Mission & History
Mission
The mission of the Jericho Underhill Park District is to serve its member communities by owning and operating the Mills Riverside Park for education, conservation and recreation.
History
The Jericho Underhill Land Trust (JULT) purchased the land now known as Mills Riverside Park on July 14, 1999, through a grant-writing and fundraising effort. JULT donated a conservation easement at this time to the Vermont Land Trust thereby ensuring the permanent protection of this scenic land with sensitive wildlife habitats and extraordinary recreational opportunities. Ownership of the park was transferred to the Jericho Underhill Park District (JUPD) on February 24, 2000, following the creation of this two-town municipal entity. The Jericho Underhill Park District owns Mills Riverside Park and the Board of Trustees are responsible for its management.
This short video captures moments from the Park’s Dedication Ceremony in 1999.
Original Donors to the Park - 1999
The Jericho Land Trust and the Jericho and Underhill Community thank the following contributors who made this park a reality. - August 1999
| Pat, Diane & Kaitlin Abare | Bill, Kim, Brent & Brad Adair | Clark & Lois Adams | Gerard & Susan Adams | Shirley Adams | Jim & Jennifer Adkisson | ||
| Terry & Sheila Aiken Adkisson | Lisa & Gary Richter Akins | Andrew, Beth, Emily & Gabe Albright; Emilie, Stuart, Jessica, Andrew, Gretchen, Christa Alexander & Mark Fasching | Willard E. Alexander | Archie & Betty Allen | Katrina & Robert Allen | ||
| Linda Almy | The Altmans | Jane Ambrose | Brent, Connie & Elisa Anderson | Timothy & Gretchen Anderson | Jean Archibald | ||
| Catherine & Allan Armstrong | Craig & Margaret Armstrong | Ramon & Brenda Astillero | Ken & Dot Austin | Mike Austin & Jessica Dion | Eric Avildsen & Faith Ingulsrud | ||
| Susan & Frank Babicz | Frederick & Gail Babinger | Jeff & Mary Baker | Donald J. Balch | Janet Ballard | Murray & Jane Banks | ||
| John Barbour & Carla Hochschild | The Barker Family | Christine Barnes | Jonathan & Jeanne Barnes and Sons | Sarah Barnett & Tobias Kahan | Elizabeth Bashaw | ||
| Cyrus & Mary Bassett | Cathy Bassler | Mark & Gail Bates | Jim Bedell | Lyn Beliveau | Victoria Beliveau | ||
| Cynthia Belliveau & Edward Antczak | Susan, Curt & Caitlin Belton | Peter & Caroline Bennett | James & Susan Bentlage | Judy & Bob Bergeron | Thor & Nancy Bergersen | ||
| Peter Bernhardt | Kerry & Denise Bernstein | James Berry | Wendell Berry | Jane Bertoni | Susan & Jack Besio | ||
| Yuriy Bihun & Irene Leush | David Binch & Willa Harris | Eric Bishop & Barbara Frankowski | Barbara Bister | Bill Blake | Dr. & Mrs. John H. Bland | ||
| Bart & Beth Blaner | Ray & Betty Bliven | Pamela & Burgess Blum | Doug, Sandra, Randall & Sharon Boardman | James & Karen Bove | Peyton & Susan Bowden | ||
| Mary L. Bower & Dorothea M. Bower | Joan Bowker & Dan Close | Nancy & George Bradford | Gregory Brand & Karen Yacos | Tate & Michelle Brannan | Richard & Katrina Brehm | ||
