[ShareTompkins] Fwd: Historic Ithaca Fair Celebrates 20 Years of Creative Reuse

[Shira Golding]

check it out! the press release includes a plug for our really really  
free market on july 22...

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> From: Kristen Olson <kristen at historicithaca.org>
> Date: July 14, 2011 4:28:57 PM EDT
> To: "'Kristen Olson'" <kristen at historicithaca.org>
> Subject: Historic Ithaca Fair Celebrates 20 Years of Creative Reuse
> Reply-To: Kristen Olson <kristen at historicithaca.org>
>
> Join us!
> Significant Elements 20th Anniversary Fair
> Junk Art Contest, Mural Unveiling to be Highlights of Family- 
> Friendly Event
> On Friday and Saturday, July 22-23, Historic Ithaca celebrates 20  
> years of the Significant Elements architectural salvage program. The  
> Significant Elements 20th Anniversary Fair will celebrate reuse and  
> the traditional building trades with fun for all ages at HI’s  
> headquarters, 212 Center Street in Ithaca’s historic Southside  
> neighborhood.
>
> Historic Ithaca launched Significant Elements in 1991 as a seasonal,  
> all-volunteer program to keep reusable house parts and building  
> materials out of the landfill. Today, Significant Elements is a year- 
> round, staffed program with over 7,000 customers annually. It is a  
> community resource for materials, product and contractor  
> recommendations, hands-on training, and professional expertise.  
> Recently, Historic Ithaca created the Work Preserve program to  
> provide hands-on job training to youth and adults at Significant  
> Elements.
>
> On Friday, July 22, Historic Ithaca teams up with SewGreen, Share  
> Tompkins, and the Southside Community center to kick off the  
> celebration with a “MEGA Free Friday” with usable house parts and  
> building materials, fabric, and other odds and ends for free from  
> 9am to 5pm in the Plain Street side parking lot at 212 Center  
> Street. Members of the community are invited to bring their own  
> unwanted, reusable building materials to the MEGA Free-Friday. The  
> exchange of free items will continue from 5pm to 8pm at a “Really  
> Really Free Market” co-sponsored by the Southside Community Center  
> and Share Tompkins, to be held at the Southside Community Center’s  
> Congo Square Market.
>
> Events on Saturday, July 23 will include an “Ask the Old House  
> Experts” panel, traditional building and craft demonstrations, a  
> bake sale, children’s activities, old-timey games, a raffle drawing,  
> and the first-ever “Re-Art Challenge” where teams will compete  
> during the fair to create artworks using reclaimed materials.  
> Historic Ithaca will also hold a storewide sale at Significant  
> Elements and walking tours of the Southside and Titus Flats  
> neighborhoods on both days. More information and a schedule of  
> events can be found at www.historicithaca.org.
>
> Also on Saturday, July 23, at 12:30pm Historic Ithaca will  
> officially unveil the new Plain Street Mural. This new public  
> artwork, created by local artist Mary Beth Ihnken, depicts the  
> varied uses of the historic timber-framed warehouse at 212 Center  
> Street and the history of the surrounding block on Plain Street.  
> Attendees to the unveiling will find out what the lady driving the  
> horse and buggy is wearing, who the face reflected in the “window”  
> is, and how the site played a role in the outcome of World War I.  
> The mural is funded through grants from the Tompkins Charitable Gift  
> Fund and The Service League; sponsorships by Pritchard Automotive,  
> Ithaca Paint and Decorating, and Benjamin Moore; and individual  
> donations.
>
> For additional information, please call (607) 277-3450 or visit www.historicithaca.org 
> .
>
> ABOUT HISTORIC ITHACA:   Historic Ithaca is a nonprofit organization  
> dedicated to preserving and sustaining the legacy of the built  
> environment in Tompkins County and the Finger Lakes region.  Through  
> education, advocacy, and action, Historic Ithaca helps to protect  
> the significant buildings, landscapes, and communities in the local  
> region.
>
> -END-
>
>
>
> Kristen Olson
> Preservation Services Coordinator
> Historic Ithaca, Inc.
> 212 Center Street, Ithaca NY 14850
> (607) 273-6633
>
> Significant Elements Turns 20 in 2011: Celebrating 20 years of  
> creative reuse!
>

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