A walking tour of Valle View III Reserve has been scheduled to assist artists in experiencing the beautiful features of the reserves for the B-W Greenway/Fairborn Art Association 2024 Juried Art Competition. The tour will be held on Thursday, May 2 at 10am starting at the cul-de-sac behind TJ Chumps.
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base’s Environmental Branch will host its sixth annual Pollinator Expo on June 21 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Wright Brothers Memorial. Visit B-W Greenway at our booth to learn more about pollinators and the wetlands in our community!
Calling all High School Students! Bob and the Highway Crew will be cleaning B-W Greenway’s section of 675. Please meet at the Fairborn High School at 9:00 am (Old).
Visit our booth! Main Street Commons. Main St and Grand Ave, Fairborn Ohio.
TIMELINE for 2024 Exhibition
May 2 from 10:00-12:00, Juried Art Hike at Valle View III
Until June 29, 2024- Create art at Valle View Reserve I, II, III
Saturday, June 29 & Sunday, June 30, 1-3 pm - Work accepted at Fairborn Art Assn. Gallery
Sunday, July 14, 1-3 pm - Opening Reception -- prizes awarded at 2: 30 pm
Gallery open to public Sundays, July 14, 21, & 28, 1-3 pm
Sunday, July 28 - Final day of Exhibition
July 28, 3-4 pm - Artists to pick up work at Fairborn Art Assn. Gallery ( art will not be available for pick up until 3pm)
Join Tom Duffee, Chief Steward, and Heidi Geron, Land Stewardship Coordinator, on April 17 at 5:30 for the Land Stewardship Meeting via Zoom. Learn more about our acquired easements and how we maintain them. Please contact Heidi at bwgreenway3@gmail.com if you would like to attend.
Calling all High School Students! Bob and the Highway Crew will be cleaning B-W Greenway’s section of 675. Please meet at the Fairborn High School at 9:00 am (Old).
Bring a friend, bring a neighbor, bring your family. All are welcome! Our Annual Potluck Picnic is back with stories and entertainment at Fairborn Community Park, pavilion 4. Please bring a dish to share, along with your utensils and preferred drink.
Help Barb Hensley clean-up Estel Wenrick Wetlands at 2855 Union Rd, Medway. Estel Wenrick Wetlands is part of the Clark County Park District. B-W Greenway has been helping to maintain this beautiful public area. Please wear suitable attire and bring a water bottle.
Join Tom Duffee, Chief Steward, and Heidi Geron, Land Stewardship Coordinator, on April 17 at 5:30 for the Land Stewardship Meeting via Zoom. Learn more about our acquired easements and how we maintain them. Please contact Heidi at bwgreenway3@gmail.com if you would like to attend.
Hack the honeysuckle at Garland Wetland Reserve on the corner of Commerce Center Blvd and Garland Ave, Fairborn, with B-W Greenway’s Honeysuckle Hackers! Please wear appropriate attire and bring a water bottle.
Calling all High School Students! Bob and the Highway Crew will be cleaning B-W Greenway’s section of 675. Please meet at the Fairborn High School at 9:00 am (Old).
Mark the date!! The 5K will start at 9:30am at Fairborn Community Park with the festivities beginning at the Fairborn High School from 10am-2pm.
Come see us at our display booth at The Yellow Springs Annual Earth Day Event. We look forward to seeing you!
Help Barb Hensley clean-up Estel Wenrick Wetlands at 2855 Union Rd, Medway. Estel Wenrick Wetlands is part of the Clark County Park District. B-W Greenway has been helping to maintain this beautiful public area. Please wear suitable attire and bring a water bottle.
