Model City

The YCC in Morgantown, WV

The YCC collaboration in Morgantown, WV has become a model for interactions between YCC partners in communities throughout the country! Together, the YCC provides a pathway for children to ride bikes from age 6 into adulthood!

In 2019, leaders of the national youth cycling programs sat down together to build better youth cycling in the U.S.  In collaboration with the Brad and Alys Smith Outdoor Economic Development Collaborative at West Virginia University and other local stakeholders, the YCC drew upon the expertise of each program to implement a range of bike-centered programming. 

Drawing upon the lessons learned from Morgantown, the YCC is committed to fostering collaboration between youth cycling programs in communities throughout the country.

Youth Cycling Coalition and West Virginia University

As the state’s land-grant institution, West Virginia University’s mission to create a diverse and inclusive culture that advances education, healthcare and prosperity for all continues to ring true with the YCC pilot.

The University’s Outdoor Economic Development Collaborative (OEDC) is the local connection that aligns the YCC’s mission with WVU’s through education, research, and service. The OEDC team has a proven track record of successful youth educational programming including Adventure WV, the largest outdoor orientation program in the country. The collaborative’s programmatic background and cutting-edge STEM education for youth and young adults in outdoor activities allows the YCC to capitalize on the intellectual and social capital that a university can provide. The OEDC provides the pilot with research-based evaluation of the pilot, program implementation and operational support as well as YCC and OEDC intersection with Science Behind Cycling.

The expertise between the YCC and the OEDC creates a collaboration dedicated to the success of the pilot in Morgantown and the success of a growing biking community in West Virginia.

About Morgantown

About Morgantown

The energy of a land-grant university creates a diverse culture full of people from all over the world, farm-to-table food, unique art and music, and local small businesses. An already vibrant community coupled with an abundance of established outdoor recreation