on Green Up Day

BY SUSAN COTE Observer staff

The second annual Williston Town Fair on Green Up Day last Saturday benefited from warm sunshine and a variety of offerings to entice and engage community members.

The event on the Williston Village Green, held on the day of the statewide Green Up Vermont effort, was initiated last year with an aim of getting people excited to clean up Williston and thanking those who had done their part.

“I think it’s just great to see how many people care to spend a nice Saturday morning getting out to pick up trash, to care for our environment and make our roadsides clean again,” said organizer Emily Heymann, a senior planner with the Town of Williston.

Another motivation behind the fair is to create an opportunity for town departments and committees, as well as other community organizations, to connect with residents to share information and ideas.

film a 30-second commercial that will run on local TV this summer. Inside, prolific actor Luis Guzman and recently retired Sen. Patrick Leahy prepared for their scenes, where they would both try a sampling from the Chef’s Corner creemee stand.

The restaurant is running the commercial partly to promote the unique offerings of the creemee stand, which is going into its second summer with creations like the Hippy Crisp — an apple cider creemee topped with granosee CHEF’S CORNER page 3

Attendees were invited into a large tent housing tables representing various town departments and committees, as well as the Red Cross and the Williston Federated Church. The Energy Committee offered information on weatherization, as well as fuel and other assistance to homeowners. Area businesses donated beverages and food to fuel Green Up efforts.

The event also served as the official launch pad for Williston 2050, the project tasked with producing the updated town plan required by the state by 2025, as well as a longer-term vision for the town.

“So (we’re) writing our eight-

At the Town Fair on Saturday, visitors, above, picked up their Green Up Day bags and visited the displays set up on the Town Green. Camille and Joe Lovering, left, found plenty of trash on North Brownell Road during Saturday’s Green Up Day. Sarah ShowalterFeuillette, below, picks up trash in Williston’s Rossignol Park on Saturday morning.