Our Mission: To preserve, protect, maintain and enhance the rural, environmental, recreational, esthetic and economic values of Richmond Pond.
Our Mission: To preserve, protect, maintain and enhance the rural, environmental, recreational, esthetic and economic values of Richmond Pond.
Your donation helps support such expenses as the inspection, maintenance and repairs to the dam, pond-related education, weed management expenses, tributary monitoring, and the hiring of boat ramp monitors to inspect all boats for invasive species, especially zebra mussels. We are a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, so donations are fully tax-deductible.
To donate by check - Please make donation checks payable to Richmond Pond Association and mail them to: Richmond Pond Association, PO Box 447, Lenox, MA 01240. Include a return address so we can acknowledge your donation.
To donate by credit card or PayPal - Click the Donate Now link below and follow the instructions.
The Richmond Pond Association and Richmond Historical Commission are proud to announce the availability of The Gem of Richmond – A History of Richmond Pond. Several years in development, this book contains 30 chapters, written by multiple authors, and illustrated with over 200 photos, chronicling the evolution of the pond to present day. Described are its early settlers, how the pond was expanded, ice harvesting, the railroads, its beaches, the history of all eight former and current camps and its four community associations, how the pond’s health is managed, major recent events on the pond, and much more. The book is rife with anecdotes about happenings familiar to a few but not well known by most.
The book, The Gem of Richmond – A History of Richmond Pond, is available now for purchase locally for $20 at Bartlett's Orchard, Balderdash Cellars Winery, Shaker Mill Books, and The Bookstore (in Lenox). If you need to have book(s) delivered, call The Bookstore at (413) 637-3390 to provide your mailing address, and pay by credit or debit card. There will be a shipping charge.
All sale proceeds go to the Richmond Pond Association. For the book's Table of Contents and more information about the book, click on the MORE item on this website's menu bar & select Pond History Book Project.
