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Washington County to pilot mountain-biking fee to fund park upgrades, county executive says

Washington County Executive Office · March 3, 2026
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In a WashCo Weekly video, County Executive Josh Schoeman said Washington County will pilot a mountain-biking fee at Heritage Trails County Park this year to fund capital work on trails and help sustain a smaller set of "priority parks."

In a WashCo Weekly video, Washington County Executive Josh Schoeman said the county will pilot a mountain-biking fee this year at Heritage Trails County Park to fund capital improvements and support a narrower set of "priority parks." "So we are piloting a mountain bike fee, for this year, and the parks department and our community development team are working really hard at formulating what exactly that's going to look like," Schoeman said.

Schoeman said the county adopted a parks fiscal sustainability plan after years of deferred maintenance across many park sites. "When I came to the county about 13 years ago now, all of our…

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