A BMX bicycle track is in the works at Rossville Park.
The Rossville City Council on Monday OK’d a memorandum of understanding with the BMX Group, a loose-knit organization that wants to create a track along Salem Road behind Old Timer’s Field.
“I’m looking at it for another outlet for kids that don’t play traditional sports like baseball, football and soccer,” Rossville Mayor Teddy Harris said. “I think it’s a really good thing.”
BMX Group member Karey Matlock said her organization, which consists of area BMX riders from Georgia and Tennessee, hasn’t yet firmed up plans for the track. That’s partly because city officials only recently settled on the park after weighing whether to put the track at the old high school football field.
“We think it’s a great place to put a BMX track,” Matlock said. “The details have not been worked out, but we’re really excited about it.”