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, Trail Builders!

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bridge

MVPF is sending out a heartfelt Thank You to all of the trail builders who came out and donated their time to build new trails in Little Mountain Park this year. We completed Bonnie & Clyde's Trail and Ginny's Trail in the northwest corner of the park. We then spent the bulk of the summer working on the Nature Trail from the new East Park Entrance. Our volunteers built a professional wooden bridge across a creek and are currently working on connecting the Nature Trail to La-Z-Boy. We could not do this work without the dedication and unfaltering interest of our supporters and community members. Thank you to Mount Vernon Parks and Mayor Boudreau for their continued support.

Here's to a great 2012 and continued success in 2013. Happy Thanksgiving!

Old School Trail Building Techniques

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flags

We're back to our old school building techniques; shovels, wheelbarrows, McLeods and Pulaskis. Between now and the first of the year we intend to connect the Nature Trail to La-Z-Boy. We believe the East Entrance will be a very popular trailhead.

We hope to see you Saturday, October 13th, 2012. Our session will start at 10:00am at the East Trailhead. As always we start our day with donated Starbucks Coffee and pastries from Haggen Foods. Our group will provide lunch, this session we'll be having Subway sandwiches.

The Nature Trail & Bridge Officially Open

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ribbon_cutting

On September 28th we had our ribbon cutting and celebration for the Nature Trail and our new bridge. People gathered at the new east park entrance for a short presentation by the Larry Otos, Director of the Mount Vernon Parks Department, Mayor Jill Boudreau, and Mary Alice Vivian.

The ribbon was cut and everyone was invited to walk out the trail to see the bridge. Come on out to the east entrance and see the new bridge for yourself.

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bridge

We'll be connecting this trail to the rest of the existing Little Mountain Park trail system sometime this fall. Please feel free to join our trail work parties the 2nd and 4th Saturday of each month.