Mill River Greenway Initiative
A community-based steward for the Mill River
Here are two imminent April events!
April 18 Bay State Sustainability Fair 1:00-4:00 with a pair of riverwalks on Mill River historic sites. BSVA_SustainabilityFairFlyerPE
April 27th at 7:30 P.M.: A UMass Amherst project for an outdoor exhibit in Florence at the Northamtpon Community Farm/Florence Recreation Fields site. Check it out: UMass Outdoor Exhibit
We’re thrilled to announce that the Leeds Mill River Greenway Committee will be reprising their fascinating stroll through this historic mill village on Saturday, November 8 from 10-12. There are very few spots left, so please reserve your place by emailing info@millrivergreenway.org
Heidi Stevens, Jason Johnson, Sue Carbin, and Penny Geis will lead the Leeds walk, telling tales of the great 1874 Flood and other stories.
We’re excited about our upcoming river walk in Williamsburg, which will take us up to the old dam itself.
The walk will take place this Saturday, November 1 from 9:30am to 12:30pm. For our regulars, please note the longer time frame this month to accommodate a packed agenda!
Please park in the Anne T. Dunphy School parking lot and walk to meet up on the front lawn of the Meekins Library, facing Florence Savings Bank. We’ll be joined by local Landscape Artist/Architect Todd Lynch, who’ll introduce his Flotsam Weirs installation at the confluence of the west and east branches of the Mill River.
From there we’ll carpool in as few cars as possible up to Judd Lane, the trail head for the old dam. Our guide for the dam walk will be the esteemed Eric Weber from Williamsburg Historical Society.
Back to the center of town by 12:30pm. As always please let me know if you will NOT be able to make it to make room for other folks off the waiting list.
At summer’s end, we’re looking back on a wonderful series of walks and some great news that we’ll be sharing with you in the next couple of weeks. Meanwhile, what remains? Well, here are directions to Todd Lynch’s fantastic “Flotsam Weirs,” which you might have seen in the Daily Hampshire Gazette. Take time to visit it, especially now that the leaves are falling. (The bird’s nest, by the way, was placed there by an unnamed visitor. You’re welcome to add your flotsam to the weirs. Until soon, your co-moderators Gaby, Neal, and John.
Directions to Todd Lynch’s Flotsam Weirs in Williamsburg
MRGI is proud and excited to support Todd Lynch’s art installation, lecture, and walk on the Mill River in Williamsburg on Saturday Sept. 13th. Todd is a landscape architect and artist who’s been a long-time friend of the Mill River. He will be creating a series of “flotsam weirs,” or interwoven nets of Mill River flotsam that will lead the walker down through the peninsula created by the East and West Branch of the Mill at their confluence in Williamsburg.
Meeting details: Meet at 10:00 at Meekins Library in Williamsburg, then a 5-minute walk to the site of the installation where Todd will lead a tour and discussion of his work.
Here is Todd’s proposal for his work sponsored by the Williamsburg Cultural Council: Todd’s proposal Todd Lynch weir proposal
