What started as an idea—maybe even a slightly crazy dream—a year ago has become one of the crown jewels of Paragon: our beautiful new labyrinth.



The first person to hear the idea and immediately share the vision was Bill Forbes, volunteer extraordinaire and labyrinth connoisseur. From that moment on, Bill was instrumental in turning a dream into an actual plan. He masterminded the adventure, first designing the labyrinth on paper and then translating that design onto the land at Paragon.

And that was only the beginning.

Bill recruited a landscape architect who generously shared her expertise and helped make critical connections for materials—including rolls and rolls (and rolls!) of weed barrier, river rock, and pea gravel. He also enlisted Eric Scott, and together Bill and Eric tackled the enormous list of things that had to happen before a single stone could be placed.

They laid and staked yards upon yards of weed barrier and coordinated the delivery of an astonishing 40 tons of river rock and 30 tons of pea gravel. Then came one of the most exacting parts of the project: transferring the labyrinth design onto the land. Every curve, turn, pathway, and distance had to align precisely. A small error could throw off the entire pattern, requiring hours of measuring, recalculating, marking, checking—and checking again.

Meanwhile, our village kept growing. Friends and supporters loaned wheelbarrows, work gloves, shovels, rakes, and enough equipment to outfit the army of volunteers about to descend on Paragon.

And what an army it was!

Under the leadership of Head Coach Jason Platt, 40 junior and senior players from the Mead High School Football Team arrived for two days of some seriously heavy lifting. They brought plenty of brawn—but what impressed us even more was their seemingly infinite supply of enthusiasm, teamwork, humor, respectfulness, and can-do spirit.

Together, these young men moved 40 tons of river rock, carefully placing the stones as the labyrinth slowly emerged from the ground. Then they spread another 30 tons of pea gravel to create its walking paths.

Watching them work was extraordinary. It was hard, dirty, relentless work, yet their energy and positive attitudes never seemed to waver. It was a joy having them at Paragon, and henceforth, we are Mead Maverick fans. 😊

So much about this project felt magical…

We very much love this community we have come to call home, but never have we felt its support quite as powerfully as we did during the building of our labyrinth. Our village brought much more than rocks, gravel, wheelbarrows, and muscle. They brought laughter, possibility, creativity, patience, generosity, energy, tenacity, and a great deal of heart.

Together, we didn’t simply build a labyrinth.

We built a legacy.

And we could not be more touched, grateful, pleased—or delighted.