ABOUT US
QUALIFICationS
Our prime business is trail planning, design, funding acquisition, construction, and maintenance of trail facilities for pedestrians, bicyclists, and other recreational enthusiasts. Our team of professionals brings a unique variety of experience, commitment, and enthusiasm to the projects and initiatives with which we are involved. We strive to create and maintain long-term relationships with our clients and the public whom we serve through the creation of world class trails and recreational park facilities.
Our company is a legally registered for-profit corporation in the state of South Carolina and maintains full insurance coverage for the business services we provide. Our insurance policies provide $1M in coverage.
Through the course of our business dealings, we maintain and exhibit the highest standards of professionalism, honesty, and ethics and follow all proper legal procedures and processes.
We have included herein a detailed listing of our team credentials and the projects with which we have been involved. We welcome a dialogue to discuss how our qualifications would be mutually beneficial to assist you with your project. We remain active in our community continuing to advance the cause of trail advocacy and build trail facilities with superior designs, creativity, and sustainability.
Company Vision
Ride Garden’s vision is to expand the opportunities available to mountain bikers and boarders through the creation of trails and feature-based terrain parks. We tread lightly, with clear eco-friendly intentions. Ride Garden custom designs often utilize a combination of on-site, recycled and reclaimed materials. With an emphasis on aesthetics, functionality and sustainability, Ride Gardens are beneficial to the earth, the community, and the individuals who enjoy them.
Company Background
Ride Garden was formally launched in 2010 with a goal of expanding riding opportunities within the Southeast. As a business we have over fourteen years of professional trail experience. Collectively our members maintain more than 50 years of individual trail experience.
Our team is comprised of members that bring a variety of different experiences insuring the successful development and implementation of a project. These strengths have helped the company provide a full-service “cradle to grave” approach catered to our client’s specific needs. Whether it be fundraising, generating community support, materials sourcing, building an amazing trail system or park, or assisting a client to maximize the enjoyment and increased economic impact of an existing facility, Ride Garden always exceeds client’s expectations.
Our team provides multiple services in the trail arena: master planning, grant writing, creative feature design, civil engineering, permitting, cost estimation, bidding, construction, project management, risk management, insurance coordination, and marketing & branding. Other services we offer include competency in performing feasibility studies, resource inventory and harvesting, generating consensus and garnering community support, developing signage and marketing branding, building websites, and computer rendering.
Ride Garden members maintain excellent personal credentials in multiple outdoor recreational sports industries (mountain biking, mountain boarding, skateboarding, paddleboarding, kayaking) and utilize long-term relationships with private landowners, municipalities, resorts, to develop partnerships with a shared goal of facility development with maximum impact and success.