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*IMAGINING YOUR IDEAL NEIGHBOURHOOD: CULTIVATING COMMUNITY RESILIENCE -- 6th Annual VV Demo Sustainable Transition Village (and Music Stage) at Main St. Car Free Day Fest

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*IMAGINING YOUR IDEAL NEIGHBOURHOOD: CULTIVATING COMMUNITY RESILIENCE -- 6th Annual VV Demo Sustainable Transition Village (and Music Stage) at Main St. Car Free Day Fest

Time: June 21, 2015 all day
Location: intersection at Main and 13th and the block between 13th and 12th
Phone: ross@villagevancouver.ca, volunteer@villagevancouver.ca
Event Neighbourhood and Type: main st., demo village, festival, car free day, cultivating community resilience, fun, food
Organized By: Ross Moster, Village Vancouver, and lots of volunteers!
Latest Activity: Jun 17, 2015

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Event Description

On Saturday and Sunday, June 20- 21, there's no better place to be than Car Free Vancouver Day. On Commercial (Venables-Grandview) on the 21st, Denman (Robson- Davie) in the West End on the 20th, all over Kits (block parties) both days, and Main St (Broadway-30th) on the 21st, the streets come alive w/literally hundreds of thousands of engaged, happy people.

IMAGINING YOUR IDEAL NEIGHBOURHOOD: CULTIVATING COMMUNITY RESILIENCE 

Village won't just be on Main St at the intersection of 13th- WE'LL BE THE INTERSECTION AND MORE! This year we're taking over a whole block, including most of 12th-13th Ave. Our 30+ tent and open space Demo Sustainable Transition Village highlights what we and others are up to and typically includes neighbourhood villages, bees, chickens, solar panels, seed libraries + seedling giveaways, permaculture, local/sharing, economy resources, member projects, placemaking, native edibles, homesteading, GMO info, community DIY, neighbourhood food networks, drop-in spaghetti nights, potlucks, dinner groups, asset mapping, gardening/urban ag, growing advice, community/collaborative gardens, green spaces, composting display, emergency prep, recycling, bike maintenance,imagining possibilities for a better future, a hospitality suite, FUN AND CELEBRATION and more.


THIS YEAR WE ALSO HAVE A MUSIC STAGE. More details, including the lineup, can be found here.

We also invite other community groups to join us. Forming an important part of the village will be loads of groups (many of whom we partner with). 2015 groups TBC - past groups have included Just Say Hello, Kits Space Project, SPEC, FC Watershed Soc., The HUB, MODO, SPUD, Van. Neighbourhood Food Networks, Cottonwood Com. Garden, Vancouver Urban Farmer Society, 2 Block Diet, Van. Renewable Energy Co-op, Mt. Pleasant NH, LocoMotoArt, Blessed Bees, Madame Beespeaker, Daily Eggs, Homesteaders Emporium,  PosAbilities/CYDI, OUR Ecovillage, EARTH Native Edibles, Bat Houses, Sun Dog clotheslines, Bike Trailers, etc.

Read an article here about the 2013 festival, featuring Village Founder Ross Moster, and watch a short movie here to see how it's organized and view what it looked like its 1st year on Main Street.

Be part of one of the largest Car Free Day exhibitors, and enjoy the spirit of safe, open streets, Transition Town style!

Want to volunteer? 40-50 volunteers needed on the day of and a few more before and after.

If you'd like to help us w/transporting stuff to (7-9 am) or from the event, setup (9 am-noon), at a Village info table during the day (between noon and 7 pm), or w/breakdown, please contact volunteer@villagevancouver.ca.

If you have have tables, chairs or tents we can borrow (currently looking for several more tents), please contact carfreedaystuffweneed@villagevancouver.ca

If you're a group or individual who would like to promote/display a community project, group, or activity you're involved in, contact ross@villagevancouver.ca.

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Interested in getting involved or volunteering with Village Vancouver? check out http://www.villagevancouver.ca/page/volunteering-1.

Regular activities:

Interested in participating in a VV garden? We have collaborative gardens/garden spaces in 5 neighbourhoods. Contact us at gardening@villagevancouver.ca. Gardening now in progress. New gardeners welcome (space allowing).

Kits Village Recycling Depot (Kits Community Centre) Next depot: Thursday, June 15th

Main St. Village monthly gatherings (1st Tuesdays Little Mountain Neighbourhood House) Currently on hold due to COVID

Permaculture Vancouver Meetups (3rd Wednesdays VV McBride Park Fieldhouse (sometimes elsewhere) Next meetup: Special date Thursday, July 29th

West End Community Potluck/WE Urban Garden Club (3rd Sundays West End Community Centre, in July and August 4th Thursdays - July 22nd and August 26th.

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