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Tour de North Port

RIDE: Tour de North Port
Sun October 20, 2024 Directions
First 400 receives t-shirt, goodie bag.
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Fun Bicycle Ride

13th Annual Tour de North Port!

$60 8:00AM EDT - 2:00PM EDT THIS IS NOT A RACE it is a fun bicycle ride among some of the most beautiful pine flatwoods forests that can still be seen in Florida!

Description

 

"It's the Green Pumpkin!" 13th Annual Tour de North Port


When:

Sunday, October 20 2024 @ 7:00 AM

Where:

Begin and end at the Imagine School, Upper Campus,

2757 Sycamore St.,

North Port 34289

Cost:

Through July 31, $50

Aug.1-Aug. 31, $55

Sept 1-Oct. 18, $60

Day of, Oct. 20, $65 per rider,

$10 for those UNDER age 10, 
$5.00 Shirt option for kids.

Groups of 6 Aug 1st - Aug 31st: $50 each
Groups of 6 Sept 1st - Oct 18th: $55 each

See information below for a special group discount

The on-site registration OCT 20nd will be $65 per rider, cash, check or card.


Registration closing date online: October 18, 2024, 11:59 PM

The 13th Annual Tour de North Port, “It’s the Green Pumpkin!”, is a fun bicycle ride among some of the most beautiful pine flatwoods forests that can still be seen in Florida! Cyclists will follow an on-road route of either 15, 35, or 65 miles with each route having its own color-coded road markings.

The Tour de North Port is NOT a race.
First 400 receives a t-shirt, a goodie bag.

Breakfast/check-in/on-site registration starts at 7 AM, the group starts to begin at 8 AM.

Full mobile SAG (Support and Gear) provided by Louie's Bicycles & Real Bikes of Venice. Registration includes Breakfast by First Watch, Bagels by Empire Bagels, lunch by "Savor 100x35" featuring "Puertorrican inspired" food bowls, and salad, homemade pies provided by Pielicious Bake Shoppe ...and fully-stocked rest stops with homemade trail mix cookies and banana bread. (Note: All lunch items will be served in covered containers that can be enjoyed on site, or taken home to be enjoyed later!)

  • Pre-registration fee is tiered. Choose your distance 15, 35, 65 miles.
  • $10 for children under 10 and accompanied by an adult. (Does NOT include a t-shirt.) $5.00 Shirt Option for KIDS!
  • Group registration:
    Groups of 6 Aug 1st - Aug 31st: $50 each
    Groups of 6 Sept 1st - Oct 18th: $55 each                              ONLINE - REGISTERING ALL 6 RIDERS AT ONCE.
    If mailed, Registration forms must be received by Oct. 18.
    Mail to 3597 Froude St., North Port, Fl, 34286

Online pre-registration will be available up to midnight on Friday, October 18
* July 31, $50, Aug. 1-31,$55, Sept. 1-Oct. 18, $60.
The online adult pre-registration includes a processing fee.

The on-site registration will be $65 per rider, cash, check or card.

Helmets are required.

Breakfast provided -
Pre-registration check-in/on-site registration/ starting at 7 AM in the cafeteria of Imagine School,
2757 Sycamore St., North Port 34289.

Group starts begin at 8 AM.

Lunch available from 11AM-1PM.
Catered lunch will be provided.

Rest Stops are open and SAG provided until 2 PM, at which time the ride is considered officially over.

Parking on campus and along Sycamore Street.

Note: Registration packets picked up Imagine School the day of the ride on Sunday, October 20, starting at 7 AM.
EARLY PACKET PICK-UP PARTY!
Early Packet Pick-Up Party! Saturday, October 19 from 10-noon at the 
"LLSN Fall Festival " event at the 
City Center Green, 4970 City Hall Blvd., North Port.

Any packets not picked up will be at Imagine School the day of the tour, Sunday, Oct. 20, starting at 7 am.

Group starts:

  • 65 miles: 8:00 AM
  • 35 miles: 8:05 AM
  • 15 miles: 8:10 AM

NO RAIN DATE, NO REFUNDS.

(Check-in, t-shirt, and goodie bag tables will be outside, leaving the inside of the cafeteria with plenty of social-distancing room to enjoy breakfast and lunch! 
First Watch breakfast will be available from 7-8:30AM. Our rest stops will feature homemade banana bread and trail mix
cookies from 8:30-1:00.

Directions: From I-75: Toledo Blade Exit, #179. Travel south to turn left at the traffic light at Gateway Blvd. (gas station on the right). Then first right onto Sycamore St. Parking is on campus through the Imagine School entrance on the right. From 41: Toledo Blade Blvd., north. Turn right at the 5th traffic light, Gateway Blvd., then first right onto Sycamore St.

The Tour de North Port is sponsored by People for Trees, Inc., a local 501c(3) non-profit group that since 1997 has been promoting the importance of protecting and maintaining our native tree canopy through educational outreach programs, workshops, and tree plantings. The ride will help us to continue those efforts.

Contact us for more information or to become a sponsor.

Cue sheets will be available the day of the ride, and color-coded arrows will be painted on the roads. Thank you!"

Questions? Contact Alice White at, (941) 468-2486, email: treelady12001@yahoo.com

Copyright © 2010 - 2021 People For Trees, Inc., All Rights Reserved

North Port Hampton Inn Special rates for our riders!!!

SPECIAL RATES

"Special room rates that are available at the North Port Hampton must be reserved by 10/1!"

Hotel rooms: Are now available, Please click the link above. Thank you!

Volunteers needed!

Thursday Oct. 17-Sunday Oct. 20

*  Thursday Oct. 17- stuffing goodie bags, 6-8 pm (3597 Froude St. North Port)

*  Friday, Oct. 18 – Pre-setup Imagine School Café, 3:30-5PM

*  Saturday, Oct. 19- Pre-packet/t-shirt distribution, North Port City Center Green, 10am-noon

*  Sunday, Oct. 20/Imagine School

*  Registration/check-ins, goodie bag/t-shirt distributions: 6:30-8:00 AM

*  Decorations and Breakfast setup: 6-8am

*  Lunch crew: 10:30-1:00 PM

*  Tear-down: 12 noon-2pm

*  Rest Stop coordinators/help: #1/8-10am, #2/9-11am, #3/9:30am-1:30pm

Parking

Parking options:
1) In BACK of Imagine School,
2) in the parking spaces around the office building,
3) in the lot around the GYM (located PAST the cafeteria),
4) HEAD-FIRST along Sycamore EXCEPT in those areas that will be noted for 'NO PARKING' 
SEE PDF MAP BELOW

Click the icon below to download the attached PDF.

PDF

“Be an Event Sponsor”

Be an Event Sponsor! $200 (cash/in-kind)

Intentions must be known by August 1 to make printing deadline, payment due by October 1
  • Name printed on the Tour de North Port ride t-shirt (LARGE PRINT OR LOGO)
  • Included on flyers and display rack cards distributed throughout the area.
  • Included in all press releases
  • Sponsor listing in all print media and our website
  • Your promotional items (400), supplied by you for the “goodie bags”(optional), due 10/17
  • Display space/sign at the starting point (supplied by you)
  • Two complimentary ride registrations!
     

Be a T-shirt Sponsor! ($100/cash or in-kind)
Intention and payment due by October 1

  • Name printed on the Tour de North Port ride t-shirts.
  • Your promotional items (400) for the “goodie bags”(optional), due 10/17.
  • One complimentary ride registration! 

Contact Alice White (941) 468-2486

RIDE Contact Info

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Directions

2757 Sycamore St
North Port, FL US 34289

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