There are many reasons for starting a community garden: creating a strong sense of community and stewardship; developing a community’s identity and spirit; providing a space for communities to grow safe, nutritious food; empowering communities with the knowledge to grow their own food and offering education and support to manage the food they grow and their own health.

In this 4-hour comprehensive workshop, Terry Garner, Philippa Johnstone, and Andrew Cobb will take you through the process of building community, setting goals and exploring funding options, to the nuts and bolts of creating the garden and helping to ensure its sustainability. Morning snacks and drinks will be provided – please bring your own sack lunch. The last portion of the class will include a tour of Plant It Forward Farm located near the campus. There are no refunds on classes.

PLEASE NOTE: Registration is from 8:30 -8:45. Workshop to start at 8:45.

For more information, visit urbanharvest.org.

During Cigna Sunday Streets, a major thoroughfare is closed to motorized traffic.
Without cars on the road, you’ll be able to
enjoy walking, running, dancing or cycling
with friends and family. Cigna Sunday Streets
promotes being physically active, meeting
your neighbors, and exploring your
community. Please help spread the word
and visit houstonspecialevents.org for more information.

How Clean are Galveston Bay’s waters? What is being done to protect them? What can I do to help?

Join GBF as we tackle these questions and enjoy happy hour at Tommy’s Restaurant.

When: Monday, May 21st, 2018; 5:30-7:00pm

Where: Tommy’s Restaurant and Oyster Bar.
2555 Bay Area Blvd, Houston, Texas 77058

Summer is around the corner! And that means swimming, boating, and fishing, all of which depend on a healthy Galveston Bay. Galveston Bay Foundation works to ensure that our Bay remains fishable and swimmable, both this summer and for many seasons to come. Join GBF to learn more about this work, current water quality findings for Galveston Bay, and what you can do to help maintain a safe and healthy Bay.

Appetizers will be provided by Tommy’s Oyster Bar. Registration is required. Click the link to RSVP, or email waterquality@galvbay.org.

H-GAC is hosting a series of seminars and hands-on workshops to learn to use H-GAC’s interactive web applications for community and transportation planning. Participants will have access to computers to participate in an interactive session to master the use of these online applications.

A webinar option is also available; however, hands-on activities will be presented to in-person attendees only.

• Seminar 1: Demographic Explorer and Snapshot - Thursday, March 22
  
• Seminar 2: Regional Employment Snapshot & Commute Patterns - Thursday, April 26
• Seminar 3: Activity-Connectivity Explorer - Thursday, May 24

Seminar 1 focuses on the Demographic Explorer and Snapshot which provides quick and easy access to US Census American Community Survey data

Learn how to customize the data displayed to fit your needs:

• Draw and select an area of interest
• Query the data for more information
• Perform market analysis
• Summarize and download data
• Directly use the demographic snapshot tool and maps for presentations

For more information, visit h-gac.com.

This free, monthly workshop addresses the basics on how to install and operate a solar system.  It covers topics such as solar array types, costs of equipment and labor, permitting, energy savings, and reliability. The instructor, Bill Swann, is an expert in solar energy and has built many of his own solar systems. This workshop is ideal for all people; Bill can answer the simplest and most technical of questions. If you want to learn more about solar, this is the workshop for you. For more information, contact Bill Swann at william.swann2@gmail.com.

Street parking available. This workshop occurs on the last friday of every month, except December.

Join Urban Harvest for a series of fun and informative garden classes. Upcoming classes in the “Be Waterwise With Low Volume Irrigation Series” include:

Sat. June 9: Low Volume Irrigation (HMNS*)

Sat. June 16: Starting a Community or School Garden Workshop

Sat. July 21: Fall Vegetable Gardening (HMNS*)

Sat. Aug 11: Waste Not, Want Not – Bokashi and Vermicomposting

Times vary form workshop to workshop. Find more information and register here

Chimney Rock Market is an outdoor market that features local artists and farmers. Beginning on Feb. 18, 2018, are open the first Sunday of each month.

Their vendors sell mouth-watering eats and artisan gifts the whole family can enjoy. As always, four-legged friends are welcome. There will be plenty of treats for them too!

When you’re done shopping, stop in Sean Anthony Salons to browse the beautiful art gallery brought to you by Creative Energy. Art Reception is from 2pm-4pm. Meet the Artisits! Refreshments will be served.

If you are interested in becoming a vendor, please email chimneyrockmarket@yahoo.com.

Visit the Chimney Rock Market’s Facebook page.

The Texas Water Development Board continues to have funding for public works infrastructure.  Funding is available for drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater projects.  All phases of the projects are eligible; acquisition, planning and design, and construction.  Construction projects include new facilities and repair and rehabilitation of existing facilities.  In addition, the TWDB has $90 million designated for disaster recovery for the region impacted by Hurricane Harvey. For more information, visit twdb.texas.gov. To register, please email your name, title, entity, email, telephone contact information and the workshop location you are planning to attend to srfworkshops@twdb.texas.gov. General questions may be directed to your Regional Project Team Manager. Please register as soon as possible as venues are subject to capacity limitations.

Join Urban Harvest for a series of fun and informative garden classes. Upcoming classes in the “Be Waterwise With Low Volume Irrigation Series” include:

Sat. June 9: Low Volume Irrigation (HMNS*)

Sat. June 16: Starting a Community or School Garden Workshop

Sat. July 21: Fall Vegetable Gardening (HMNS*)

Sat. Aug 11: Waste Not, Want Not – Bokashi and Vermicomposting

Times vary form workshop to workshop. Find more information and register here