Groundwork Hudson Valley Changing Places. Changing Lives.

We are excited to get started on this! Follow think link to learn more: http://www.togethergreen.org/projects/GranteeDetails.aspx?granteeID=171

Interested in the mayoral candidates’ positions on environmental issues? Come to a forum at the Beczak Environmental Education Center November 2 at 7:00 PM.  Beczak is located at 35 Alexander Place, Yonkers.

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Our Environmental Food Team is a program that brings older adults together for cooking lessons and demonstrations, fun seminars on the history of food, and weekend field trips. The Food Team is open to all adults 55+ years of age, and all regular events and activities are free.  For more information, contact Curt Collier at (914) 375-2151 or curt@groundworkhv.org.

Location: Old Croton Aqueduct Trail at LaMartine (behind Yonkers Christian Academy, 229 North Broadway, Yonkers, NY 10701).

Enjoy free food, music, and kids’ activities plus a special performance by Bash The Trash! Meet Greenburg Nature Center’s Animals, get your face painted, watch a performance by the Nepperhan Community Center Drum Corps, and make your own instruments out of recycled materials!

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• Saturday, 10/15/11: Aquefest 10am-2pm
  Help us celebrate the historic Old Croton Aqueduct Trail in Yonkers between La Martine and Walnut St. We could use help with facepainting, making flags and instruments with kids, setting up, and breaking down. 

  Groundwork is helping organize this annual event with the Friends of the OCA Trail and we have a lot in store (music, food, AND FUN!).

• Saturday, 10/22/11: Vine-Cutting Kick-Off: 10am-1pm-Farragut Avenue Restoration Site* Come kick-off the vine-cutting season! As always, we will bring warm drinks and snacks to energize you. We always provide tools along with project background and safety training.Plans are in the works to with our newly formed Invasive Vine Task Force to expand the initiative, but the volunteer vine-cutters will remain the heart of the program, as it they have been for the past 5 years!
• Sunday 11/20/11: Free-A-Tree Vine-Cutting: 10am-1pm-Farragut Ave.
• Friday 12/9/11: Groundwork Fundraising Gala
• Sunday 1/15/12: Free-A-Tree Vine-Cutting 10am-1pm
• Saturday 2/11/12: Free-A-Tree Vine-Cutting
• Saturday 3/17/12: Free-A-Tree Vine-Cutting
• Sunday, 4/22/12: Free-A-Tree Vine-Cutting
• Saturday, 5/12/12: 3rd Annual Great Saw Mill River Clean-Up!

Directions to Farragut Ave. Restoration Site:

From Saw Mill River Parkway going NORTH, take exit 13, Farragut Avenue. Make immediate right into parking lot.

From Saw Mill River Parkway going SOUTH, take exit 11, Tompkins Avenue-go left to Saw Mill River Road, turn left. Turn left at Farragut Ave., then turn left into the parking lot.

We will meet on the South County Trailway, a two minute walk north of the parking lot.

* All Vine-Cuttings will take place at the same place and same time unless otherwise noted. We would love to expand our reach. Let us know if you are interested in organizing your own vine-cutting or clean-up in your community! *

Contact Emily at 914-375-2151 with any questions.

Hope to see you out on our local rivers and trails!

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Please click here to read an interview with our 4 Year Green Team member Roger Osorio, conducted by Le’alani Schaumburg of National Parks Service Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance.

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Groundwork is proud to announce a NEW farmers market in downtown Yonkers! Every Monday starting Aug 1 we will be selling fresh, local and affordable produce at Philipse Manor Hall on 29 Warburton Ave. Come by from 3-6 pm and get FREE grilled corn with your purchase. We hope to see you there!

As part of the Stormwater Municipal Roundtables, the Saw Mill River Coalition and Greenburgh Nature Center are conducting a tour of stormwater models at several sites in Westchester County. This is the 4^th in a series designed for planning boards, conservation boards, community members, and elected officials to integrate green infrastructure into village and town planning and development.

July 13, 2011
4pm-7pm

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