A successful week of the long anticipated informational historical signage at Rochester Junction on Plains Road has been completed. Bud Grindle and Diane Ham, assisted by Rod Ham, have designed and installed twelve 10” x 12” site signs as well as a large overall informational sign at the location where Read more
An enthusiastic group of Mendon Foundation volunteers participated at the 2nd Annual Greenway Cycle Challenge on September 13, 2025. Mendon Foundation volunteers took up position at Wadsworth Junction which is the intersection of the Genesee Greenway SP and the Lehigh Valley Trail. The volunteers cheered, rang cow bells and noise makers, Read more
Brad Carlson, President of the Mendon Foundation was the guest speaker at the Honeoye Falls-Mendon Senior Citizens Club on Tuesday September 9th in the Mendon Community Center. A catered lunch from Honeoye Falls Marketplace was served at 12:00pm and Brad spoke in front of a full house of approximately sixty Read more
The Mendon Foundation hosted its first Perennial Plant Swap on Sunday September. 7th at the Mendon Festival at Mendon Station Park from 12:00pm to 5:00pm. The event was a great success with perennial plants such as Black-eyed Susan, Day Lillies, Shasta Daisies, Butterfly Bush, Hula Dancer Echinacea, Hydrangea, Spiderwort, Rose Read more
Over 200 runners, enthusiastic supporters and dedicated volunteers gathered on the Lehigh Valley Trail in Mendon on Sunday, August 24th, for the fourteenth annual Black Diamond Express Half Marathon and 5K Trail Races. This year’s event drew one of the largest fields in the 14-year history of the races with runners coming Read more
The Mendon Foundation would like to recognize Cindy Lau, one of its long-time dedicated volunteers. Cindy has lived in the Mendon community since 1995 and has volunteered for the Mendon Foundation for the last 25 years! Cindy plants and tends eight (8) gardens along the Lehigh Valley Trail at Mendon Read more
A team of Mendon Foundation volunteers have been very busy over the last two weeks completing trail maintenance and installing three (3) water mitigation culverts on our Pittsford-Mendon Center Road property. One of these culverts replaced the easement bridge that was washed out in the severe June storm. The trails Read more
The Mendon Foundation would like to recognize and thank Dave Reilly as one of our wonderful volunteers. Dave has a unique family legacy associated with Rochester Junction on the Lehigh Valley Trail. Dave’s grandfather, James D. Reilly, was the Interlocking Tower Operator at Rochester Junction in the early 1900’s. Dave Read more
The moment you have all been waiting for …… the Mendon Foundation would like to reveal the official 2025 Black Diamond races medal and pin designs! All Half Marathon finishers will receive a 2025 Black Diamond race medal. All 5k finishers will receive a 2025 Black Diamond race pin. As Read more
Twelve volunteers spent this morning creating a beautiful new nature trail at the Mendon Foundation’s Eckler Road property. Many hands made light work, and we accomplished our objectives. The new hiking trail connects the existing Mendon Foundation trail system accessed from Eckler Road to the new Mendon Green trail system. Read more