If you’re interested in being part of local environmental efforts, plan to attend upcoming sessions set for Oct. 25 and Oct. 26, presented by sustainability experts from Bayfield.
On Tuesday, Oct. 25, the public forum How to Build a Sustainable Community will be held in the auditorium at MSTC’s Wisconsin Rapids campus from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. It is free and no registration is necessary. Find out what sustainable community development is and why we need it; discover how sustainable community development can be driven from a grassroots level; and see examples from Wisconsin’s Chequamegon Bay area.
On Oct. 26, the workshop focusing on Creating Communities That Thrive will be held at the Hotel Mead in Wisconsin Rapids from 8 a.m. to noon. This session will feature a brainstorming session of local sustainability obstacles and opportunities. Participants will create a community vision for sustainable change. There is a $15 registration fee, which includes breakfast. Register by Oct. 21 online at www.heartofwi.com or call 715-423-1830.
Workshop presenters are Larry MacDonald, mayor of Bayfield, one of the nation’s first eco-municipalities, and Steve Sandstrom, a town of Bayfield supervisor who owns Pinecrest Inn, a Travel Green-certified bed and breakfast in Bayfield.
These workshops are sponsored by Citizens for a Clean, Green and Welcoming Community and the League of Women Voters of the Wisconsin Rapids Area.
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