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Written by Jonathan Hawes
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Monday, 05 July 2010 12:08 |
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 Common Ground is proud to be presenting our 3rd Town Hall Meeting this Saturday from 1 to 3 pm at Cine in downtown Athens.
Athens is home to arguably one of the greatest Farmers Markets in the state, our region is full of wonderful organic farms, and our city is one of the states poorest. This combination leaves many of us searching for solutions to our food security problems. Urban farming and hunger are on the minds of many Athenians, this is why Common Ground has chosen FOOD (and LOCAL FOOD!) to be the topic at our upcoming Mayoral Town Hall Meeting.
Come to hear what the candidates for Mayor of Athens have to say about these issues, and ask your own questions of the candidates at this forum. We will have roughly an hour of questions we have gathered from our food community (Athens Farm to School, Athens Farmers Market, PLACE, and more), and the last hour is shaped by you!
The Q and A will be followed by a meet and greet with the candidates catered by Food Not Bombs and Daily Groceries. Be a part of this process, and learn for yourself who you would like to see as our next mayor.
Sponsors include: Athens Food and Culture, Athens Farmers Market, Backyard Harvest, Cedar Grove Farm, Daily Co-op, Dancing Sprout Farm, Farm 255, The Grit, Honey's Salon, Athens Locally Grown, The National, Roots Farm, Verdae Skin Therapy, Veribest Farm.
Common Ground Athens Mayoral Town Hall
Saturday July 10th
1-3 pm
Athens Cine 234 Hancock Avenue |
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Last Updated on Monday, 05 July 2010 20:18 |
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Written by Jonathan Hawes
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Tuesday, 06 April 2010 08:36 |
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.jpg) This Saturday, April 10th, you can find Common Ground at Lay Park. Spurred by the success of January’s Town Hall, we’ll be doing our darndest to shake things up in the upcoming Mayoral race. We’ll ask tough questions on environmentalism and sustainability at a Town Hall style meeting designed to create the dialog we know you want to hear this election season.
Please come this Saturday with all of your love for our great city. We will be soliciting questions from attendees to be asked of the Mayoral Candidates. This could be your chance to find out how the candidates stand on issues important to you.
Come see Nancy Denson, Charlie Maddox, Brandon Shinholser, Spencer Frye, and Glenn Stegall share their views for confronting the issues this Saturday, April 10th, from 11am-1pm at the Lay Park Gymnasium. An informal meet and greet will follow in the Lay Park playground with food for sale from the Daily Co-op.
April 10th 2010 from 11am-1pm
Lay Park Gymnasium on Hoyt Street in Downtown Athens
Suggested donation of $3-5
Sponsors for this event include:
1000 Faces Coffee, Best Home Services, Daily Groceries Co-op, Full Circle Real Estate Group, Honey’s Salon, OneWorld Sustainable, Koons Environmental Design Inc., and A Small Green Footprint.
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 06 April 2010 09:33 |
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Written by Katie Andrew
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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 on Thursday, 22 May 2008 14:57 |
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Written by Katie Andrew
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Thursday, 22 May 2008 14:43 |
 The Athens Human Rights Festival—thanks to Citizen Advocacy, Common Ground Resource Center, a loyal coordination staff, and many others—celebrated their hard-earned 30th anniversary earlier this month. We're proud to report the festival a grand success—and how could it not be? Social interest in the kinds of issues the festival advocates has been building and building as the 2008 presidential election inches closer; all the resulting political discourse has helped make this year's Human Rights Festival that much more significant. It's prime time to make change. The downtown street celebration, dedicated to the loving memory of Eve Carson, featured a throng of politically-active musicians such as Jackpot C ity, Dubconscious, The Maybes, Fleeta Mitchell, Tommy Jordan and the String Theory—who haven't missed a festival in all its glorious thirty years—and the list goes on. There were also over thirty orators, each with their own individual ideas and messages; they spoke on behalf of education, gay and lesbian rights, immigration issues, economic justice, marijuana law reform... Why, there were even llamas. Long live the hell-raisers, let's hear it for thirty more. For more information and the full Human Rights Festival 30th Anniversary webloid, visit www.athenshumanrightsfest.org.
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Last Updated on Thursday, 22 May 2008 15:37 |
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Written by Katie Andrew
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Wednesday, 16 April 2008 12:11 |
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Congratulations to the selected applicants for this summer's Common Ground Internship Consortium! A reception was held on April 1st at the Common Ground Resource Center in honor of the participants and the projects they will be serving. The objective of the internship program is to provide for its partisans the knowledge and experience they need to pursue their interests in the nonprofit sector with an intensive, summer-long training program. Read more and see pictures from the event! |
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