FSP Renewal Form.docxWe invite you to join us. Stay informed on activities, events, and opportunities to make this historic park the beautiful place it once was.

Annual Membership Dues
Payable on March 1st of each year. Dues will not be pro-rated.

Student $10
Seniors (age 60 and up) $20
Individual $25
Family $35
Corporate $100

Corporate Donations
Corporate donors will receive membership and publicity benefits dependent upon the amount of the donation. Annual corporate donations in the amount of $250.00 will receive a business card size ad in each of our quarterly newsletters. Donations in the amount of $500.00 will receive a business card size ad in the newsletter and will be listed as a corporate sponsor at Stark Park events. Donations in the amount of $1000.00 will receive the benefits listed above and acknowledgment in our newsletter and local newspapers. We welcome "in kind" donations such as soil, fencing, trees, shrubs, and other items which may be used in the park or to help with our mission in any way.

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The Friends of Stark Park have chosen the restoration of the Stark Family Gravesite as our next big project. We are proud of the work we have done so far with the construction of our wonderful Hecker*Hastings Bandstand in 2009 and the repair and restoration of the General Stark equestrian statue, completed in August, 2010. The Stark Family Gravesite Restoration Project will be our biggest challenge yet. We are at present obtaining quotes and formulating plans and we believe the cost of this project may be close to $200,000. We are mindful that Stark Park is on the State and National Registers of Historic Places and that anything we do must be in keeping with the historic nature of the site. None of the graves will be disturbed in any way. We intend to restore and replicate the periphery of the gravesite only, with new granite corner posts, granite curbing, replacing the urn lost to vandalism long ago on General Stark’s headstone and the restoration and repair of the cast iron fencing. This project will be done in total cooperation with the City of Manchester and the State of New Hampshire. We are well aware of the economic challenges this project presents and will be applying for grants and donations from all available sources. We need to get the message out that the General and his family deserve a much better resting place. You will hear much more about this project as spring approaches and our final estimates are received. If you would like to be involved, please contact us at info@friendsofstarkpark.org.