The Plan will also address the changing climate, economy, and demographics of the East Bay.
In Round 1 of outreach, EBRPD received nearly 6,000 survey responses. Round 2 of outreach has begun and will continue through summer 2026. See the Round 1 summary and complete the new online activity at https://www.ebparks.org/district-plan.
Scott Bartlebaugh, Advocacy Director
