The Twisp Valley Grange

Building on the Past <—> Connecting with the Future

Square Dance

Friday, 5 April, from 7:00 to 9:30 pm

Live music with Alex MacLeod and the Paradise Drifters

The Twisp Valley Grange fosters a healthy community by sharing fellowship and providing a welcoming Grange Hall for gatherings, hosting family-friendly activities, and sponsoring educational events.

The Twisp Valley Grange was founded in 1911. At one time, there were 13 Granges in the Methow Valley. Our Grange is the only surviving Grange in the valley – thanks to the unwavering support of our local community.

The Twisp Valley Grange welcomes ALL.

Business meeting 2nd Wednesday of month

Potluck with a Purpose typically on the 4th Wednesday

Coming Events

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Easter Egg Hunt Saturday, 30 March

Pearrygin Lake State Park

Sponsored by Winthrop Kiwanis and Twisp Valley Grange

For more details - click here

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Square Dance at the Grange, 5 April. at 7:00 pm

with Alex MacLeod and the Paradise Drifters

For more details - click here

RENT the HALL

Rent one floor or both floors.

The kitchen is fully equipped for a banquet.

Mid-life refit for the Grange Hall

 No, it is not an optical illusion –  the outside walls of the Grange Hall really are yellow.  The transformation happened in mid-October as part of a larger effort, funded by the Washington State Department of Commerce, for an energy retrofit to the 60-year old Grange Hall.  This summer Paul Soodak and Scott of Wildcat Excavating prepped the foundation for insulation. 

Dwight Filer and other Grange volunteers waterproofed and insulated the foundation.  Thanks to the final grading by Paul and his team, water now drains away from the building.  Yay!  The yellow is a waterproofing coat that we applied in preparation for the next transformation.  In spring all-weather insulated panels rated will be installed over the cinder blocks, insulating the walls to R-21 and enhancing the building’s appearance.  Follow our progress next spring.

This winter we will install high-efficiency heat pumps. When the work is completed, the Grange Hall will serve the community as a refuge from extreme heat.   We are also seeking additional funding to install air filtration to become a refuge from unhealthy air conditions due to wildfires.  Another grant from the Washington State Department of Commerce is funding a feasibility study for solar and battery storage, to help the Grange become a resilient hub during emergencies

  For the full press release from Dept. of Commerce, please click here.

To listen to Doug Nadvornick’s interview for Spokane Public Radio, listen here.

Read the story in the Methow Valley News

Backstory on the back stairs

This spring Liberty Bell High School students began construction of the first of two exit stairways, after cutting the wood at the high school and then spending a day working to erect what had prepared.  The stairs were then completed over the summer with Val Hecker as project manager and working with other Grangers to complete both of the new back stairs.  These stairs now allow safe emergency egress from the upper hall.  The stairs were largely funded by the Methow Valley Fund of the Community Foundation of North Central Washington and the beautiful hand rails were built, installed and donated by Barry Stromberger.   These stairs are beautiful, functional and are so sturdy they will last for decades.  This work is what the Grange is all about – working for the community to provide a safe, beautiful and affordable rental venue that all in the Methow Valley can enjoy.  Please come check out the new stairs. 

The Washington State Office of the Insurance Commissioner’s Climate Summit Series interviewed the Twisp Valley Grange and others about how valley residents are working on the Methow Valley Climate Action Plan.

Listen to the interview with Mary Jane Perry, Special Projects Director at the Twisp Valley Grange, about the Grange’s plan to make the Grange Hall a save refuge from extreme heat for the local community.

The interview about the Grange begins at minute 24:08.

Major initiatives in 2023

  • Farmer Engagement –– making the Grange relevant once again to Methow farmers

  • Building New Emergency Back Stairs – in collaboration with Liberty Bell High School

  • Refuge from Extreme Heat and Unhealthy Air – installation of a heat pump with cooling capacity and an air cleaner on each floor

  • Building insulation on exterior

  • Energy management