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Adopt A Bike Path

Preserving and improving our bike paths, together.

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The Chico Adopt-A-Path Program gives individuals, businesses, and organizations the opportunity to maintain a class I bike path of their choice. The goal is to maintain a high quality of life within our community by enhancing walking and biking trips in the City of Chico and assisting with timely recognition of needed repairs. Through collaboration and partnership, this program builds relationships between community members, the City of Chico, and Chico Velo while preserving and improving our bike paths.

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Join Us!

We are currently looking for 3-4 new bike path adopters to join our program! If your business, club, organization or group are wanting to find ways to give back to your community, this could be the perfect opportunity! Our adopters commit to cleaning their adopted path at least twice a year. To show our thanks, we work with the City of Chico to get your group's name on a sign by your path, as well as features on our website, social media, and newsletter! If you are interested, please reach out to us at [email protected].

1. Airport Bike Path - Chico Nut to East Lassen Ave. (1.8 Miles)
2. Airport Bike Path - East Lassen Ave. to Sikorsky Ave. (1.5 Miles)
3. Bikeway 99, Panama to Silverbell
4. Mission Ranch Bike Path (.5 Miles)
5. Bikeway 99, Humboldt to Mall (E 20th St)
6. Little Chico Creek Bike Path
7. Railroad Bike Path
8. Park Ave Bike Path
9. Bikeway 99, Walmart/Wittmeier Drive to Skyway
10. Steve Harrison Memorial Path (Potter Rd Bike Path)
11. Comanche Creek to Midway/Hegan Bike Path
​12. Old Humbold Road (Yosemite gate to City Limits)


Our Current Path Partners

Chico State C.A.V.E. - Campus Railroad Bike Path
PAUL Component Engineering - Park Avenue Bike Path
Butte County Search & Rescue - Bikeway 99 (Wittmeier to Skyway)
Sierra Nevada Brewing Company - Bikeway 99 (Humboldt to East 20th Ave.)
Chico Rotaract - Comanche Creek to Midway (Hegan Bike Path)
Klean Kanteen - Little Chico Creek Bike Path

Bidwell Presbyterian Church - Mission Ranch Bike Path
Dedicated Community Members: Airport Bike Path, E. Lassen to Sikorsky Ave
Chico Velo Board Members - Old Humboldt Rd

Bike Paths in Need of Adopters

  • Potter Road (Steve Harrison Bike Path (E 20th St. to Skyway))
  • Bikeway 99, Panama to Silverbell
  • Bikeway 99, Walmart/Wittmeier Dr to Skyway - North

Interested in adopting a path? Reach out to us at [email protected] for more information!

More About the Program

We have identified 12 main bike paths that are available for adoption throughout Chico. The paths will be adopted on a first-come, first-served basis and for a minimum of one year. Our objective is to maintain bike paths and allow people easier access to them in order to encourage active commuting around our communities.
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What’s a Class 1 bike path? 
Class I bike paths, also known as shared-use or multi-use paths, are designed to accommodate both pedestrians and bicyclists, and are separated from high traffic cross streets and driveways. These paths are used for recreation as well as commuting. Class I bike paths add to a bicycle friendly community and bring value to community members by providing more desirable destinations and connections for pedestrians and bicyclists but must be cleaned and maintained for users to want to travel along them. Many of our residents and employees use the path to get to and from work and many more might, if they were more maintained. 

You may be asking: If I adopt a path, what is the commitment? 
Do you have the ability to gather volunteers at least twice a year in order to take care of a bike path in Chico?
Do you have a love for the community and act as an ambassador for the program while out as a group? 
Are you comfortable working outside, picking up litter and, if necessary, submitting feedback?
If yes, then it sounds like you're ready to adopt a path!


Things to know:
If you're interested in joining us as a partner, please email us! We will respond as paths are identified and available for adoption. We will install signs at both ends of your designated path that display your name. Through this partnership all supplies will be provided and there will be no cost to the individuals or organizations involved other than your time commitment. ​
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