Author Archives: Skagit Trail Builders

The Mount Vernon Parks Foundation is hosting a raffle to raise funds for projects like the new bridge we are building in Little Mountain Park. Tickets are $5 and you do not have to be present to win. Please see the details.

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 FridayContinue reading “Join us for bridge building this Friday and Saturday”

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. On Saturday Art Tuftee setup a high line across the creek where theContinue reading “Friday and Saturday were great sessions”

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 hopeContinue reading “Help us pour concrete bridge footings this Friday”

MVTB would like to thank the DNR fire crew for helping our trail building efforts on Little Mountain this past Friday. They were able to get some training while helping to clear the path for a new trail in Little Mountain Park.

Our plan is to finish our bridge forms and continue setting more rock and gravel. Friday we start at 9:00 am. Saturday we start at 10:00 am. Since we have no featured groups this weekend we need your help. Tomorrow please bring a lunch, but on Saturday we’ll host lunch of sandwiches, chips, and fruit.Continue reading “Join us this Friday and Saturday, June 22/23”

Please join us at a City Council meeting Wednesday evening at 7:00pm at the Mount Vernon Police Department. Mount Vernon is extremely fortunate to be faced with a once in a lifetime opportunity. This Wednesday our City Council will hear a Skagit Land Trust and Mount Vernon Parks and Recreation proposal to increase the sizeContinue reading “Please help us support the expansion of Little Mountain Park”

Thanks to Windermere Realty for their volunteer group this past Friday and Saturday. For the two days they had a total of 90.1 volunteer hours. This is our new record for our featured groups. Windermere has a corporate Community Service Day and chose our group to help. We thank them for their support. Here isContinue reading “Thanks to Windermere Realty for a great work party weekend”

This week we break ground on the bridge, digging the bridge footings. Tomorrow we will start at 9:00 am and on Saturday at 10:00 am. Lunch is being provided by Windermere Real Estate Friday and on Saturday by the Estep family. We’re doing our best to keep great lunches coming. Thanks Josh and Leslie. AndContinue reading “Join us this Friday and Saturday, June 15/16”

We’d like to send out a special thank you to the major donors who have contributed money and resources to our Nature Trail project. Without their support we would not be on track to complete our Nature Trail and bridge projects this summer. Kiwanis Club of Mount Vernon $10,000 The City of Mount Vernon $10,000Continue reading “Thanking our major donors”