Community Organizations
Mountlake Terrace has a number of very active community and civic minded organizations that partner with the City to sponsor or coordinate various programs and events. Tour de Terrace is an annual Seafair sanctioned summer festival that is planned and executed by local volunteers. Funding for the event is partially offset by grant funds received from the City.

Friends of the Arts is a non-profit organization that coordinates with the city’s Arts Advisory Commission to sponsor the annual Arts of the Terrace Juried Art Show. Arts of the Terrace takes place annually in late September/early October in the Mountlake Terrace Library located at 23300 58th Avenue West and includes a number of art pieces submitted by artists from around the greater Puget Sound region.
Four categories of art are judged including photography, calligraphy, 3-Dimensional, and PPD (paintings, prints and drawings). Children’s Choice and People’s Choice Awards are presented at the conclusion of the show, as attendees are invited to vote for their favorite work of art. For more information, please contact Judy Ryan arts@ci.mlt.wa.us.

The Friends of the Mountlake Terrace Library is a non-profit volunteer organization, bringing together involved, caring people who know that a community with a first rate library is a better place in which to live. The Friends support and promote public awareness of the Mountlake Terrace Library’s services and programs. Through their commitment they promote literacy, education, and reading for all ages. Through their generosity and volunteer activities they provide supplies, programs, and other items that fall outside the budget of the library.
For more information on how to become a Friend, call (425) 776-8722 or pick up a brochure at the library.

MLT D.O.G. (Dog Off-leash Group) is a group of dog lovers, formed in 2007, to work in tandem with the City on the creation of an off-leash dog park in Mountlake Terrace. These volunteers have committed to support and maintain an off-leash dog park that is currently planned for a location behind the Recreation Pavilion at 228th Street SW and 53rd Avenue W. MLT D.O.G. is looking for volunteers to help prepare the site for an anticipated opening in the spring of 2008 and for ongoing work parties. For more information, please contact Jim at 4mltdog@gmail.com or 425-670-1581.

Mountlake Terrace Garden Club is a non-profit service organization that provides and maintains the flowers at seven sites throughout the city, welcoming residents and guests to Mountlake Terrace. Club members do the planting and take care of the weeding, fertilizing and general maintenance. The Garden Club partners with the City’s Parks Department to beautify the city and they continue to seek new members and additional projects. For more information about the Garden Club, please contact its President, Jeff Crandall, at (206) 954-1529.

Mountlake Terrace Seniors Group provides facilities, services and activities for the recreational, intellectual, physical and mental needs of older adults in our community, in cooperation with local agencies and municipalities. The Seniors Group also provides for the cultural, leisure and aesthetic needs of members and visitors by offering opportunities for older adults in our community to create healthy and satisfying lives, build strong caring relationships and to interact with their community in meaningful ways. Please call (425) 672-2407 for more information.

Terrace-Brier Lions Club presents Tour de Terrace, a Seafair-sanctioned, summer festival for Mountlake Terrace & neighboring communities. This festival was created to generate community pride and spirit. We invite families, businesses and visitors to celebrate in this family oriented, fun-filled festival.

Terrace-Brier Lions Club also hosts the annual Tree Lighting Ceremony at Evergreen Playfield on the first Friday evening in December. Lions Club volunteers serve cocoa and cookies while children carol and families warm themselves beside a number of bonfires. The “tree” is actually a frame constructed of over 900 lights on top of the City’s water tower and is seen from miles around. The tree lighting is followed by a visit from Santa Claus, who arrives on a fire truck and stops for pictures. The Tree Lighting is a partnership with the City’s police, public works, and recreation/parks departments as well as Snohomish County Fire District 1.

The Terrace-Brier Lions Club meets the second and fourth Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. at Ellersick Brewing Company, 5030 208th Street SW, Suite A, Lynnwood, WA 98036. You can contact this Lions Club at TerraceBrier@lions19b.com.