| The Bresee Family | Ross & Patricia Brewer | Ross Brewer | Arthur & Susan Bristol | Shane & Charlotte Brodie | Ann Broekhuizen & Patricia House | ||
| Robert & Nancy Bromley | Peter & Marion Brooks | Suzanne Brooks | Kenneth M. Brown | Peg, Parker & Zak Brown | Toby Brown | ||
| Cheryl Bruner | Edward & Jill Buker | Fred & Peggy Burbank | Denise, Bron & Blake Burda | Kay & James Burde | Bill Burdet | ||
| Darla & Rick Burgess | Kent & Paige Burgess | Richard Burgess | Whitney Burgess & Tristan Kelley | Anthony & Sandra Burke | Patrick & Jean Burke | ||
| Bill Buth | Jeff & Gina Butkus | Priscilla & Ken Byerly | Brian Calhoun & Nancy Karlson | John & Carolyn Cameron | Linda Campbell | ||
| Jim & Betty Candon | James & Nancy Carey | Nicole Carignan & David Raphael | Carolyn & Dave Carlson | Mary Carlson | Joanna Carpenter & Dawn LaCross | ||
| Cynthia Carpenter-Walker & Craig Walker | Curt & Renee Carter | Jim & Susan Carter | Veronica & David Celani | The Chase Family | Vera Chadburn | ||
| Laurie & Chris Chivers | The Choate Family | Alan & Sandy Christensen | Lauren & Bob Church | Andy & Pam Clark | Brian & Nicole Clark | ||
| Randy & Kitty Clark | Randy, Christal, Katelyn & Josh Clark | Richard & Joan Clark | Russ, Kate & Travis Clark | Tim, Cathy, Christy & Corey Clark | Wilma Clark | ||
| David & Anne Clift | Robin Clokey | Rene & Mary Ann Cloutier | Bob Cochran | Shirley Coffey | Jeffrey & Melissa Cohen | ||
| Rich & Sandra Colbourne | Judy & Dan Cole | Andrew & Linda Condon | John & Polly Connell | Margaret Connelly | Philip Cook | ||
| Paul & Sharon Corologos | Brian & Donna Cotton | Wilma Cowie | Anne Cramer | Jeff & Frances Crandall | Dave & Jeanne Crane | ||
| Edward & Anne Crane | Sue & Ken Crimmins | Johanna Crockwell | Steven & Susan Cromwell | Joe & Judy Cross | Jean & Hank Crouse | ||
| Pat & Tif Crowell | Jim & Lisa Cummings | Dennis & Jory Curran | Charles Cyr | Sharon Damkot | Joan Daniels | ||
| Michael & Brenda Daniels | Caryn & Peter Davis | Jeffrey & Karen Davis | Kevin & Liz DeLorge | Douglas Demas | Elizabeth Demas | ||
| Beau & Ginny Denham | Mark & Tammy Denison | Kathleen Denutte | Joe Kushner & Kerra Desseau | Margaret DeVolt | Mary Jane Dickerson | ||
| Robin & James Dimmick | Edward & Jennifer DiNardo | Mr. & Mrs. Dingman | Thomas & AJ Dippel | Scott, Mary, Ben & Luke Dolan | Dawn & Tom Doll | ||
| Karen & Richard Donovan | Anne & Greg Doremus | Linda & Michael Dorey | Geraldine & Kenneth Dorman | Angelo Dorta | Brian & Lucinda Doyle | ||
| Douglass & Elizabeth Dreibelbis | Miriam & Johnathan Drew | Barry & Mary Driscoll | Nancy & Peter Drucker | Beatrice Ducharme | Steve & Teresa Duda | ||
| Jacky Duffek | Lyn DuMoulin | Carolyn & James Dunn | Leslie & Coddy Dunn | Diana & Jim Dunn | Roland & Marilyn Dupre | ||
| Thomas Durbrow | Donald & Sadie Durivage | Sally Duval | Stan Eames | Robert Earley | David & Suzanne Eaton | ||
| Scott & Nancy Edson | Alden & Emily Ehler | William & Lisa Elliott | Orelyn Emerson | Evergreen Erb | Robert & Nancy Ettensperger | ||
| Doris Evans | William Evans | Nancy Fabrizio | Tim & Wendy Farrell | Christa & Mark Fasching | Marian Fay | ||
