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Kidz Go Grey to Green This Saturday 
Posted on: September 8, 2009
By Geniene P.
What an exciting upcoming weekend for all in the Youngstown area. There will be so many fun filled activities for children to enjoy like the Grey to Green Festival this Saturday. This festival strives to increase awareness of environmental issues in general. Issues which truly will impact our children's future. The grey to green concept is also part of the Youngstown 2010 Plan, and the Wick Park Revitalization effort that is currently underway. It is organized by and full of volunteers from a very active and progressive group of individuals working hard to brand Youngstown in an optimistic way.
The festival starts at 10 a.m. but kids can enjoy activities with drumming circles at 11 a.m. This was also available at the YSU arts festival and my 2 year old had a ball joining children as old as early teens on the drums and percussion instruments that were available. They were pretty good at putting a beat together, too. Do I see a future Sheila E. in my midst?
Another fun activity will be arts and crafts activities that go all day from 10:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. (including tie died t-shirts from vegetable dies and bird feeder pine cone type stuff). I’m all for any messy activities that occur outside of my home. Since my daughter adores watching the multitude of geese, ducks and cardinals in our area, she will be very excited to make a bird feeder.
And if your child enjoys magic, mermaids, poetry and science, check out the following list:
1:00-1:45 p.m. - Magic Carpet Theater Presents: "The Day Miranda Met the Mermaid"
1:45-2:00 p.m. - Etruscan Press/Poetry Center Poets
2:00-2:30 p.m. - Dr. Ray's Amazing Sideshow of Science!
The Youngstown Historical Society will be doing a "History Kids" with a program titled "An Architectural Adventure". At 1:00 p.m. and then at 3:00 p.m., students will tour both the Wick Park and downtown Youngstown to study buildings, their famous occupants and styles of archicture. The program is for kids ages 8-14 and the cost to OHS member is $10 and others $12. Advance registration is required Contact Keith Mann at 330 743-5934.
For the nature minded, there will also be two nature tours of Wick Park at 1:00 p.m. and again at 3:00 p.m. given by Bill Whitehouse (no fee).
The entire festival occurs from 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. There are many events for parents to enjoy and a variety of speakers/displays on organic food, homeopathic medicine (with Dr. Ted Suzelis) and environmentally oriented businesses, community organizations, and local and regional agencies. I can’t wait to check it out. For those of you planning on attending YSU’s home opener, there is no reason why you can’t stop by the park beforehand.
- Requires free registration.
Comments
Dr. Ray's Amazing Sideshow of Science! sounds like pure fun.
Thanks Geniene!
Thanks Geniene!!!!
I wanted to mention that with the tie dye, the public is free to bring thier own t-shirts to try it out but we have provided up to Youth large shirts.
Look forward to seeing you again!
Amber
This was a fantastic event, by my estimate there were over 700 people in attendance throughout the day. Lots of networking, fun for kids, people of all persuasions laughing and hanging out together enjoying the music, art and discussions, and display booths.
This is what Youngstown should be about! and this is why I moved here!
Sounds good, I didn't attend, but I'm wary of "green" politics. In many cases green is the new red. I'm not paranoid, but whenever a group is idenitified as progressive, I take a very careful look. I hope this event was truely enviromental and health conscience and not just another another big govt. anti-capitalistic snow job.
If you were there, please offer me your insight.
Pro, they're trying.
I met one of their leaders and showed them the vast tracts of abandoned land in the eastside ready for "grow youngstown". I never heard from them again.
I informed the Mayor and several of the community organizers about a window of opportunity to clear the title of these lands before the window shuts in April (possibly permanently), never heard from them either. MY conclusion, none of them are serious about urban agriculture significantly, I am.
Why can't the city of Youngstown grant qualified, prospective property owners real estate with the agreement to build homes, refurbish existing abondoned homes or demolish uninhabitable dwelling? I can imagine the possibility of groups re-building good neighborhoods for the inner city and paying real estate and city income taxes.
The same opportunity can be extended to businesses. Why not? Socialism has been an expensive, dismal failure here and abroad. We've tried everything else attempting to help the "unfortunate" and the result is a huge loss of capital.
Let's demand the hard working, tax paying, responsible citizens have a chance to elevate our economy instead of reducing them down to the the level of lowest common demoninator. We should also demand the so called poor strive to elevate themselves up the economic and social latter.
That's the American way.
You are beginning to see working class people reenter the city and buying homes which they pick up economically. Many take the savings and send their chidren to private schools. I myself purchased a home in the northside from a bank in 1996, renovated and live quite well, I moved from Poland.
The population decrease in the area will never grow to occupy all the vacant land on the eastside, but this is okay. What remains is undeveloped fertile ground and water that is well suited for aquaculture. The president of Ohio Aquaculture Assoc. was astonished when I invited him to see the eastside of Youngstown, he could not get over the beautiful woodland surrounded by abandoned houses.
You see the eastside land is very affordable for urban agriculture. The most expensive acreage in Ohio, is Holmes county. The Amish worked the land and made it bloom, they never lost their love for it. We have this natural resourse right in our mist and we don't take advantage of it. that is why I was initially excited when all these urban garden people started blogging, then when I ran into red tape with the city, none of these activist even bothered to call, much less rally behind the endeavor. So now I know, there are weekend urban agriculturist and I still have to find the real farmers, maybe they are waiting for a grant.
Ron: Your posts are not accurate and I fear you are burning bridges with people whom I would consider "the good guys" in this community who are a bit apprehensive of you given your past reputation (fair or not, I'm not taking sides) but appreciate your work on the Eastside. This would be unfortunate, especially given the fact that these individuals could serve as allies in the agriculture and aquaculture business. In short: there is information you need to know about. Please call me.
(330) 519-8712
Phil: Allies, understanding, support and cooperation is all I ever wanted when I embarked on projects in YTown, I'll call you.