• Develop a more walkable, bikeable, bus-friendly community
• Encourage year-round access to locally grown food
• Support a greener community
• Build a more vibrant community and local economy
• Work with other communities to develop regional sustainability practices

Sustainable Worthington Meetings & Events

Wednesday, July 16th - Meet & Greet for Olde Worthington Farmers Market Friends Volunteers

Sustainable Worthington is supporting the Olde Worthington Business Association in creating a group of volunteers (Friends) to support educational outreach and service programs at the Olde Worthington Farmers Market. If you would like to join the new email list for the Friends group please Contact Us.

With your help, we can continue to sustain what has become a jewel of the Olde Worthington Community. Now, we would like to expand the market experience to not only include providing access to fresh, locally grown produce, eggs, locally-produced meat and many other goods and goodies throughout the year, but also by providing educational outreach and service programs as well. We are looking for volunteers who can help promote the Market's vision of sustainability, which includes education about healthy living, eating locally and sustainably, and strengthening urban-rural bonds.

We invite you to join us for an informal meet & greet on Wednesday, July 16th @ 7:30 at House Wine, 644 High Street, Worthington. Please come and enjoy yourself while we get to know more about you and what unique talent/expertise you may have to offer this endeavor. Light appetizers will be provided; wine will be available for purchase at $5.00 per glass.

We hope you can join us and look forward to meeting you. Please Contact Us to RSVP by July 13th.

Sustainable Worthington Projects

Community Gardens in Worthington

25 enthusiastic people came to our first meeting on January 30th to explore the idea of a community garden at the United Methodist Children's Home (UMCH)! If you would like to be added to the Google Group for community gardens in Worthington, please Contact Us. For more information about the United Methodist Children's Home please visit www.umchohio.org.

Demonstration Rain Garden in Worthington

Rain Gardens are shallow basins planted with native plants that catch storm water before it flows into storm sewers during a rain storm. They allow rain water to soak into the ground (rather than flowing over roads, roofs, driveways and lawns directly into the river), and they filter pollutants that would otherwise run directly into the rivers. If numerous rain gardens were installed in Worthington, it could prevent storm water from overflowing the capacity of our storm sewers.

The Worthington Rain Garden will be installed on the north side of the intersection of Worthington Galena Road and Highland Avenue on September 6, 2008. This is a joint project of the City of Worthington and Sustainable Worthington. The City of Worthington will provide labor and machinery to install the rain garden. Sustainable Worthington will provide volunteer labor, interpretive signage and the plants for the garden. If you would like to contribute to the cost of the plants/signage, help install Worthington's first demonstration rain garden, or if you grow native plants in your yard and would like to contribute plants for the garden, please Contact Us.

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