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Farmers' Market Grand Opening a Grand Success |
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Thursday, 22 May 2008 14:46 |
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As you loyal readers already know, the Athens Farmers' Market LLC: Local and Sustainable official grand opening celebration was held this past Saturday (May 17th) at Bishop Park. And as anyone who attended knows, it was a celebration indeed. The ten local farms that participated succeeded in selling all of their produce before the market closed for the day—not that that dissuaded the steady flow of traffic into the market. Other Farmers' Market supporters and participants include Luna Bread Company, 1000faces Coffee, and a plethora of local artists and craftspeople to showcase their home-made jewelry, soaps, paintings, and so on. After all was said and done, the Athens Farmers' Market saw about 2,600 eager customers. Not only was Saturday a good day for local farmers; it marked the beginning of what will hopefully be a permanent staple of Athens culture, finally quenching the communal thirst for deliciously local produce that has overwhelmed similar projects in the past. The Athens community has been very supportive of the market and shows high hopes for its future. The Athens Farmers' Market will be open every Saturday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Bishop Park. Come next Saturday (May 24th) and show your supports for locally-grown, sustainable goods. |
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 22 May 2008 14:57 )
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Students Tapped For Nonprofit Leadership Program |
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Wednesday, 02 April 2008 12:36 |
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 On Tuesday, April 1, the selected participants and projects in this summer's Common Ground Internship Consortium were honored at the Common Ground Athens resource center in downtown Athens. These Georgia students were selected for the Consortium, which provides an intensive, summer-long training and internship experience to prepare tomorrow's leaders in the nonprofit sector.
America's nonprofits are facing a leadership crisis, as recent studies have found that between 45 and 78 percent of nonprofit executive directors plan on leaving their jobs in the next several years. As baby boomers look towards retirement, the resulting gap has led many in the nonprofit sector to call for an increased emphasis upon attracting and developing new leaders in nonprofit organizations.  Common Ground is meeting this challenge by hosting the Consortium, which matches eight undergraduate students with projects from three of its affiliate organizations. Working together in office space at Common Ground's resource center, the participants will learn from the project leaders, Common Ground mentors, each others' experiences, and guest nonprofit leaders from the Athens community.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 02 April 2008 16:50 )
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Tuesday, 22 January 2008 15:58 |
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Common Ground recently began hosting survey software, called phpESP, that allows you to create customized surveys and send them to an unlimited number of recipients. This is an effective tool for connecting with your supporters. Free for affiliate groups to use, it allows you to use nine different question formats, add as many questions and sections as you like, and add conditional questions that appear according to the responses to previous questions. For example, you can ask supporters to rank different program priorities, check off different activities they've taken part in, and ask follow-up questions about each of those activities they have attended. In addition, you can create a custom thank-you page when they finish, analyze the responses online, or download them to your favorite spreadsheet program. This tool is free for you, our affiliate groups. Contact Andrew to get started. |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 30 July 2008 17:43 )
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Saturday, 29 March 2008 13:26 |
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Spring is here. And there is something new to offer residents of and guests to our great town of Athens.
The Athens Farmers' Market: Local and Sustainable
That's right. A new bigger, better farmers' market is opening in a month at Bishop Park featuring our farmers' best of fresh sustainably-grown produce. The market will also feature local hand-made and home-made crafts, direct-trade coffee, freshly baked bread and other treats. The market will run every Saturday from May 17th to the Saturday before Thanksgiving. Hours of operation will be 8am to 1pm.
We will have a Grand Opening Celebration on May 17th. More details on the grand opening soon. Interested in selling produce at the market, grow within 100 miles of Athens, and meet the growing qualifications outlined in by Certified Naturally Grown (CNG) Standards, contact Jay Payne at
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. Interested in selling local hand-made/home-made crafts at the market and live within 100 miles of Athens, contact Ansley Beacham at
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. Interested in volunteering in any capacity at the market, contact me, Craig Page, at
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. For more information about Bishop park, click here to visit the ACC Leisure Services website. Looking forward to seeing you at the market! |
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 20 April 2008 16:32 )
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Thursday, 13 December 2007 18:29 |
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Our friends at the Athens Urban Food Collective have just released the first edition of their free zine: Food Now Athens. Food Now Athens features information about local food activism and organizations in Athens, how to start a productive garden, a community calendar, and an interview with James Talkin of the Athens Food Not Bombs chapter. This first edition is available for free download on the front page of PLACE's website: www.localplace.org |
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