United Way of Central Ohio celebrates an important milestone with the 20th Anniversary Community Care Day, the largest single volunteering effort in central Ohio. Over the past 20 years, Community Care Day has mobilized more than 75,000 volunteers and provided an estimated half a million dollars in equivalent labor costs to United Way member agencies, other nonprofit organizations, neighborhood groups and local schools. Community Care … Continue reading Community Care Day
Last Tuesday the Weinland Park Community Civic Association‘s Food & Wellness Committee hosted a Community Engagement Conversation in collaboration with Local Matters, Knowlton School of Architecture, CEGI, and MORPC. This event took a great deal of planning and genuinely sought resident input about food, possible food related jobs, and plans for the 3M site on 4th Street & 5th Avenue. The Community Engagement Meeting pulled in … Continue reading Community Engagement
Last week in lieu of our regular work day in the garden at 4th Street, we were at Comfest and in addition to members volunteering in Clean Up & Recycling, Wine, Food Fairy, Archives, and Safety, we also were at the Solar Stage sharing with a larger community our work at 4th Street. For those not familiar, ComFest (officially The Community Festival) is a large, free, non-corporate, music and … Continue reading Food Not Lawns
…One bite at a time. That’s been the saying of the week. We’ve been making leaps and bounds at progress in the garden, but it’s still one baby step at a time. And , like most people, we are impatient to see things in place producing. But Gardening is a lesson in process for sure. Here’s where things started last Sunday morning…. We laid … Continue reading How Do You Eat An Elephant?
ECDI is hosting Market Ready to teach how to: Reach new markets? Capitalize on emerging trends? Manage market development risk? Develop better relationships with buyers? Improve profitability? You will leave knowing what is expected to sell to your market! • Product Selection & Supply • Packaging, Labeling & Merchandising • Pricing, Invoicing & Payments • Delivery, Storage & Temperature Control • Regulations, Certifications & Audits • Insurance & … Continue reading Market Ready
So since the last posting, we’ve been very busy. Here are some of the points of interest to share: We’ve met with Amy Yersavich of the EPA and have submitted paperwork with Waggenbrenner Development to get 4th Street Farms lot priority testing for contaminants. We are not sure when that test will happen, but do want to assure everyone that we have no intention of … Continue reading Baby Steps
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