Our Impact for the Community

For 50 years, the Foundation has invested in projects that help to preserve the uniqueness, beauty, charm and safety of our surroundings, as well as foster the Spirit of Montecito.

Examples of our past and present projects:

• Providing and maintaining our wooden Rural Road Signs
• Improving our public places, like replacing a gas station with a public park at East Valley and San Ysidro Roads, and renovating the Manning Park Scout House
• Promoting a safe community, by providing funding for public safety projects including walking paths, upgrading the community’s bus stops, and traffic studies
• Providing resources for families, with financial support for our community library and its historical collection, safe walking paths to school, the Manning Park Hous
• Funding special community events like the 4th of July Pancake Breakfast and Parade and the Coast Village Road Tree Lighting Ceremony, as well as the Montecito Beautification Day
• Preserving the uniqueness of Montecito by providing and maintaining our Rural Road Signs