When COVID-19 first struck and people started spending more time outside, Ridgway-based contractor Matt McIsaac headed to the town skate park – and felt like, as the only adult there, he was witnessing an accident waiting to happen on the overcrowded concrete.

He had an idea, which took a few years to turn into a nonprofit and, potentially, could become a new Ridgway facility. The goal is to build a bike park on town land, consisting of a paved pump track, jump section and bicycle playground, t...