Join the Rivertowns Earth Month Scavenger Hunt
Now through May 4
Check out the myriad things you can do to get points for this awesome game! The Village with the most points at the end gets $3k for a sustainability project - and the winning team gets $500 cash! Brought to you by the conservation groups of the Rivertowns in an epic collab.
Join the Hastings 7th Annual Bioblitz
April 1-30
Using the app iNaturalist, any photo of nature that you upload will automatically be included in Hastings' annual April dataset. Help out with citizen science! Check out this short BioBlitz convo during April 2021, courtesy of Cat McGrath.
Three ecosystem tours (no pre-reg required) and one learning event: learn about your local ecology and efforts to improve these habitats:
Saturday, April 11th at 11am: Tour the Lower Burke Estate Wetlands Restoration Project with Don Erwin
Sunday, April 19th at 11am: Tour Exit 12 Riparian Restoration Project with Matt Hobby
Saturday, May 2nd at noon: Tour Zinsser Community Gardens renovations with Patrick MacNeil, Brooks Ballard and Mihai Cuibus
April 26th, 2-4pm an update on the Hillside Woods Restoration Project at the Community Center
ALSO!
Saturday, April 11, 9am-11am join the Hastings Vine Squad for its last lop of the season! The Lofts on 9A. Park here.
Sunday, April 12, 10am-4pm: Hastings Flea, Zinsser Commuter (aka Train Station) Parking Lot
Sunday, April 12, 11am-1pm, join Wayfinders on a new habitat restoration project at Lenoir Nature Preserve. Registration required.
Saturday, April 18th, 10am-2pm Hastings Repair Café at James V. Harmon Community Center
Saturday-Sunday April 25th-26th Hastings Clean Up Weekend; see link for more info
Saturday, April 25th, 12pm-3pm Sakura Cherry Blossom Festival; see link for more info
Saturday, May 2nd, 3-5pm Riverkeeper Sweep waterfront clean up. Register here
Visit Hastings' TILI Garage every Sunday except Easter (see webpage for times and weather closures)
Join the Hastings Beautification Committee to tend public gardens any Friday morning, 9:30-11
And: get ready for Spring Thing: Hastings Day! Sunday, May 17th noon-4pm. Hastings' annual street fair in which all community groups and businesses are invited! Scouts, commissions, boards, swim teams - come on out and be with your community.