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October 14, 2011

Our Tour of Sustainable Farms last weekend was a great way to see sustainability in action.

Thanks to our hosts Sid Blalock, Steve Whiteman and Sharon Mauney and to the 25 folks who attended.

For more info on what you can do to support local food see the last entry in this bulletin

1) Soque River Ramble next Saturday October 22nd

2) Support Greenways expansion to Mary Street Park by attending visioning meetings Oct. 17 and 27. Tour at 5pm.

3) Guide to Local Foods in Northeast Georgia

1) Soque River Ramble next Saturday October 22nd

Come on out next weekend and enjoy the fall colors in the gorgeous Goshen Valley and get some exercise while you're at it. There's a 6k run/walk or a 1 mile fun run. You can register online by visiting www.soqueriverramble.com. If you'd like to volunteer e-mail Jean Holmes at jeanholmes@windstream.net. Thanks to Dale and Jean for organizing this great event to benefit the SRWA and the Batesville Fire Dept.

2) Support Greenways expansion to Mary Street Park by attending visioning meetings Oct. 17 and 27. Tour at 5pm.

After several years of enjoying the first Phase of the Clarkesville Greenways, the SRWA, the Clarkesville Greenways INC. and the City of Clarkesville are preparing to apply for our second grant to construct Phase 2 of the Greenway. The proposal calls for the existing trail to extend over into Mary Street Park (the site of the swimming pool, and soccer fields). The grant is due November 30th.

The timing couldn't be better as the City is holding 3 visioning meetings in October and November to get input from the community on what type of park to rebuild. Our understanding is that they have committed up to $100,000 for park improvements. In order for a Greenways expansion to be supported, we need all the community members that enjoy the Greenway to come to at least one of these meetings and offer your support.

The meetings will be at City Hall at 6pm on Oct. 17, Oct. 27 and Nov. 16. The SRWA will host a Mary Street Park walk at 5pm on each of those nights prior to the meetings. You can meet us for this walk in the parking area in front of the swimming pool. E-mail soque@windstream.net if you think you can attend. This is a great opportunity to show your support for the Greenway and will also help ensure that Phase 2 is well planned. Here's a quick map of what the proposed expansion could look like.

3) Guide to Local Foods in Northeast Georgia

Looking to improve the nutrition and quality of the foods you eat? Would you also like to help the environment? Would you like more of your dollars to remain in our community? Then you should probably be eating local foods. The availability of local foods is expanding all the time.

Please help us spread the word that Local Food is increasingly available throughout the NE GA region. Here are the options we're currently aware of, starting with our very own market sponsored by SRWA the NE GA Locally Grown. If there are others we're missing please let us know and EAT WELL!