| Natalie & Ed Feilchenfeld | Gary & Holly Feingold | John & Marky Ferguson | Ross & Kathleen Ferguson | Janet & Jon Fernald | Tom & Rita Fetters | ||
| John & Linda Fiegel | John & Devena Fifield | Glen & Marie Findholt | Gary & Lynnette Fischer | Dick Fisher | Deborah & Daniel Fitzgerald | ||
| Jamie & Cathy Fitzgerald | Ken & Karen Floyd | Kenneth Floyd, Sr. | John & Michele Fodero | John & Heather Fodge | Deborah Fowler | ||
| John & Deborah Fowler | Gary Francis | Bill & Bev Frank | Tom & Louise Frank | LoAnne Frasier | Mark & Marilyn Frederick | ||
| JoAnn & Jim Fredericks | Steven Weir & Pauline Gaboury | Connell & Nancy Gallagher | John & Tina Gallagher | Paul & Barbara Gallagher | Geoffrey & Patricia Gamble | ||
| Fritz & Teri-Beth Garrison | Peter & Nancy Geise | Peter & Phyllis Geiss | Steve Geissler | Randall George | Barry & Zachary Gerard | ||
| Marcy Gibson | Margaret & David Gibson | Carl & Pam Giddings | Todd & Monique Gilbert | Roger & Sandra Gillim | Pamela Gillis | ||
| Ken Girardin | Mary, Dickson, Hilary & Matt Glass | Glenn & Karen Glitman | Chris Gluck | Fred & Beverly Golish | Mike & Silla Gordon | ||
| Robert & Rinda Gordon | Barbara Goss | Amy Gottsche | Andy & Sue Grab | Peter & Sharyl Green | Carolyn Gregson | ||
| Janet & Mike Grennan | Chuck & Katie Griffin | Michael & Gayle Hagen-Peter | Harry Harmon | Jamie Harmon | Glenn & Rosemeryl Harple | ||
| Clifford & Sharon Harris | Jean Harty | Carolyn & David Hathaway | Rick & Mary Heh | Jane Henley-Stone | Michael & Deborah Henry | ||
| Karin Hess | Kyle & Bonnie Hibbart | Gary & Letitia Hill | Laury & Bob Hill | Jean Hodgkin | Diane Hogan | ||
| James & Joan Haley, Sr. | Dean & Sandy Haller | Carolyn & Scott Hallock | Robert & Donna Hamill | Cindy Hamlet | John & Dorothea Hanna | ||
| William Harlow | The Holland Family | Cheryl & Bob Holstein | Terence & Andrea Hook | Redd & JoAnn Howard | Matthew & Patricia Hudak | ||
| Mariot Huessy | Clyde & Joyce Hull | Margaret Hummel | Maitland & Marjorie Hunt | Matthew Hurley | Tom & Joan Hussey | ||
| Barbara & Ralph Hylind | Paul & Patricia Hynek | Maribella Ibarra | Jamie & Emily Ide | Richard & Kathleen Irwin | Barbara & David Iverson | ||
| Howard & Elizabeth Jaffe | DeeDee Jameson | Lynne Jeffery | Kurt & Donna Johnson | Brian & Frederica Jones | Edmond & Judith Jones | ||
| Tom, Sarah & Ben Joslin | Stephen Dingle | Marilyn Kimball | Laura & Deady Norris | ||||
| Douglas Kallen & Hellen Wagner | Doug Keith | Suzanne & Brian Kelley | Gail & Richard Kemmer | Joan & Guy Kennedy | Wendy & Fred Kent | ||
| The Keszey Family | Thomas & Virginia Kichura | Maeve Kim | Kelly & Barry King | Mark Kittell | Joanne Knapp & Benjamin Pyles | ||
| Barbara & John Koier | Vernon & JoAnn Konczal | John & Sue Kordish | Leonard & Edna Korth | Kate & Rick Kotulak | John & Donna Kunkel | ||
| John & Cera Kurowski | Edward & Brynn Kusiak | Adrie Kusserow & Robert Lair | Karl Kusserow & Paul Kusserow | William Lewis & Suzanne Kusserow | Laurie & David LaDuke | ||