WHERE: Bath Township Building, 1006 Yellow Springs-Fairfield Road
The format of this community discussion will include a moderated panel of local experts in natural landscaping sharing their perspective on the following topics:
Avoiding invasives Boardwalks, observation decks Carbon sequestration
Comprehensive planning recommendations, zoning regulations, Construction materials such as treated wood, composite lumber Cultivars
Water features
Home owner associations and maintenance of natural presence Improvements with pesticides, herbicides, fertilizers
Integration of renewables such as solar or wind
Integration with home gardening Location of compost piles/containers
Location of wildflower and prairies plantings Model natural landscaping communities
Natural lawn care Night lighting Noise attenuation
Ornamentals at nurseries
Parking lots – size, pervious surfaces Permaculture concepts
Placement of native trees, shrubs, gardens Planting exotics
Riparian buffers
Safety, visual obstruction School and Church landscaping
Signage, pedestal, electric, hours of operation Tree “litter”
Use of hardscapes
Panelists include Debbie Downes, Green County Master Gardener; Terry Fredrich, Retired Owner of Habitat Creations; David Nolin, retired Five Rivers Metroparks Conservation Manager and author of “Discovery and Renewal of Huffman Prairie”; Tom Krunkenmeyer, President, Buckeye EcoCare; Elisabeth Rothschild, Regional Butterfly Expert; a representative from a garden center and Facilitator, Dotti e Meade, Chair, Fairborn Operation Pollination Committee.
Join Tom Duffee, Chief Steward, and Heidi Geron, Land Stewardship Coordinator, on April 17 at 5:30 for the Land Stewardship Meeting via Zoom. Learn more about our acquired easements and how we maintain them. Please contact Heidi at bwgreenway3@gmail.com if you would like to attend.
Hack the honeysuckle at Garland Wetland Reserve on the corner of Commerce Center Blvd and Garland Ave, Fairborn, with B-W Greenway’s Honeysuckle Hackers! Please wear appropriate attire and bring a water bottle.
Help Barb Hensley clean-up Estel Wenrick Wetlands at 2855 Union Rd, Medway. Estel Wenrick Wetlands is part of the Clark County Park District. B-W Greenway has been helping to maintain this beautiful public area. Please wear suitable attire and bring a water bottle.
Calling all High School Students! Bob and the Highway Crew will be cleaning B-W Greenway’s section of 675. Please meet at the Fairborn High School at 9:00 am (Old).
Join us at our Annual Meeting on March 21 from 6:00-8:00pm at the Fairborn Senior Center, 325 N. 3rd St. Learn more about B-W Greenway and listen to our guest speaker Mark Dilley. We will have light refreshments.
Please join us at Fairborn High School at 9am. We look forward to seeing you!
Would you like to know more about the B-W Greenway?
This Wednesday, November 29 at 7pm the Fairborn Chamber of Commerce is hosting a presentation at the Fairborn Senior Center by Bob Jurick, President of B-W Greenway Community Land Trust.
Come learn about the natural areas in our community, where you can do your winter walking and how food, water, wildlife and we humans can all work together for the health of the citizens of Fairborn and those nearby.
Join Eric at the Community Park Reserve in Fairborn for an Autumn Clean-Up Session. Please dress for the weather. Please contact bwgreenway3@gmail.com with any questions.
Join Bob at Garland Reserve for an Autumn Clean-Up Session. Please dress for the weather.
Join us as we Hack that Honeysuckle! Meet at Estel Wenrick on Union Rd, Medway. Please contact us at info@bwgreenway.org with any questions. Work times are 9-12 for each date. Meeting location will vary between Union Rd parking lot and the Medway parking lot. Depends upon which end of the trail needs focus for each date.
Please join the members and friends of B-W Greenway Community Land Trust as we resume our Community Chautauqua education series. Community Chautauqua: Managing Storm Water!
Thursday, October 26, 2023, 7 -8:30 pm, Bath Twp Bldg, 1006 Yellow Springs-Fairfield Road, Fairborn
Regional leaders responsible for designing and implementing storm water management in Clark, Greene, and Montgomery counties will discuss the following topics:
-What is a watershed? Which ones do we belong to? What is a Watershed Action Plan?
-Pervious parking areas? Detention ponds – when, where, how designed?
-Roadside gutters – when, where? Local road closures due to flooding
-Why are our waterways brown after a rain? Are there pollutants in storm water?
-Flooding, stream rerouting due to natural causes; Are dams still needed? If so, what type?
-Flooded basements; Is building allowed in a floodplain?
-Role of FEMA; Managing storm water via natural methods, i.e. swales, rain gardens, wetlands?
-Influence of soil types? Riparian corridors?
-Who’s in charge? Tax assessments for surface area, pervious vs impervious?
*Refreshments will be served
Join us as we Hack that Honeysuckle! Meet at Estel Wenrick on Union Rd, Medway. Please contact us at info@bwgreenway.org with any questions. Join us as we Hack that Honeysuckle! Meet at Estel Wenrick on Union Rd, Medway. Please contact us at info@bwgreenway.org with any questions. Work times are 9-12 for each date. Meeting location will vary between Union Rd parking lot and the Medway parking lot. Depends upon which end of the trail needs focus for each date.
