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SUMMARY:*IMAGINING YOUR IDEAL NEIGHBOURHOOD: CULTIVATING COMMUNITY RES
 ILIENCE -- The 5th Annual VV Demo Sustainable Transition Village at Ma
 in St. Car Free Day Fest
DESCRIPTION:On Sunday, June 15th, there's no better place to be than C
 ar Free Vancouver Day. On Commercial Drive (Venables to North Grandvie
 w), Denman Street (Robson to Davie) downtown, all over Kitsilano (bloc
 k parties Sat  14th and Sunday), and Main Street (Broadway to 30th Av
 e--20+ blocks!), the streets come alive with literally hundreds of tho
 usands of engaged and happy people.\nIMAGINING YOUR IDEAL NEIGHBOURHOO
 D: CULTIVATING COMMUNITY RESILIENCE \nVillage won't just be on Main S
 treet at the intersection of 13th Ave - WE'LL BE THE INTERSECTION AND
  MORE! Our 20-30 tent and open space Demo Sustainable Transition Villa
 ge highlights what we and other folks are up to and typically inclu
 des neighbourhood villages (inc. Kits Village real-life demo sustaina
 ble village), bees, chickens, solar panels, seed libraries + seedling
  giveaways, permaculture, local/sharing economy resources, member p
 rojects, placemaking, homesteading, GMO info, community DIY, neighbou
 rhood food networks, drop-in spaghetti nights, potlucks, dinner groups
 , discussion salons, asset mapping, gardening/urban ag, growing advi
 ce, community/collaborative gardens, green spaces,  composting displa
 y, emergency preparedness, plastic-free zero waste kitchen display, r
 ecycling, bike maintenance, imagining possibilities for a better futu
 re, kid-oriented carpentry/art activities, refreshments, a hospitality
  suite, FUN AND CELEBRATION and more.\nWe also invite other communi
 ty groups to join us. Forming an important part of the village will be
  folks (many of whom we partner with) like Just Say Hello, Kits Space
  Project, SPEC, FC Watershed Soc., The HUB, Van. Tool Library, MODO, S
 PUD, Van. Neighbourhood Food Networks, Cottonwood Com. Garden, Van. R
 enewable Energy Co-op, Mt. Pleasant NH, LocoMotoArt, Blessed Bees, Da
 ily Eggs, Homesteaders Emporium,  PosAbilities, Can You Dig It, The P
 ollinator Project, O.U.R. Ecovillage, Bat House info, Sun Dog clothesl
 ines, Bike Trailers, others TBA.\n\nRead an article here about the 201
 3 festival, featuring Village Founder Ross Moster, and watch a short 
 movie here to see how it is organized and view what it looked like on
  its first year on Main Street.\nBe there, and be part of one of the l
 argest Car Free Day exhibitors, and enjoy the spirit of safe, open str
 eets, Transition Town style!\n\nWant to help plan and organize it? Tea
 m leaders needed for Transportation, Setup, Breakdown, and Info Booths
 . Please contact demovillageplanningteam@villagevancouver.ca.\n\nWant 
 to volunteer? We need 40-50 volunteers on the day of and a few more be
 fore and after.\nIf you'd like to help us with 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 with breakdown, please con
 tact volunteer@villagevancouver.ca.\n\nIf you have have tables, chairs
  or tents we can borrow (we're currently looking for 8-10 more tents),
  please contact carfreedaystuffweneed@villagevancouver.ca. \n\nIf yo
 u're a group or individual who would like to promote/display a commun
 ity project, group, or activity you're involved in, please contact ros
 s@villagevancouver.ca.\n\nFor more information visit http://villagevan
 couver.org/events/imagining-your-ideal-neighbourhood-cultivating-commu
 nity-resilien
DTSTART:20140615T070000Z
DTEND:20140616T065900Z
CATEGORIES:"main st.", "demo village", festival, "car free day", "cult
 ivating community resilience", fun, food
LOCATION:intersection at Main and 13th and spillover towards 12th
WEBSITE:
URL:
CONTACT:ross@villagevancouver.ca, volunteer@villagevancouver.ca
ORGANIZER:Ross Moster, Village Vancouver, and lots of volunteers!
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