What is Midcoast Park Lands?

Midcoast Park Lands (MPL) is a non-profit organization, staffed by volunteers, that promotes land stewardship, conservation and recreation on the San Mateo Coast.  Until 2008, MPL's primary activity was managing Quarry Park in El Granada (just north of Half Moon Bay, California) under a lease agreement with San Mateo County. Toward the end of 2008, the County assumed responsiblity for the overall maintenance of Quarry Park and (with additional support from the Lions Club) installed a number of improvements to the Park, including new picnic tables and benches, a kiosk, barbecue pits, and a vault toilet.

MPL is now re-creating itself as an umbrella organization for a network of "Friends of" groups for various parks and recreation activities in the unincorporated Midcoast. For 2008, a primary focus of MPL is to work with existing parks and to continue oversight of Quarry Park with the "Friends of Quarry Park" group. In 2009, the Friends of Quarry Park are focusing on the Community Garden, which is planned for POST land just to the left of Quarry Park's main access road. A fundraising effort is underway for fencing, raised beds, and site preparation and maintenance.

For more information about MPL please click on About MPL . To contact MPL, or to make a tax-deductible donation to MPL, visit the Contact page. The Links page contains links to related organizations whose activities affect parks and recreation developments on the Coastside.

Ground Breaking for Quarry Park Community Garden! Come Join Us!
10 a.m., Sunday, June 28, 2009

Granada A Synonym for Paradise - New Printing from MPL

Now available in a new printing, the story of El Granada, California. A detailed look at the creation of El Granada — a little known, but fully realized design by Daniel H. Burnham. Click on image for more information.

• “There has long been in my mind a dream of a water-side improvement … Nowhere on earth is the ocean availed of by men as it should be. Perhaps we can set the pace and inoculate the men of the Pacific coast with the right ideas.”
• “I will … leave as much space as possible for the proper development of the future resort.”

........ Daniel H. Burnham, quoted in Granada, a Synonym for Paradise