| Charles Lacy & Gaye Symington | Eric & Sarah Lamb | Lynford & Kathleen Lamphere | William & Grace Lance | Larry Laneuville | Walter & Amy Lange | ||
| John & Carol LaRue | Susan Latchem & Edwin Bovill | Mark & Lois Lavoie | Frank & Nancy Leavy | Paul & Cathleen LeClair | Jane & Mary Jane Lederman | ||
| Diane & Christine Leet | Michael Leger | Carolyn & Howard Leighton | George & Virginia Lewis | David Liberty | Deb & John Light | ||
| Sandra Limoge & Laura Crain | Robert Lincoln | Jerome & Barbara Lindberg | Irene Linde | Albert & Myrna Lindholm | Jill Listzwan | ||
| Bill Livingstone | Sharon Lockwood | David & Elizabeth London | John Long & Delight Wing | Carl Lorentson | Robert Lorenz | ||
| Christopher Luczynski | Peter & Sharon Luke | Richard & Jean Lumbra | Donald & Caroline MacDonald | Nancy & Brian MacDonald | Bonnie MacLeod | ||
| Roland & Carole Maheux | Richard & Adele Mahoney | Albert & Geraldine Maitner | Dr. Donald Majercik | John & Susan Malone | Will, Ben, Jack & Ann Manning | ||
| The Manz Family | John & Elizabeth Marcus | Mary Louise Marcussen | Scott & Fances Marroon | Doris Marshall | Dave & Donna Martin | ||
| Deborah Mason | Alan & Cherie McCabe | Josephine McClellan | Peggy McCullagh | McDevitt Family & Henault Family | Tom & Nancy McGann | ||
| Thomas & Patricia McGonegal | Sara McKay | Frank McKinstrie | Ted & Rachel McKnight | Catherine L. McMains | John & Cathy McNamara | ||
| The McPeters Family | Howard & Nancy McRae | Patricia Means | John & Julie Merchant | Darrell & Belva Meulemans | Ray Miglionico | ||
| Chris & Penny Miller | Helen Miller | Walter & Jean Milliken | Barbara & John Milne | Vicki & David Milton | Robert & Mona Minard | ||
| Peter & Kathleen Mitchell | Robert & Jane Mitchell | Ed & Betty Moore | John & Penelope Moore | Janine Moreau & Cathy Gill | Rosemary & Thomas Morrill | ||
| Jim Morris & Pat Spielman-Morris | John & Brenda Morris | Sue Morse | Linda & Frank Moser | Robert Mulcahy | Barbara Mulhern | ||
| Jennifer Mullin & Dave Stowell | Michael J. Munson, Mary Jane Neale & Amanda Jane Munson | Jo Anne & Timothy Murad | Janice Murakami & Elliott Benay | Chris & Sandy Murphy | James & Lois Nassau | ||
| Dorsey & Bob Naylor | Phyllis Newbeck | Carl & Judy Newton | Tom & Roxanne Niles | Patricia & Christopher Nilsson | Bob & Julia Northrop | ||
| Wayne & Peggy Norton | Charles & Patricia Novotny | Elizabeth Novotny | Tom & Pat Nugent | Timothy & Leslie Nulty | George & Jennifer Odlum | ||
| David, Doreen, Kyle & Eliza O'Grady | Wayne & Jan Ohlsson | Alden & Florence Oliver | Peter & Susanna Olson | Edward & Marcia O'Neill | Patrick O'Neill | ||
| Jeremiah & Margaret O'Riordan | Lyman K. Orton | Jeannie & John Panner | Vince & Deb Paradis | Cathy Paris & David Barrington | Elaine Park | ||
| John & Petra Park | Scott & Nicole Parker | Pamela Parshall | Joe Patlak & Elke Pinn | Jon & Donna Patrick | James & Susan Paulsen | ||
| The Pearce Family | Tracey Campbell Pearson | Nancy Koenig Peckham & Travis Peckham | Bob & Linda Penniman | Jack & Meg Pennypacker | Richard & Virginia Perkins | ||
