Our Supporters

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Businesses and individuals who have contributed either monetarily or through in-kind donations to the effort to establish an Off Highway Vehicle Park near metropolitan Bakersfield:

• 3-Way Chevrolet

• The Bakersfield Californian

• Taylor Tire & Brake

• Fred Cummings Honda Suzuki

• Brento’s Cycle Center

• Kern KTM

• Valley Cycle

• Jim’s Motorcycle Company

• Bakersfield Yamaha

• Ed’s Honda Repair

• Valley Air Systems

• McWhorter Pest Control

• Vince Oddo-Wells Fargo Home Mortgage

• Golden Construction & Excavation

• Southern Sierra Fat Tire Association

• Tim Strem, PIP Printing - Columbus

• Jeff Chambers-Property Maintenance

• Barry Hopfe

• Dr. Kevin Schmidt

• Rick Morris

• Bill Oliver

• Mike Scott - PbM Web Design

Agencies, individuals and organizations that have indicated their support for this project, or have been instrumental in its progress:

• Alan Tandy, Bakersfield City Manager

• Ginny Gennaro, Bakersfield City Attorney

• Don Anderson, Bakersfield Real Property Manager

• Greg Klimko, Bakersfield City Finance Director

• Kern County Board of Trade

• Bob Addison, Director - Kern Co Parks & Rec Dept

• Bakersfield City Council

• Councilman Mike Maggard

• Mayor Harvey Hall

• Kern County Board of Supervisors

• Assemblywoman Nicole Parra

• Nate Solov & Ashlie Burroughs, Office of Assemblywoman Nicole Parra

• Assemblyman Kevin McCarthy

• Assemblyman Bill Maze

• Senator Roy Ashburn

• Senator Dean Florez

• Senator Charles Poochigian

• Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger

• Former Governor Gray Davis

• Bakersfield City Planning Department

• Jack Hardisty, Development Services Director

• Marc Gauthier, Principal Planner

• Jim Eggert, Principal Planner

• Stan Grady, Planning Director

• Kern County Farm Bureau, Inc. 

• Kern Equestrians for the Preservation of Trails

• Kern County Planning Department

• National Off Highway Vehicle Conservation Council

• Blue Ribbon Coalition

• Rich O’Neil, Kern River Parkway Committee

• Michelle Beck & Craig Smith, Bakersfield Bluffs & Open Space Committee

• Center for Sierra Nevada Conservation

• The Sierra Club

• California Association of 4-Wheel Drive Clubs

• California Off Road Vehicle Association

• American Motorcyclists Association

• Ruth Coleman, Director – California Department of Parks and Recreation

• Smart Growth Coalition of Kern County

• Kern County Sheriff’s Department

• Bakersfield Police Department

• Bakersfield Blaze Baseball Club

• Mesa Marin Raceway

• Bakersfield Condors Professional Hockey

• California League of Off Road Voters

• Mary Nichols, Former California Secretary of Natural Resources

• Mike Chrisman, California Secretary of Natural Resources

• Dave Widell, Assistant Secretary of Natural Resources

• California Off Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Division

• Tony Perez, Division Chief - OHMVR Division

• California Off Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Commission

• Paul Spitler, Chairman – OHMVR Commission

• Kern Off Highway Vehicle Association – Jack Patterson, Larry Kritsch, Darell & Kristie Blaylock, Bryan Blaylock, Dick & Cheryl Taylor

• Pete Conaty, Lobbyist for C.O.R.V.A.

• Ed Waldheim, President, C.O.R.V.A.

• Southern Sierra Fat Tire Association

• Bakersfield Trailblazers

• Daphne Greene, Deputy Director, OHMVR Div

• Jeff Smolek

• Don Hoggatt, City Landscape Architect & Designer