Mendon Foundation, Inc., a conservation organization providing an avenue for people to preserve, protect and promote the rich natural green spaces found in the Town of Mendon and adjacent communities, has named Brad Carlson as its President effective January 1,2025. Brad joined the Mendon Foundation in March 2024 as Land Read more
January, 2025 Dear Friends, With the holiday season just past, we at the Mendon Foundation want to express our heartfelt gratitude for your continued support, which makes our work possible. Our mission is to nurture and protect the rich natural open spaces in the Mendon, Honeoye Falls, and Rush communities Read more
This Fall the Mendon Foundation designed and purchased new signage to be used consistently around the perimeter of all of its Land Trust Properties. Using GPS survey software, teams of volunteers spent numerous days on all of the Mendon Foundation properties to install the signs. These new signs reflect standardized Read more
The Mendon Foundation’s team of volunteers spent numerous workdays over the last month making improvements to its Taylor Road Land Trust Property. Scouts from Honeoye Falls’ Scouts BSA Troop 410 also volunteered for a workday on the property as a community service project. The significant volunteer efforts primarily focused on leveling Read more
Sunday August 25th marked the 13th anniversary of the Mendon Foundation’s Black Diamond races. Over 150 runners gathered in Mendon on the Lehigh Valley Trail to participate in this year’s events. As in past year’s two races were run simultaneously including a half marathon and a 5K run. Volunteers throughout the community gathered Read more
The Mendon Foundation has been busy this Summer with a couple of improvement projects on its 46-acre Sibleyville Nature Reserve. Members of our community, as well as visitors from outside our community, utilize this beautiful green space daily nearly year-round. For this reason, we purchased thirty-three (33) tons of crushed Read more
Dear friends, neighbors, and outdoors lovers, Happy new year! I hope 2021 brought improvement to your life. There is no doubt that many folks are struggling as we continue to wade through the wake of our pandemic, but one thing that most people seem to agree on is that time Read more
At long last, our 2021 book, Rails to Trails: Rochester Junction Then and Now by Diane Ham & Charles Woolever is available for purchase. It’s a beautiful 182-page softcover book with 127 photos, 51 color pages, 7 informative maps, and a full index. Proceeds benefit The Mendon Foundation. In the Read more
On Sunday, August 29th, we hosted a record 176 Half Marathoners and 52 5K’ers on the Lehigh Valley Trail for the in-person 10th Annual Black Diamond Express Races, which were our first since 2019. These numbers don’t include Virtual Runners and no-shows, which brought us to 289 total participants. Our Read more
Rochester Running Company / Robinhood Racing are hosting a preview run TONIGHT (7/16). For details see: https://www.facebook.com/events/493916248565424/ Join us for a preview run of the Black Diamond Express course. We are running max 6 miles.This run is an out and back.We will have pizza and beers post run if people Read more