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…

Please Join Us for Bridge Building

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stump

We mixed, transported and poured the concrete last weekend and it went exactly as planned. We moved the 36' White Alaskan Cedar Glue Lams close to the bridge site. This weekend we'll strip the forms and set and affix the beams. We hope you'll want to be a part of this important milestone.

On Friday we'll start at 9:00 am, and on Saturday at 10:00 am. Friday you'll need to bring your own lunch, but Saturday our group is providing a lunch of Subway sandwiches. We believe in feeding our volunteers, but it's hard to pull off. Right now we can afford it because a couple individuals made generous donations. If any of you know of a deli or a restaurant that would like to help with donations, or by providing MVTB with great deals, we'd love to hear about it.

Two Great Trail Building Sessions

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glulams

We had a great group of volunteers join us on Friday and Saturday this week to get the concrete bridge footings poured. On Friday the two 36' glulams were delivered.

They were carefully moved down the trail closer to the bridge site.

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moving_glulam

On Saturday Art Tuftee setup a high line across the creek where the bridge will be built so that we could move buckets of concrete across and pour the far footing.

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high_line

We'd like to thank Big Lake Grocery for the lunch they provided on Friday. And also thank you to the Mount Vernon Food Co-Op for their continued support. We hope to see you all again next Friday and Saturday as we begin building the bridge.

Help Needed For Nature Bridge Construction

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trees_and_tools

Our bridge is still on schedule and we hope to keep it that way. Our plan is to mix, transport, and pour concrete Friday and Saturday. We will also be moving 36' White Alaskan Cedar Glue Lams in to the bridge site.

Unfortunately this week we do not have a session sponsor, so we hope as many of you as possible will make it out. On Friday we will start at 9:00 am, and on Saturday at 10:00 am.

On Friday lunch will be provided by Big Lake Grocery, and on Saturday it will be provided by the Skagit Valley Food Co-Op.

We hope you'll join us, we have a lot to get done.