FOMP AT A GLANCE

 Friends of Mandan Park & Mt Vernon Gardens at a glance

We love our parks and the way they have provided for our neighborhood community for generations. The views from the lookouts and several of the bluffs are quite beautiful especially during sunrise. We have a dense forest with a multitude of animals and its own little ecosystem that we are trying to preserve. 

  Jacky and Steve formed a group in 2018 called KOB Friends of Mandan Park and Mount Vernon Gardens. Jacky adopted both parks through Keep Omaha Beautiful.  FOMP has removed about 20 tons of material in an attempt to restore these historic parks to their former beauty and encourage the city to maintain them properly. Our group has even repaired potholes. Click here to video about our first clean up

We have created sustainable earth friendly projects like Project X.

Link to Project X below, which involved removing approximately 2 acres of honeysuckle feeding the Henry Doorly Zoo elephants, giraffes, rhinos and orangutans…. This also opened visibility and reduced illegal activity…. At no cost to the city and requiring no chemicals.

Click any blue or use link to Project X below

https://sites.google.com/view/project-97scnz/project-97scnz

FOMP created a website called SAFE…SAFE ACCESS FOR EVERYONE  We've included:

link to a website showing how to make the park SAFE ...low to no cost solutions and ways to preserve and save our park. Click any of the blue text above to see more about SAFE. 

Another example of our dedication to solving our neighborhood problems, is teaming up with the Mandan Park Neighborhood Association, who is holding its second year of neighborhood cleanups with the city. Click here to read facebook story

You Tube video showing progress during COVID in 2020. Click here to watch

Altogether our group pulled out seven hundred plus tires, countless couches and mattresses, and two hundred plus bags of trash each year.  Link to mini website detailing one of the many tire removal projects. Click here to see more about the 2020 tire removals

Thank you for taking time to look at this information. We encourage you to share the links and information with anyone interested in neighborhood safety, conservation, climate change or pollution , micro environments, maintaining green spaces, etc.  Pictures are the property of Friends of Mandan Park & Mt Vernon Gardens and permission to use them must be obtained. Please remember to like and follow us everywhere. We will be updating and publishing content continuously.