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$55,000 in Support for Playground Rebuild in Valdese The momentum continues for improvements at Valdese Children’s Park. Thanks to strong leadership and collaboration from the Rotary Club of Valdese, a total of $55,000 in Rotary funding has been secured to…

We are pleased to present our 2025 Annual Report. If you are an FVR member and/or donor, the printed report will be coming to your mailbox soon. You can also request a printed report – just send an email to…

Letting The Meadow Grow: A New Natural Area at Valdese Lakeside Park At Valdese Lakeside Park, one mile into the park along the Outer Loop, there’s a wide open grassy area we call The Meadow. For years, this space was…

🌙✨ Twilight Tales on the Trail Draws 200 for Night of Legends and Lore ✨🌙 Oh, what a night! The first-ever Twilight Tales on the Trail brought more than 200 guests to Valdese Lakeside Park on Thursday, October 30, for…

New Trail Opens at Valdese Lakeside Park A perfect fall Saturday morning brought out 28 hikers to celebrate the opening of a new section of trail at Valdese Lakeside Park. A fitting surprise for the event was the attendance of…

Lunch and Learn Receives Community Foundation Grant Support Friends of the Valdese Rec is proud to announce that we have received a $2,400 grant from the Community Foundation of Burke County (CFBC) to support our Lunch and Learn program —…

Great Trails State Day 2025 – Miles of Fun, Fitness, and Fellowship! North Carolina’s official Great Trails State Day—celebrated each year on the third Saturday in October—was a huge success at Valdese Lakeside Park! From sunrise coffee and donuts to…

A Thank You from President and Founder Beth Heile Ten years ago, I believed we could do something big. Something bold.Over time, you believed too. We believed this community deserved more — more access to the outdoors, more ways to…

An exciting new mountain bike feature and section of trail along the Hollipop Trail at Valdese Lakeside Park is now open. The elevated skinny was the vision and hard work of Marshall Brinkley, who designed, fundraised, and built the trail…