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The California Endowment has granted $25,000 to the AV Skatepark Project! The Endowment prioritizes projects that promote community health and wellness, and our aim to develop a community recreation space aligns with that mission. The youth leadership component of this project also was a major factor in the Endowment's decision to prioritize this project. AV junior high and high school students working on the AV Skatepark Project via the school's Service Learning Team (an aft

Full steam ahead on restroom construction! This is a huge step forward for the AV Skatepark Project; the restroom is an essential part of our development plan and a top priority for the community. Thanks to recent grants from the California General Fund Specified Grant Program, The California Endowment and the George and Ruth Bradford Foundation, as well as gifts from some very generous community members, we have cash in hand to proceed with this phase of the project. Yahoo!

A huge thanks to Rege Construction, local landscape expert Pam Callaghan and architect Alex Korn for helping to ensure all of the new soil at our construction site is prepared for winter! Pam Callaghan coordinated erosion control measures for the site, and we are very fortunate that Rege Construction (contract for the neighboring track project, with whom we coordinated excess soil delivery) chose to hydro-seed all of the new soil at no charge!

Things are movin' and shakin' in AV Community Park these days! The high school all-weather track project is in full swing next door, and...

The George and Ruth Bradford Foundation has granted a $12,500 award to the AV Skatepark Project! The Bradford Foundation supports projects in Mendocino County that benefit various community needs, including those relevant to youth, education and health. We are so grateful to the Foundation for recognizing the vital nature of this project for the Anderson Valley community. Thank you for your support!

AV Community Park is looking good! Thanks to a grant from the Community Foundation of Mendocino, two beautiful mosaic trash and recycling...

Eight AV Service Learning Team students (along with 2024 alum Kellie Crisman and group leader Noor Dawood) visited Sacramento in March...

Draft rendering of future bathroom design, by AV Community Park Architect Alex Korn. AV Skatepark Project architect Alex Korn and septic engineer Chris Rau are working to custom-design the public bathroom that will be developed in conjunction with Skatepark development. The ADA accessible design includes two flush toilets, with a convertible vault design for potential future connection to the public septic system, once completed. The design will feature ultra-low volume touch

In recent months, AV Service Learning Team students have begun preparations for art in the future park. Guided by AV Community Park Art...

Monte Rio Community Park Architects review the park's plans with AV students. The AV Service Learning traveled to Monte Rio in west...

Thanks to our brilliant engineering and architecture team, our full site plan is now complete! Using the recently completed skatepark...

During the summer months, we carried out an analysis to determine potential donor support for a broader re-envisioning of Anderson...

In April, AV Service Learning Team students traveled by St. Helena to meet with local skatepark organizers. The St. Helena Department of...

AV students presented a handmade tribute to the AV School Board, in gratitude for transferring 2.2 acres of school property to the AV...

AV locals can now purchase Skatepark Project shirts, totes and buttons from the Redwood Drive-In ( 13980 CA-128 ) in Boonville! Drive-in...

Background: The current big mission for the AV Skatepark Project is to convince the AVUSD School Board to transfer (sell for $1) the AV...

We received unfortunate news last week: the AVCSD's AV Community Park Development Plan (including skatepark) application   for the...

Lots of love and over $18,000 raised! On September 16th, the AV Skatepark Project hosted its first Fall Fling community fundraising event...

Check out this great KZYX article and radio piece about the AV Skatepark Project!

Assemblymember Jim Wood submitted a special budget request for $250,000 to be directed toward the Anderson Valley Skatepark capital costs...