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Sprout & Share – Green Cities: Streamlining Native Flower Planting & Modernizing Local Laws

February 6 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

We’re excited to invite you to the next Sprout & Share entitled Green Cities: Streamlining Native Flower Planting & Modernizing Local Laws on February 6, 2024, 6:00 PM at the Family Life Center, 16349 Chillicothe Rd, Chagrin Falls, Ohio.

The presentation and Q & A will share real-world experience of transforming a yard across 10 years: local ordinances, right-of-way constraints, neighbors, and “cues-of-care.” Participants will gain an awareness of and strategies to modernize local and state laws impacting native plants as individual property owners work toward “greening their community”.

Meet the Speaker

Executive Director and co-founder of LEAD for Pollinators, Michele Colopy, has been focused on honey bees, beekeeping, and pollinator education for more than seven years. Her father was a beekeeper in southeast Ohio for their small apple orchard. She keeps honey bees in the city, and has replaced her crabgrass front yard with pesticide-free pollinator habitat for her honey bees and native pollinators. She was the national Program Director for the Pollinator Stewardship Council from 2013 to 2019.

Ms. Colopy holds a Master’s degree in Nonprofit Management/Arts Administration. Her nonprofit experience includes work in the performing arts, housing and homelessness, foreclosure prevention, community development, performing arts, and health and wellness. She volunteered as Treasurer of The Ohio State Beekeepers Association (OSBA) from2016-2019 modernizing the accounting, co-managing a USDA grant, administering the Affiliate program, and managing two grant programs of OSBA.

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This monthly event is designed for individuals and organizations who are passionate about environmentally friendly gardening methods. Together, we’ll share knowledge, resources, and best practices while highlighting the important work being done in communities that have historically been underserved.

Our mission is to foster collaboration and advance environmental justice, and Sprout & Share is a way to bring people together to create meaningful change in our region. If you have questions, please email us at info@communitylifecollaborative.org.

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Details

Date:
February 6
Time:
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Event Category:

Organizer

Community Life Collaborative
Email
administration@communitylifecollaborative.org

Venue

The Family Life Center
16349 Chillicothe Road
Bainbridge, OH 44023 United States
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The CLC hosts subject specific events throughout the year that align with our respective Community Programs. Our non-profit will also have immersive ways to connect through public events and fundraisers periodically.