| Abby & Max Peterson | Jerome Pettinga | Harold Pile & Maire-France Nelson-Pilo | The Pitmon Family | Larry & Nancy Plouffe | William Pokorny & Jakki Flanagan | ||
| Anthony & Diane Polson | Frank & Linda Popeleski | Donald Porter | Carl & Lorna Possidente | Nathan & Marjory Power | Marie & Al Puttlitz | ||
| Georgette & Roger Putzel | Burnett & Jessie Rawson | Eleanor Rawson | Jonathan & Jeanne Raymond | Charlotte Reed & Dawn Hall | Elizabeth Reed | ||
| The Reeder Family | Chris & Bonnie Reinfurt | The Mendicino Family | Tim & Jane Reny; Craig & Cindy Walker | Mary & Richard Rettig | The Retzloff Family | ||
| Peter & Faith Richard | Llanda Richardson | Sarah & Robert Rivera | Robert & Lynne Robbins | Diane & Larry Roberts | Norman & Melinda Rohrer | ||
| Marcia Rosberg | Jane Trask Rosen | Kathleen Rupright & Arnold Waller | Norm Russell | Christine Ryan & Dan Clayton | Gary Sadowsky | ||
| Gary, Darlene & Rick Sawyer | Kenneth & Donna Schaeffler | Henry Schekter & Isabelle Chayer | Neil & Melissa Schell | Carrye Schenk | Robert & Gail Schermer | ||
| Fred & Yvette Schmalz-Riedt | Craig, Kathy & Andrew Schneider | John & Julianna Schroeder | Paul & Patricia Selsky | Walter & Dorothy Senn | Peter & Cynthia Seybolt | ||
| John & Kathleen Shaffer | Steven Shank & Anne Wright Shank | John & Dianne Shullenberger | Stephen Shuma | Jennifer Silpe & Faith Brown | Mr. & Mrs. Bartlett K. Simpson | ||
| Charles & Susan Skelly | Dan & Chris Smith | Jackie Smith & Pete Furtado | Marcia Reese & Skip Smith | Nancy & Robert Smith | Robert Smith | ||
| Jarred & Lindsay Snowden | Cheryl & Henry Sorrell | Michelle & Michael Soules | Brad & Betsy Soutiere | Kim, Frank & Trevor Spaulding | Ed & Debbie Sprogis | ||
| Kimberly St. John | Daniel & Janet Steinbauer | Mark & Mary Stephenson | Catherine & Brian Stevens | The John C. Stewart Family | Wayne & Judy Simpson | ||
| John & Lisa Stitt | The Stober/Letovsky Family | Miriam Street | Kenneth & Shirley Strong | Loren & Livy Strong | Kevin & Susan Sullivan | ||
| In honor of BRMS teachers Mr. Smith, Mrs. Brewster, Mrs. Wexelblatt & Mrs. DeYoung | David & Marion Suprenant | Kim & Rodney Swain | Joan Swan | Ted & Marie Tedford | Philip Thomas | ||
| Thomas & Judith Thomas | Kirk Thompson | Lee Thompson | Loraine G. Thorpe | The Tibbits Family | Jim & Nancy Tiffany | ||
| The Till Family | Maryann Tillotson | Mike & Lisa Timbers | Toensing Family | Mary Tomasi | Jim & Marilyn Toner | ||
| The Toolin Family | Dr. & Mrs. William Tortolano | The Toulis Family | Robert Towne | The Menichelli Family | Mr. & Mrs. Frederick K. Trask III | ||
| Sarah Trask | Allen & Sheri Tremblay | Michele Tullis | Michele Tulis & Jeff Salisbury | Cindy & Jim Turcot | Sue & Tom Turkos | ||
| Donald & Stacey Tynion | Yorini Undyantara | John & Pam Valance | Joan & Rick Vanderploeg | The VanDeventer Family | Charles & Lea VanWinkle | ||
| Anna Vaserstein | Judith & Alton Verity | The Berenback Family | The Vesosky Family | Mary Viglotti | Mark & Rhonda Vogelzang | ||
