Inside Escalle with Owner Mary Tiscornia
It isn’t easy managing the largest and oldest private property in Larkspur, what with falling trees, aging buildings, neverending mowing and trespassing turkeys that act like they own the place. But as the latest in [...]
Stephen Conner Reveals How the Larkspur Community Garden Grows
At the edge of the marsh in Piper Park, wedged between soccer and softball fields, a sunny patch of garden shines. Cabbage, kale and alliums stand near tomato, bean and squash starts. Bees and butterflies [...]
Mayor Andre Joins LCF to Discuss Key Projects
Since taking office in December, Mayor Stephanie Andre has tackled a variety of issues, from January’s flooding to March’s opening of the new library. The mayor joined our LCF meeting in one of the new [...]
Hundreds of Locals Turn Out for the Larkspur Library’s Grand Opening
If you missed the opening of the new Larkspur Library on March 28, you might not believe what an incredible celebration of community took place at 10 Rose Lane. It’s worth taking a minute to [...]
Meet Joan Lundstrom: The Woman Who Saved Larkspur
If you spent part of this morning biking one of Larkspur’s pathways, hiking in the hills, walking along the marsh, playing in a park, marveling at the redwoods or strolling our historic downtown, you have [...]
Arch Street Landing: Our Proposal for a New Downtown Retreat
We are thrilled to share our latest proposal to beautify Downtown Larkspur: Arch Street Landing, a small native garden and public retreat on a city-owned empty lot. The parcel caught our eye, given the aging [...]
Historic Flooding Hits Larkspur
On the weekend of Jan. 3, King Tides and a winter storm pushed flood bay and creek waters into Marin’s low lying areas, flooding Twin Cities’ neighborhoods, businesses and Highway 101 and making national headlines. [...]
New Larkspur Parks & Rec Headquarters Approved
On Dec 3, the Larkspur City Council approved a budget amendment to fund a $3.1 building to house the Parks & Recreation Department at Piper Park. The city has historically rented offices on the Hall [...]
Welcome to Larkspur’s New Mayor, Stephanie Andre
At the Dec. 10 Larkspur City Council meeting, Mayor Way passed the leadership of our city to Stephanie Andre. “There is so much to be proud of about Larkspur,” said Mayor Andre in her first [...]
Meet our Mayor, Catherine Way: From Neighbor to Volunteer to Leader
One of our goals at LCF is to help people in Larkspur feel more connected—and that’s why we’ve expanded our social media posts to include community news. Today, we are launching a new series of [...]
It Takes Volunteers to Make a Village: Twin Cities Villages Helps Seniors to Live Independently
Who knew a dog walk or ride to the doctor could be so fulfilling? Here’s Larriece and LCF board member, Lee Sterne. Lee is also a volunteer with Twin Cities Villages, helping to walk Oliver [...]
A Salute to Larkspur’s Veterans on Veteran’s Day
With gratitude for all our veterans on Veteran’s Day, here’s a photo of six locals getting ready to head out for Camp Davis to serve in World War 1. Horace Poley, Mert Bain, Walter Frizzi, [...]
Beautification Update: Poppies Planted for Spring on Magnolia!
Huge thanks to the all-star team of volunteers who turned out Thursday to get a long median near Mt. Tam Racquet Club seeded with California poppies for spring. The LCF’s Joan Lundstrom and Kristin Abbott [...]
Meet Larkspur’s History Makers: Lelia Lanctot and Marilyn River
Hats off to Lelia Lanctot and Marilyn River for championing the four-year effort to get Larkspur’s first set of history markers installed in September. How’d they do it? Here’s the backstory… Way back in 2021, [...]
Larkspur History Event
Members of LCF’s Larkspur History Fund Board, honoring the late Helen Heitkamp, were very pleased that the Larkspur Library featured a new event “History of Larkspur & Greenbrae: A Visual Tour with Dewey Livingstone on [...]
Responding to COVID-19
Wow! It seems we are coming out of this crisis and it feels so good!! We hope you and yours are doing well. The shutdown from March 2020 severely impacted not only our lives but [...]
Spirit Of Marin Awarded to LCF
Larkspur Community Foundation is honored and excited to be named Business of the Year and receive a Bank of Marin 2020 Spirit of Marin award! Click here to read about it! Since the pandemic created [...]
A New Larkspur Library
The Commons Foundation (TCF) in response to the Covid-19 pandemic and economic uncertainty has reduced the size of the TCF Capital Campaign to $5M and launched the TCF Annual Campaign to sustain the current library’s [...]
Moving Forward in Larkspur
As we emerge from the pandemic with hope and optimism, Larkspur is adapting with the rest of the world. Phrases like “at this uncertain time” and “in these unprecedented days” have been worn out. We [...]
Councilman Chu Joins Foundation Board
Larry Chu, who served on the Larkspur City Council for 16 years – including three terms as mayor — has joined the Board of the Larkspur Community Foundation (LCF). He retired from the Council in [...]
$51,000 Raised for Small Business Support!
When the pandemic took hold we were all looking for ways to help. One way LCF made a difference for Larkspur was to support small businesses. When the LCF Board learned that the Larkspur Chamber [...]
Good Neighbors
So many people have found ways to help and support their neighbors. We want to say THANK YOU! and GOOD JOB! To all the essential workers who are showing up to take care of the [...]
Volunteer Appreciation
LARKSPUR RESIDENTS AND OFFICIALS CELEBRATE VOLUNTEER WORK IN OUR COMMUNITY More than 120 citizen volunteers and Larkspur city officials came together in downtown Larkspur on Feb. 13 to celebrate accomplishments resulting from community efforts at [...]
Larkspur Library
LCF has provided grants for various projects in the current library. Look for links to the Commons Foundation with information on the new library on our Moving Forward page.
Lark Theater Marquee
When The Lark's marquee went dark, LCF came through with a grant.
Landscape Beautification
Our newest project: Native Bloom Larkspur
Heatherwood Park
LCF acts as a fiscal agent for residents to raise tax deductible funds for local projects like the renovation of Heatherwood Park.
Piper Park
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