CORA Blog – News and Events

Greetings, Everyone!

The CORA Board held its strategic planning meeting on January 30th, 2021. The goal was to establish objectives for 2021 and to begin to flesh out a plan on how to move forward in those areas.

The Board started off by reflecting on 2020. COVID created many problems, but it also led to opportunities. During the shutdown, many people turned to the outdoors for entertainment. There were many new faces on the trails! CORA met its annual membership goal of 500. Members were also more involved; CORA exceeded its goal for the number of people participating in trail days. As a resu...

We are delighted to formally announce the creation of a part-time position to help CORA achieve the goals of the organization in 2021! Our Trail Development Director will be a key position in the organization, and help spur and maintain growth in all endeavors. Please see the job description below and apply online at https://www.indeedjobs.com/cincinnati-off-road-alliance-cora/_hl/en?cpref=JXWAtnzf3XWjLOi4YeVNLqF8RN6a-Vzu0FSFAnXoNgs

Job Description: CORA Trail Development Director

Cincinnati Off-Road Alliance (CORA) seeks a positive, visionary, and team-oriented leader to help CORA achie...

As what feels like the longest year in our collective experience draws to a close, I wanted to reach out to our members and community to share some exciting news.

The CORA Board has elected new officers for the 2021-2022 cycle!

Taking over as President is our current VP, Olivia Birkenhauer. Olivia joined the board at the same time I did in 2014 and has been a tireless advocate and leader within the community, both personally and professionally with her business GOT DIRT. I am thrilled to have her experience and leadership at the helm of this rapidly expanding organization.

Moving into the VP r...

Doug McClintock, CORA President

So, here we are.

It’s all changed, and we’re all going to have a new normal, whenever we get there. But I have had a lot of folx reach out and ask me about what the pandemic means for CORA and trails right now. I wanted to take a few minutes to talk about the organization and trails in general, as well as provide some best practices.

In early to mid-March, CORA suspended all group activities. This included group traildays, group rides, events, board meetings (we’re all now using Zoom, and there are some hilarious background images...), and yes, even the Trailbl...