BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:NingEventWidget-v1 VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4670368:Event:118676 DTSTAMP:20260427T174046Z SUMMARY:*IMAGINING YOUR IDEAL NEIGHBOURHOOD: CULTIVATING COMMUNITY RES ILIENCE -- 6th Annual VV Demo Sustainable Transition Village (and Musi c Stage) at Main St. Car Free Day Fest DESCRIPTION:On Saturday and Sunday, June 20- 21, there's no better pla ce to be than Car Free Vancouver Day. On Commercial (Venables-Grandvie w) on the 21st, Denman (Robson- Davie) in the West End on the 20th, al l 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.\nIMAGINING YOUR IDEAL NEIGHBOURHOOD: CULTIVATIN G COMMUNITY RESILIENCE \nVillage won't just be on Main St at the inte rsection 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+ te nt 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, pe rmaculture, local/sharing, economy resources, member projects, placem aking, native edibles, homesteading, GMO info, community DIY, neighbou rhood food networks, drop-in spaghetti nights, potlucks, dinner groups , asset mapping, gardening/urban ag, growing advice, community/collabo rative gardens, green spaces, composting display, emergency prep, recy cling, bike maintenance,imagining possibilities for a better future, a hospitality suite, FUN AND CELEBRATION and more.\n\nTHIS YEAR WE ALS O HAVE A MUSIC STAGE. More details, including the lineup, can be found here.\nWe also invite other community groups to join us. Forming an i mportant part of the village will be loads of groups (many of whom we partner with). 2015 groups TBC - past groups have included Just Say He llo, 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. P leasant NH, LocoMotoArt, Blessed Bees, Madame Beespeaker, Daily Eggs, Homesteaders Emporium,  PosAbilities/CYDI, OUR Ecovillage, EARTH Nat ive Edibles, Bat Houses, Sun Dog clotheslines, Bike Trailers, etc.\n\n Read an article here about the 2013 festival, featuring Village Found er Ross Moster, and watch a short movie here to see how it's organize d and view what it looked like its 1st year on Main Street.\nBe part o f one of the largest Car Free Day exhibitors, and enjoy the spirit of safe, open streets, Transition Town style!\n\n\nWant to volunteer? 40- 50 volunteers needed on the day of and a few more before and after.\nI f 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 (betw een noon and 7 pm), or w/breakdown, please contact volunteer@villageva ncouver.ca.\n\nIf you have have tables, chairs or tents we can borrow (currently looking for several more tents), please contact carfreedays tuffweneed@villagevancouver.ca. \n\nIf you're a group or individual who would like to promote/display a community project, group, or acti vity you're involved in, contact ross@villagevancouver.ca.\n\nFor more information visit http://villagevancouver.org/events/imagining-your-i deal-neighbourhood-cultivating-community DTSTART:20150621T070000Z DTEND:20150622T065900Z CATEGORIES:"main st.", "demo village", festival, "car free day", "cult ivating community resilience", fun, food LOCATION:intersection at Main and 13th and the block between 13th and 12th WEBSITE: URL: CONTACT:ross@villagevancouver.ca, volunteer@villagevancouver.ca ORGANIZER:Ross Moster, Village Vancouver, and lots of volunteers! ATTACH;FMTTYPE="image/jpeg": ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Ross Mos ter":http://villagevancouver.org/profile/RossMoster END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR