ProjectHERE in San Anselmo held its first event Friday at Marin Coffee Roasters.
On display were 39 Mason Jars, each filled by local businesses to represent their
contribution to the community. An eclectic group of people turned out to view
and celebrate the varied ingredients that form our town’s rich cultural tapestry.
Tags: JAR, Marin, San Anselmo
We are looking for the people that best represent the spirit of Petaluma.
As you read this you’ve probably thought of 2 or 3 right off the bat, those are the people we would like to talk to.
projectHERE will be displaying 30-50 portraits and stories of local personalities and their stories of why they live HERE, work HERE, grow HERE and love HERE.
Please forward any thoughts or reccomendations to tyler@projecthere.org.
You can read about the people working on the project HERE
Tags: community, people, stories
What do you get when you take a camera and go door-to-door in Petaluma?
A very clear picture of a truly eclectic, creative town.
We want to thank everyone that submitted a photo to Volume One of the Door2Door event. We would also like to thank John and Anne-laure for supplying the AQUS Cafe for the evening, Bug from Heritage Salvage for supplying the 200 year old teak door that provided the backdrop for Paige Green to take her amazing photos (password AQUS).
And a huge thank you to Jeff Troiano and Steve Della Maggiora for their local music flair.
Please stop by and see the full tapestry at AQUS Cafe, it should be there for about a month.
And if you were not able to submit your door to the project, be on the lookout for Volume 2 which will hopefully be coming around the first part of 2009.
Tags: community, Door 2 Door, photos
Part of projectHERE’s task has been to find out what makes our community tick, it’s events like these that remind me that we live in an amazing location.
On Saturday, October 11th Vine and Barrel and Pazzo will be hosting the 1st Annual Great Petaluma Pinot Noir Festival. This event runs from 3-6pm. The event will be one of the biggest pinot noir tastings in the state of California this year. This will be the greatest wine tasting Petaluma has ever had. They will be roasting a 120LB pig for this event. Their will be live music and the food will be incredible.Anhy questions call Jason @ (707) 765-1112. They encourage you to purchase tickets ahead of time as this event will definitely sell out.
Somewhere between your home and your community there’s a door.
project HERE is about opening it.
And so, as part of our door-2-door campaign, we invite you to
submit a portrait of your front door, with the people who pass
through it everyday. from these photos we will create a tapestry,
a modern day quilt if you will, that represents the welcoming spirit
and rich cultural tapestry of Petaluma.
Submit your photo electronically or drop off your print at AQUS CAFE
on or before September 12th.
Then there will be a reception for everyone to see their neighbors on
September 19th at AQUS CAFE from 6-8 PM.
Tags: community, Door 2 Door
That’s the idea behind PROJECT HERE - a grassroots movement connecting the citizens of Pataluma to the personalities fueling our culture and commerce. To showcase all the ingredients that go into our vibrant local community, PROJECT HERE has asked locals to fill a jar with something, anything, that represented their contribution to our town’s rich cultural tapestry. All in an effort to raise awareness of community-based commerce.
So join us and view all the people that call HERE home and find out what Petaluma is truly made of.
Tags: JAR
As part of our efforts to foster community gathering, we are supplying a community gathering pad.
Wednesday evenings until August 27th we will be rolling out the welcome mat for all who want to sit and enjoy a little community picnic action.
So show up, pick some fruits and veggies and break out the dinner plates and beverages.
Then sit back a meet all the fantastic people that make up our community.
And watch for the turf to show up at other local events in need of a little community gathering.
We’ll see you HERE.
Tags: community, gather, local food
We can’t begin to tell you how fantastic it is to have a local farmers market, and a good one at that. There is no better place to feel like you are part of a large local family and feeling connected to the food chain that surrounds us.
The photos for the posters on this post were photographed by Jude Mooney, we can’t thank her enough for contributing to projectHERE.
We had the privelage of taking a class from Kay Baumhefner from “Come Home to Cooking” where she led a group of us through the Wednesday night market and taught us what to look for, how to prepare it and how to store it.
If you haven’t taken one of her classes before, call her now, you’ll never shop or cook the same way again.
Here is her itinerary:
Tags: community, gather, local food