Little Mountain Park
Mount Vernon Trail Builders
Join Us for Bridge Repairs on the La-Z-Boy Trail

Are you ready to make a difference at Little Mountain Park? Help us repair the bridges along the La-Z-Boy trail before winter sets in.

Join Us for Bridge Repairs on the La-Z-Boy Trail
Peter Wheeler
MVPF Fall Newsletter
MVPF Fall Newsletter
Little Mountain Park
Mount Vernon Trail Builders
Join Us for Trail Building at Little Mountain ...

Are you ready to make a difference at Little Mountain Park? The Mount Vernon Parks Foundation is looking for volunteers to help build a new trail that will connect the restrooms at the main parking lot to the central multi-use trail system.

Join Us for Trail Building at Little Mountain Park
Danny Pickering
Mount Vernon Parks Foundation's 2020 Vision

As I write this blog post for the Mount Vernon Parks Foundation, my last as president of this fine organization, I feel the need to recap, reflect and look ahead.

Mount Vernon Parks Foundation's 2020 Vision
Mount Vernon Parks Foundation
Why Support MVPF? Here's What's In It For You…

Mount Vernon Parks Foundation is committed to shining a light on our parks, helping to enhance, maintain and grow an already impressive line-up of community parks. Now's your opportunity to support the parks you love by joining us for our 2019 Trail-A-Thon fundraiser.  And if you're wondering why support MVPF, here’s just some of what we've accomplished in the past year with the donations and volunteer support our community entrusted to us…

Why Support MVPF? Here's What's In It For You…

Thank You To Our Donors

Photo by Terry Afdem

Photo by Terry Afdem

We'd like to send out a special THANK YOU to the major donors who have contributed money and resources to trail building projects at Little Mountain Park. Without their support we would not be on track to complete our Nature Trail & Bridge projects this summer.

Birch Equipment and Mount Vernon Building Center provided discounts, as well as the following supporters for providing refreshments to out trail builders; Skagit Valley Food Co-Op (food), Starbucks Coffee (coffee), and Mount Vernon Haggen Foods (pastries).

Work Resumes on the Nature Trail

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Our work resumes on the Nature Trail this weekend.

On Friday we start at 9:00 am, on Saturday at 10:00 am. A special thanks to all of you that came out over the long weekend. We hit our average turnout numbers, which we never believed was possible. Thank you! This coming weekend will be our last two sessions before we start work on the bridge. We need to get the trail to the bridge, we’ll need better than average turnouts both days. We hope you will join us this weekend.

Please bring your own lunches on Friday. But, on Saturday we're in for a real treat - Jenny & Jodie of the Skagit Valley Food Co-op have agreed to furnish lunch again. We thank you for your continued support.

To find us stay on Little Mountain Road, driving east beyond the Little Mountain Park entrance and beaver pond. You'll see us at the gravel piles on the right side of the road.

Memorial Day Trail Work Sessions

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We had 6 workers on Friday and 15 on Saturday. This was an excellent turnout for a holiday weekend. The lead crew removing the duff is at the point where the trail turns east. At that point, we are 175' from the bridge site. The trail is completed about 75' back from that point. So we have about 250' left to complete. So, it looks like we are in good shape to start on the bridge on June 15. At that work session we will be splitting up the crew, some will continuing working on the trail and a few will work on the footings for the bridge.

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brothers

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A big thanks once again to Terry Afdem for his excellent photography.

Work on the Nature Trail Continues

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stump

Our work continues on the Nature Trail this weekend.

On Friday we start at 9:00 am, on Saturday we meet at 10:00 am. Unfortunately with the sessions falling on a long weekend we'll be missing a few key people. So if you're staying in town, and you've been thinking about coming out this would be the perfect time.

To find us stay on Little Mountain Road, driving east beyond the park entrance and beaver pond. You'll see us at the gravel piles on the right side of the road.