B-W Greenway will have a booth at this event. Join us as we celebrate all things outdoors! Eastwood MetroPark at 1385 Harshman Road in Dayton, Ohio from 11:00-5:00 on Saturday and Sunday.
Calling all artists! Please join us on a hike through Valle View Reserve. The Reserve has been chosen as this years inspiration for our Juried Art Exhibition. Please meet at 1097 Empire Ct, Fairborn, OH 45324. Please park north of Fifth Third Bank.
Tour de Gem Biking Event with Chris Hall, Sunday, October 1
Tour de Gem is a fundraising cycling event for local nonprofits to raise money and bring awareness to their important missions. This is a fun, family-friendly way for cyclists of all ages and abilities to have a positive impact in their community and explore the many GEMs the Dayton region has to offer! Join our team or make your tax-deductible donation today and take the first step toward helping us achieve our goal. Thank you for your support!
https://www.ms-stride.org/tourdegem/profiles/team/BWGreenwayCommunityLandTrust
https://www.ms-stride.org/tourdegem/profiles/registrant/894
Sunday, September 24, 2023, 4:00-8:00. Potluck Picnic! Fairborn Community Park, Shelter 3. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! Learn more about B-GCLT and our mission. Bring your family and friends and your favorite dish to share, along with a drink and cutlery.
Please join us at the Fairborn High School at 9am. We are looking forward to seeing you!
If you would like to know more about how we take care of our easements, please RSVP to bwgreewnway3@gmail.com for a Zoom link to our meeting.
Fairborn Art Museum: Gallery is open to the public every Sunday July 9-23.
Day Air Ballpark: Join us for a day of fun and Baseball! Join us for a Dayton Dragons Professional Baseball Team game and help support B-W Greenway. Half of proceeds from ticket sales purchased through this link will go to B-W Greenway Community Land Trust! Click here to get tickets: https://fevogm.com/event/Bwgreenway
Please join us as we clean up Community Park Reserve in Fairborn! Please RSVP at info@bwgreenway org
“Join the Environmental Branch of Wright Patterson Air Force Base and organizations from across the state as we highlight local pollinator initiatives. Join us for a native plant sale, a food truck, face painting, live bee demos, and more! This family friendly event is FREE and open to the public!”
We'll be cleaning up I-675 again this Saturday from MM 21 to MM23. Thanks to all of you and the Fairborn High School Environment Club, our section of I-675 looks pretty good. Hope to see you there! Please RSVP: Bob Jurick 937-878-6060 Meet at Fairborn High School at 9am.
Join B-W Greenway Community Land Trust at The Little Miami Watershed Network River Festival in Bellbrook on Saturday, June 10 from 12n-4pm.
Join us as we clean-up the Wetland Reserve! Please meet a the Reserve at 9:00.
GARLAND WETLANDS DEDICATION
Saturday, May 20 at 12 noon
Garland Wetlands Reserve West and Garland Wetland Reserve East
Located at the corner of Commerce Center Blvd and Garland Ave
Part of the dedication will be an optional walk on the new Wetlands Boardwalk & Observation Deck
Dress for event: very casual, especially if going on the Nature Walk
Parking for the event provided at the Fairborn Vision Center Parking Lot (1790 Commerce Center Blvd) and the Living Well Spine Center (1145 Channingway Dr). Fairborn Senior Center vehicles will pick up at both locations to transport attendees to the dedication site.
Come early at 9:30 am to help with the Garland Ave “Adopt-a-Highway Cleanup”
(meet at the Corner of Meadowlands Dr. and Sanctuary Dr. for the cleanup – hotdogs and water provided at the end of the cleanup)
Dedication Agenda
Welcoming Comments and Recognition of Dignitaries:
Fairborn Mayor Paul Keller
Comments from the Fairborn Area Chamber of Commerce
History of the Park Acquisition: Bob Jurick
Comments from the Clean Ohio Fund Chairperson, District 11 Natural Resources Assistance Council: Steve Hess
Ribbon Cutting
Closing Comments
Nature Walk: Boardwalk & Observation Deck
Dress for event: very casual, especially if going on the Nature Walk
