More than $10,000 Collected as of December 2, 2009
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Spend a night in Mendocino ... and help restore the Mendocino Headlands

The Mendocino Area Parks Association (MAPA), California State Parks, and the Inns and B&Bs of Mendocino have entered into a unique public-private partnership to raise money for the Mendocino Headlands State Park.  In this partnership, participating Inns and B&Bs are asking their guests to make a small contribution, one percent of the room rate, to the Campaign for the Headlands.  Donations are voluntary, and guests may opt out. The Inns will turn the funds over to MAPA, which is a cooperating association with California State Parks.  Funds raised through this program will be used to restore the Park's historical and natural resouces, and improve public facilities. 

Our goal is to raise enough money to carry out some needed repairs at Mendocino Headlands State Park, including preserving the historic Ford House:

• Replace the broken shingles and leaky roof
• Paint the house
• Replace or repair the foundation
• Repair the floors, paint the interior of the house 
• Update the 25-year old exhibits about the history of Mendocino
• Increase routine maintenance

 We will also do projects that will improve the visitor experience at the Headlands, including:

• Increased routine maintenance of restrooms and trails
• Replace the roof on the restroom building (the most-used public restroom in the town of Mendocino)
• Improve access for people with disabilities
• Repair eroded trails
• Repair fencing
• Conserve timbers from 19th century logging operations          
• Install new interpretive signs
• Install new trash and recycling bins
• Clear out invasive exotic plants and develop a vegetation management plan
• Develop on-line downloadable guided tours and interpretive audio and video programs.