We have posted a short history of the Mill River Watershed here. A longer history is in preparation as a web-based book. Comments, corrections, and suggestions are welcome.
A Mill River Charrette
Water Quality Monitoring Volunteers Needed
The Connecticut River Watershed Council is looking for volunteers to monitor water quality on the Mill River off of Maines Field in Florence/Bay State. Water samples are needed weekly from May 31 to October 4 and would be taken every Thursday morning. Training for volunteers will be on Monday May 14, 6 PM to 7:30 in Greenfield.
Please contact Andrea Donlon at 413 772-2020 ext. 205 or adonlon@ctriver.org
Let’s Party on May 10th
Thursday, May 10th 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM at Craig Della Penna’s Pedal to Properties, 14 Strong Ave., Northampton
Well, folks, it’s time for our annual spring bash. One and all are welcome, members and non members. We’ll be unveiling the results of the Mill River charrette, a set of design ideas for a Mill River Greenway that local professional landscape architects will have completed (see our April 15th post on the charrette).
We’ll have maps and digital displays up and running. Come join the discussion. Have a beer, a soft drink, or a glass of wine and some snacks. There’s lots to talk about, so we’ll see you there!
Mill River Greenway Initiative — Margie is our new name
We’ve changed our name. We’re now the MILL RIVER GREENWAY INITIATIVE. We did this simply to distinguish our group from others whose name bears the title Mill River Greenway. We hope you’ll find it easy to change our abbreviation from MRG to MRGI, Margie for short.
A Mill River Charrette
What’s a charrette? A charrette is a way for design professionals to get together to come up with solutions to a problem, such as “What might a Mill River Greenway look like?” It’s a collaborative process in which landscape architects work together in a short time frame to present ideas.
On the evening of April 18th, a group of landscape architects from the Western Massachusetts Section of the Boston Society of Landscape Architects will gather in Florence with a small group of local citizens to develop ideas for different parts of the Mill River from Williamsburg to downtown Northampton. The results will be presented in Williamsburg the first week of May and in Northampton at the Mill River Greenway Initiative party on May 10th from 5:00-7:00 at Pedal to Properties on Strong Street.
For a full description of the charrette, go to Mill River Charrette.
