On Saturday, March 3 over 65 volunteers gathered at the new Valdese Lakeside Park location for a “cove cleanup” – the first official event at the park. The cove, mainly filled with plastic…

John and Dee Houck of Houck Designs came from Texas to Valdese for a two day visit. They started Thursday morning at Old World Baking Company meeting with FVR President Beth Heile and Destination by…

The team who helped make the Valdese Lakeside Park land acquisition happen was honored at the Governor’s Mansion in Raleigh during a reception on February 28. Governor Roy Cooper was present and heard…

The Town of Valdese owns 300 acres on Lake Rhodhiss. Closing finalized on January 31, 2018! This was not your regular house closing – so many complications. Many thanks to: Rostan Family Foundation, Kellex Seating,…

With membership dues, FVR had Settlemyre Nursery install 8 Celestial Shadow Dogwoods around the splash park. 3 on Hill Street side, 4 on Laurel St side and one in front of the Massel…

We are very grateful for our donors who committed and followed through. That’s $55,581 in donations from regular folks, small businesses and clubs. Valdese people know how to make things happen.  

Destination by Design came to town to get a summary of the ideas we have been collecting at our focus group meetings. We had sessions with Disc Golfers Mountain Bikers General Public Trail…

With the amazing opportunity to build a park from scratch, we want to make sure we get it right. Getting input from citizens and specialty groups seems to be a smart way to…

It has been over a year since FVR volunteers painted the main Children’s Park Building. That still looks great. However, with the new park upgrades, the fascia boards needed to be painted in…