Local Residents Invited to Envision a Sudbury Village Center and more
Residents from the surrounding community are invited to attend the Sudbury Village Center Pop-Up on October 19th at the Sudbury Meeting House from 12pm until 4pm. The event will bring people together to imagine, play, and dance out the possibilities of recreating a vibrant town center.
With activities that include music and square dancing in the meeting hall, a pop-up cider and donuts café in the Cook House, horse-drawn wagon rides and pumpkin bowling in the barn, locals can learn about the area's traditional role as the center of life in the region and share their vision for its revival.
The Sudbury Village Center Pop-Up is an event that looks at how the community could engage in a restoration project in the Sudbury-Lake Hortonia region that creates public amenities and communal spaces. Members of the non-profit Sudbury Community Club and the Lake Hortonia Community Trust joined together to create "SUD HUB – Restoring Community Together".
Sudbury and Lake Hortonia community members and visitors once gathered at Andy's Campground, Jone's Store & Creamery, Hyde Manor, Hortonville, the Dance Pavilion, and the Lake Hortonia Country Store.
"We hope to bring back some of the social and business centers that were fundamental to our towns in the past," says Larry Rowe, President, Board of Directors of the Sudbury Community Club. "The Pop-Up event can help residents visualize a village center, and will allow us to collect ideas and feedback about the type of places they would like to see return to the Sudbury and Lake Hortonia area."
SUD-HUB board members will use the community's input to set a course toward acquiring property that can reestablish these important hubs. The group is evaluating several central properties for possible acquisition using state grants and fundraising.
Schedule of events for the Sudbury Village Center Pop-Up:
12pm-1pm Chili Cook Off and Live Music by Hermit Hollow String Band
1p-3p Horse Drawn Wagon Rides, Cider & Donuts , Open Mic for Local Musicians, Local artist and vendor displays, lawn games and Bowling
3-4p Square Dancing
12pm-4pm: survey collection, self-guided tour of the Sudbury Meeting House, Cook Farmhouse and Barn
For more information about SUD-HUB and the Sudbury Village Center Pop-Up, visit https://sudburyvt.org/ or email sudhubVT@gmail.com
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