Our Tentative Schedule of Events for 2012 2012 General Meetings (1:30-3:00) January 29 - New Lisbon March 18 (Annual Meeting w/ elections) - Morris May 20 - Gilbertsville July 15 - Burlington October 21 - New Lisbon 2012 BOD Mtgs January 11 February 12 March 18 April 15 May 20 June 17 July 15 September 16 October 21 November 18 2012 Meeting Programs January 29: Paul Lord – Mussel Survey of Otsego County rivers & streams April 15: Les Hasbargen - drinking water quality results from testing of area wells 2012 Events Floral/Nature Walk - Sunday May 13th at 1:30 Butternut Creek Float Summer Harvest Festival Nature Walk at Greenwoods Arts & Artesans Fest at Butternuts Brewery Holiday Open House Our Tentative Schedule of Events for 2011
Events
Morris Men Dancing in Gilbertsville, April
Floral/Nature Walk - June 5
Butternut Creek Float - June 12 (Postponed to July 1?)
Stream Assessment Training - June 30 at Stroh's
Summer Harvest Festival - August 11 Butternut Valley Community Forum: Using Local Laws to Protect Health, Safety, and Community Assets, October 21, Morris Central School (BVA Co-sponsored this event) Nature Walk at Greenwoods - TBD
Arts & Artesans Festival at Butternuts Brewery - TBD
Holiday Open House - December 4
General Meetings (1:30-3:00)
January 23 - New Lisbon Town Hall
March 20 (Annual Meeting w/ elections) - Morris Fire Hall
May 15 - Gilbertsville (cancelled)
June 12 - Gilbertsville at the Grange
July 17 - Burlington (Canceled)
October 16 - New Lisbon (Canceled) November 13, 1:30 p.m. - Presentation by Alan Springett. All Saints Chapel between Morris and Gilbertsville on State Highway 51 and Dimmock Hollow Rd.
Board of Director Mtgs (3:00-4:30 on Sundays, 7:00-8:30 on Wednesdays)
January 23
Feb 16
March 20 (Annual Meeting w/ elections)
April 20
May 15
June 15
July 17
August - No Mtg
September 21
October 16 (canceled)
November 16
December 14
Our Events for 2010
You can find below detail about events that BVA has sponsored or co-sponsored with individual donors and partner organizations.
  The Summer Harvest Festival was made possible by the following Donors. This event could not have happened without them.
The BVA is VERY grateful for their support.
  BVA welcomes the Morris Men Dancers!
Gilbertsville Morris Men Weekend
Featuring the Binghamton , Toronto , & Newtowne Morris Men In their 35th Year of Traditional English Morris Dancing I n Gilbertsville This Living Tradition is a ceremonial custom of Dance and Music dating back to the 15th Century—when Folks lived closer to the Soil and the Rhythms of the Seasons.
SATURDAY, APRIL 17 10:30 AM, MORRIS DANCING, in front of the Major’s Inn 10 PM REVELLING
with the MORRIS MEN
The Morris Men Singing Traditional English Pub Drinking Songs
At the Empire House* Lite Fare Menu
SUNDAY, APRIL 18 12 Noon, MORRIS DANCING, in front of the Major’s Inn 10 AM to 2 PM, LOCAL FOODS BRUNCH at the EMPIRE Featuring Locally Grown and Organic Foods, At the Empire House* Sponsored by the Butternut Valley Alliance
*The Empire House is located on Marion Ave. (Rt. 51) in Gilbertsville. Tel: (607) 783-2859 BVA's 2009 Fall Open House at The Empire Cafe in Gilbertsville
 Summer Harvest Festival, Co-sponsored with Morris Farmers Market
Thursday, August 13, 2009
See the article in The Daily Star: http://www.thedailystar.com/local/local_story_226040025.html
Announcement
The Butternut Valley Alliance is hosting its first Summer Harvest Festival on August 13 from 3:00 - 6:30 p.m. in the Guy Rathbun Park, located behind the firehouse on West Main Street in Morris. The festival will feature the Morris Farmers’ Market and live folk and bluegrass music. Free samples of foods made with locally grown ingredients will also be available. The entire event is free and open to the public.
Entering its second season, the Morris Farmers’ Market includes vendors selling produce, meats, eggs, cheeses, baked goods and plants. The festival will also include displays and products from 10 other local vendors as well as craft demonstrations, children’s activities and free ice cream. There will be a “cornucopia raffle” consisting of farm produce as well as a seed and plant sale, and Vicky Lentz of New Lisbon will demonstrate wool processing. The purpose of the Summer Harvest Festival is to introduce the Butternut Valley Alliance to the community and to promote consumption of locally-grown food by increasing awareness of local farms and the related health, economic, and community benefits. The BVA encourages the preservation and protection of the environmental qualities, farming and cultural heritage, economic viability, open space, and village charms of the area reaching from Burlington in the north to Mount Upton in the south. “I think the festival is a wonderful idea. In this area, we need to do all we can to support our local economy. I congratulate the BVA for spearheading this event,” said Shirley Musson, mayor of the Village of Gilbertsville. “We hope the festival will become an annual event, which will boost the BVA’s goal of building a stronger sense of community,” said Bob Eklund, BVA co-chair. The festival is made possible by a grant from Pure Catskills’ “Buy Local Campaign,” the Center for Agricultural Development and Entrepreneurship, and others. For more information, contact Edward Lentz, 607.263-5425 or edlentz@mac.com
  Nature Walk and Talk, at All Saints Chapel and Dimmock Hollow, co-sponsored with Otsego Land Trust
Sunday, July 12, 2009
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