History of the Tour de Parks
The Tour de Parks originated in the summer of 2008 during conversations between Blake Wellington and Carl & Nancy Nelson. We were brainstorming on ideas to bring people from Hillsboro together and promote downtown as a great place to live, work, and play. Carl is an avid cyclist and collector of bicycles. Blake is a casual rider, but interested in doing more with his bike. We came up with the idea of the Tour de Parks. The idea spread rapidly through the community and soon we had volunteers and interested people joining us. A weekly evening ride emerged as we fine-tuned our route.