Keeping Grayson County Clean is the topic for the Grayson LandCare(GLC) presentation May 16 at 7 pm at the Free Market located at 1173 N. Independence Ave. Have you wondered what the Free Market is all about? Who is welcome there? Take the tour and see for yourself. Everyone is welcome to use the Free[…]
Alice Cox is the featured speaker Monday April 18 at 7pm. for the monthly Grayson LandCare presentation in the 1908 Baldwin Auditorium. Alice is one of the advisors for the Grayson County Future Farmers of America program and a teacher in the Agriculture program at the Grayson County High School Cate Center. Agriculture is the[…]
Happy April GLC members!!First, let me say a very late THANK YOU for allowing me to serve as president of Grayson LandCare this year. I appreciate your support and I am excited to step into this leadership role with the organization. As you all are probably well aware, I am the first new GLC board[…]
Food Independence has seen a large increase in demand for food during winter and early spring that rival end of year holiday levels. Numbers of households receiving food rose about 40% in February and March over last year, and rival Thanksgiving and Christmas levels. Numbers have been steadily growing since opening but there is usually[…]
Q: Who is the Free Market for?People who cannot afford to buy new things? People who love to find a deal? People who care about the environment?A: All of the above! Wait, what? How does shopping at the Free Market help the environment? Just because you can afford to buy new doesn’t mean you should.[…]
If you regularly drive Rt. 58 through Baywood, you have probably wondered what is happening in the half-acre plot in front of Church of the Good Shepherd. Five years ago, the church offered to let Grayson LandCare use some of their land as a demonstration garden for permaculture, with the provision that it be used[…]
County Administrator Bill Shepley is the featured speaker this month. We will meet at the 1908 Courthouse Baldwin Auditorium at 7pm. Mr. Shepley will give an overview of 2021 and plans for 2022. He’ll give an update on the status of broadband internet and the Baywood Center, and will take questions from the audience as[…]
More than 500 people watched and voted for the videos created by local high school students (grades 9-12) for the annual Grayson LandCare (GLC) contest last year. Let’s build on that success! The Grayson LandCare Video Challenge asks students to make a 5-10-minute video of an idea that would make our county better; economically, environmentally,[…]