| Lorraine & Brian Vorse | Richard & Barbara Wadhams | Betsy, Steve, Karen & Sally Walkerman | Tom & Sue Ellen Walsh | David Walstead | Dick & Ginny Walters | ||
| Carolyn & Erick Walton | Ashleigh & Samantha Wiesel | Ann Weathers | Lawrence & Laura Weed | Richard & Deborah Weinberg | Henry & Joanna Weinstock | ||
| Doug Weir | Mark, Holly, Nick & Ben Weir | Michael & Patricia Weisel | Richard & Christine Wheatley | Maureen & Paul Wheeler | Christopher & Lee Ann Whelan | ||
| Amy White | David & Susan White | John, Jean & Jack White | Mr. & Mrs. Otis Wickenhaeuser | Charlie Wiegand | Gordon & Ann Wilcox | ||
| Michael & Susan Wilcox | Burton & Marilee Willey | Giles & Tammy Willey | Robert & Karen Wiliams | David & Kathy Willamson | Shawn & Kevin Willis | ||
| Tim & Sandy Wilmot | Dorothy Wilson & Ken Resi | Willam & Mary Wilson | Bill & Karee Wiltshire & Family | Richard Witte | Maggie Wolf | ||
| David Wolfe & Ty Robertson | Susan Wolff | Glen & Elizabeth Wood | Katherine Lea Olgiati & Lea Wood | Norma Woodruff | Benjamin M. Wright & Wendy K. Wright | ||
| The Wyatt Family | Reginald Yantz | Paul & Marlene Yanus | Yona & Bob Yellin | Barbara Yerrick & Steve Webster | Mardi Young & Skip Flinn | ||
| Jean Yungfleisch | |||||||
| In memory of David Derouchie | In memory of Colin A. Duval | In memory of Marie Vogelmann | In memory of Niel T. Gargiulo | Genevieve King in memory of Robert King | In memory of Katrina R. Stokes | ||
| Martha Wheeler Montgomery in memory of J. Seymour Montgomery | In memory of John "Nutsy" Notte | In memory of Frederick & Marjorie Smith | In memory of Winton S. Smith | In memory of William W. Workman | In memory of Joanne Glennie Hicks, by Scott, Carol, Jonathan & Evan Hicks | ||
| A Mansfield View B&B | Amalgamated Culture Works | Autosmith | Beauregard Equipment, Inc. | Big John's Riverside Store | Birnn Chocolates of Vermont | Boyden Winery | ||
| Browns River Soccer Club | Burlington Free Press | Cabot Creamery | Catch 22 Youth Football League | Choate, Hall Stewart | Clark's Truck Center | Cold Hollow Cider Mill | ||
| Concept II, Inc. | Country Home Products | Del'amora Pasta Sauce | Farrell Chiropractic Center | First Step Graphics and Design | Freeman Foundation | Gallagher, Flynn & Company | ||
| Gardener's Supply | Greenleaf Forestry | IBM | IDX Foundation | Jeri-Hill Hardware | Jericho-Underhill Lions Club | Kirby Electric | ||
| Lincoln Inn | Mamma's Biscotti of VT | Mansfield Nordic Club | Merchants Bank | Miguel's Stowe Away | Mountain High Pizza Pie | Mt. Mansfield Animal Hospital | ||
| Olivia's | Peak Presentations | Proctor Maple Research Center | Rotunda's Auto Body | Showtime Video - Jericho | Sign A Rama | Sinclair Inn | ||
| Ski Rack | Smuggler's Notch Ski Area | Snowflake Chocolates | Spring Hill Pasta | The Waters Craft Gallery & Jewelry Studio | Town of Jericho | Town of Underhill | ||
| Tranquility Massage | Trapp Family Lodge | Tubbs Snowshoes | Underhill Country Store | Union Bank | Vermont Heating & Ventilating Co. | Vermont Housing & Conservation Board | ||
