The Parks, Recreation, and Trails Advisory Board is holding a volunteer clean up day at Griffintown Park, Saturday, Nov. 4th from 10am-Noon. Participants will be cleaning, weeding, and improving the park as well as assisting with an installation of a piece of temporary art in the park.This is the third in a series of volunteer events focused on our parks located throughout the city, the last event focused on Oxford Park. Volunteers are invited to bring their own gloves, garden shovels and rakes.
Griffintown Park is located along Second Avenue, adjacent to the Portal Way roundabout. This park features a Veteran’s Memorial and plaques of historic Ferndale figures.
For any questions, please call Riley Sweeney, Communications Officer at (360) 685-2353 or email by clicking here.
As of Weds, Oct. 26th, Third Avenue is open to vehicles and pedestrians. Thanks to a grant from the Department of Ecology, the City was able to install new utilities, sidewalks and pervious pavement along the edges of the roadway to intercept stormwater runoff from the road and sidewalks. A sand filter was installed below the pavement to treat the stormwater. This new pavement technology is a great example of low impact development, which helps keep toxins from our streets from entering our water supply.
Main Street between First Avenue and Third Avenue will be closed Saturday from 3pm to 5pm for Downtown Trick or Treat. Each year over 2,500 children and their parents hit the streets of Downtown Ferndale in search of candy as part of this event with over forty local businesses participating. Traffic will be detoured on Alder Street but plan on alternate routes if possible.
The event is organized by the Ferndale Chamber of Commerce. After Downtown Trick or Treat, head over to Pioneer Park for “Haunt the Park” starting at 5pm, a spooky experience for all ages.
Want to help your family, school, and community be prepared for any emergency or natural disaster?
The Ferndale Police Department is partnering with the Ferndale Emergency Resource Network to form a Youth Emergency Services (YES) Club for teens, ages 14-18, living in the Ferndale School District.
Youth Emergency Services Club members can earn their amateur radio license, train to be part of the Ferndale Community Emergency Response Team (CERT), learn about disaster preparedness and response, and complete FEMA courses to prepare them to volunteer in an Emergency Operations Center.
The Youth Emergency Services Club will hold its first meeting on September 30 from 10 – 11 AM in the Ferndale Emergency Operations Center at the Ferndale Police Department, 2220 Main Street.
Want to know more? Email ferndaleacs@cityofferndale.org
Thursday April 27th, Friday April 28th and Monday May 1st 8:30am-5:00pm. Work will take place on Malloy Ave and Maria Terrace. While the road will remain open, traffic control and speed reduction devices will be in place. This work is weather dependent with dates subject to change. This traffic revision is necessary to allow for a private developer to complete installation of a utility and storm crossing.
If you have questions regarding this notice, please contact the Ferndale Public Works Department at (360) 384-4006.
As part of the City’s efforts to improve traffic flow through our downtown core, the traffic signals at 1st Avenue and Main St have been changed.
For traffic going East/West on Main Street, the signal will show a flashing yellow. This means proceed with caution.
For traffic on 1st avenue, the signal will show a flashing red. This means come to a complete stop then proceed when safe.
There will no longer be a protected pedestrian crossing at this intersection.
The City will study the impacts to our city and review whether to remove the street light entirely.
For any questions, please contact Ferndale Public Works Department at (360) 685-2379.
The Parks, Recreation, and Trails Advisory Board is holding a volunteer clean up day at Flair Park on Saturday May 13th at 10am. Participants will be weeding, cleaning and improving the park in the first of a series of volunteer events focused on our smaller neighborhood parks located throughout the city. Volunteers are invited to bring their own gloves.
Flair Park is located at 5610 Poplar Drive. The 0.9-acre park was renovated in 2001 and has a half basketball court; children’s play equipment, open grassy areas and picnic tables. Flair Park was dedicated to the City in February 1971.
This is a separate event from the City-Wide Clean Up Day, which is May 20th and organized by the Ferndale Downtown Association.
For any questions, please call Riley Sweeney, Communications Officer at (360) 685-2353.