Check out this week's performances at the Farmers Market - Peruvian's Musical Group Son del Sol. Also featuring at 2:30pm storyteller Nicolette Nordin. Come to enjoy the fresh flavors of this market's season.
Groundwork Lawrence has a lot of new and exciting projects going on all over the city, but one area that has been getting a lot of attention recently is Manchester Street Park.
The Spicket River Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony will now take place on July 26, 10 AM, and the Kite Festival has been rescheduled for Saturday July 20, 11 - 3. For more information about these events, please visit our events page. We hope to see you there!
Kite Festival scheduled for Saturday June 8th has been postponed due to storm forecast, new scheduled date TBA.
GWUSA is looking for applications from qualified candidates for the position of Executive Director. Details about how to apply and the position opening are contained here: 2013 GWUSA ED JOB DESC.
Applications are due by June 30, 2013.
If you have questions about the position or the application process, please email: executivedirector @ groundworkusa.org.
Just over a week ago, a small group of hardy volunteers braved the cold, wet weather to be a part of our very first day testing the water quality of the Spicket River. We met in the parking lot outside Groundwork’s office shortly after 6 am. With temperatures barely reaching into the 40s, and light rain beginning to pick up, it wasn’t exactly an ideal morning to be outside. In spite of the weather, we soldiered on, armed with our swing-sample poles, sample bottles, high tech YSI Multi-Meter, and coolers.
You can find birds, well, just about anywhere. You see them every day, on the street, outside your school, your office, your home. But how often do you really notice them? How many can you name? Dozens of bird species live and breed here in Lawrence, right under our noses.
by: John Raser
I’m a family doctor in Lawrence. Like my colleagues around this country, I spend much of my effort caring for people with obesity-related chronic illnesses: Type 2 diabetes, hypertension, coronary heart disease. Partnering with patients to control these disorders is important and rewarding work, and I feel fortunate to be able to help. Yet I can’t shake the frustration of knowing all the pain, the disability, and the costs to individuals and to our economy related to these illnesses are almost entirely preventable.
Technically, it has been spring here in Lawrence for a few weeks, but it is FINALLY beginning to feel like it. Birds are beginning to sing, and some early migrants are returning from a winter spent further south. Along with the warmer weather comes a new season of outdoor events and service opportunities with Groundwork Lawrence!
On Saturday April 13th Groundwork Lawrence will be hosting a community "charrette", a group meeting to discuss ideas for the design of a new pocket park. The Facella Lot is a 7,400 square foot vacant lot located along the Spicket River at the corner of Brook Street and Newbury Street. The newly reconstructed East Haverhill Street Bridge, and the gently flowing Spicket River provide a beautiful backdrop to this pocket sized future park. We want to hear what kind of park you think will best serve the People of Lawrence.