Ride for Tiny Town

Ride for Tiny Town

Saturday 14 February 2026

IFRAME: https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/cBXa1cqCMqM

All routes will be fully supported with rest stops and SAG vehicles.

EBikes are welcome on all routes. No charging facilities available on routes.

• 60, 45 and 35 Mile Routes - For distance riders.

• 20 Mile EBike Special – AKA the Goldilocks Ride

– for riders wanting just a bit more, but no highway riding.

• 10 Mile Slow Roll - For casual cyclists, including youth ages 10-18.

👪 BENEFITTING: DeSoto Cares Homeless Services

The Ride for Tiny Town supports DeSoto Cares Homeless Services and the creation of a community of small homes to transition people from the streets into more traditional housing. These homes will be a low rent living solution and a beacon of hope for many people who are currently homeless.

TINY TOWN UPDATE

We want to assure the community that the plan for Tiny Town is moving forward, although like the initial process it is “tedious and frustratingly slow.” The next phase of building additional housing units will be done in conjunction with DeSoto County BOCC using an available federal funding grant.

The grants department at DeSoto County BOCC is taking the lead role in facilitating and implementing the grant. Their expertise is invaluable in maneuvering the multitude of regulations and details involved with the funding. Much of our initial planning and work had to be updated or expanded to meet the stipulations of the grant.

The past year has been spent providing the detailed satisfaction of the requirements. An engineering firm has been selected and bids are expected to be attained in late summer 2025 for selection of the construction company. Due to grant requirements, all housing units will be ADA compliant; this results in each unit being larger than the original plan. With this change, only eight housing units will be built (rather than the originally planned ten) on the available land.

We are happy to report that the first client has been living in the first home for a year. We are working with him and his Case Manager to coordinate his move to more conventional affordable housing.

Meanwhile he is looking forward to watching over the construction of the additional homes. DeSoto Cares will have full responsibility for furnishing the new units, watch for details on how you can help.

🗺️ ROUTE INFORMATION

There are FIVE different route distances to choose from, to accommodate cyclists of all different skill levels!

• 🟧 60-miles | Metric Century

• 🟪 45-miles | Half Century

• 🟩 35-miles | Half Metric Century

• 20-miles | EBike Special

• 🟦 10-miles | Slow Roll

👕 REGISTRATION INCLUDES:

• Welcome breakfast

• Commemorative Ride for Tiny Town event t-shirt

• Personalized number bibs (see cutoff date below)

• Event packet home delivery (see cutoff date below)

• Includes t-shirts, number bib, safety pins, wristband, printed route map and cue sheet.

• Post-event lunch

• Fully stocked rest stops

• On-course mobile support

• Route markings

📆 IMPORTANT DATES

• 30 Dec 2025: 👕Last day to guarantee shirt style and size

• 11 Jan 2026: 🔢Last day to Personalize Your Number Bib

• 30 Jan 2026: 📫Last day for guaranteed Event Packet Home Delivery

‼️ IMPORTANT! T-Shirt inventory is limited ‼️

Register early to guarantee your commemorative event t-shirt and preferred size before they are gone!

❗There is a chance that Late registrations MAY NOT receive a shirt or a shirt in their preferred style or size if there is a higher-than-expected number of participants.

❗ Shirt quantities, styles and sizes are subject to availability after cutoff date above.

❗Register EARLY (by the guaranteed shirt cutoff date listed above) to receive your preferred style and size before the shirts are gone.