Stuart Lamanna News Today

Roanoke County's largest park got some new additions this weekend.

Luke Weir 540-981-3331 ROANOKE — With a leaf blower strapped to his back, Ian Bongard walks through the woods of Explore Park, blasting aside fallen leaves blanketing the forest floor. It’s a Saturday morning trail work day for volunteers of the Blue Ridge Off-Road Cyclists, the new name for the group formerly known as the Roanoke chapter of the International Mountain Bicycling Association. “We can build basically anything we can dream up,” said Bongard, BROC tr...