Advocate earns Mudgett award

TRAVERSE CITY (Oct. 13) — Tim Brick has ridden many trails, but his dedication to those around Traverse City earned him a special honor.

Brick, a longtime trail advocate who served on local trail boards, was awarded the fourth annual Jim Mudgett Trail Pioneer Award from Traverse Area Recreation and Transportation Trails.

"Traverse has fallen in love with the trails," Brick said. "I think the more we put in, the more people fall in love with it."

Brick's board service continued as a member of TART Trails when it merged with other local trail groups in 1998. He remains part of the local path scene, partly because his bicycle shop Brick Wheels on Eighth Street in Traverse City is a "hub for recreation," said Missy Luyk, TART program specialist.

Brick received about six nominations for the award.