The local Farmers' Market, comprised of farmers, artisans, vendors, musicians and downtown restaurants, hosted a new guest on Thursday night. Our team came out from 4-8 to represent the City of Grand Junction and other organizations/companies. Audra, Julie, Kara, Ben and myeslf were the first group from our team to experience the festivities. We set up our table complete with brochures from the Red Door Challenge, sign-ups for that program as well as for the Housing Resources of Western Colorado "income qualify only" program, the curbside recycling program, information on the Greenback$ program, information on the Governors Energy Office and 8 easy behavioral tips to help homeowners save energy and money. We also handed out coloring books for the kids, as well as seed packets for the gardeners. We quickly found out that the easiest approach to getting the attention of the passersby was to offer them a free reusable Xcel Energy bag (with a Red Door Challenger brochure inside). We would then ask them if they were interested in learning about energy efficiency in their home or business. Most people were very pleasant and interested in what we had to say. We were able to get two homeowners to sign up for the free audit/weatherization services through Housing Resources of Western Colorado. We also educated countless people on energy efficiency through handing out our brochures and just talking to folks about the energy audit process and weatherization. All-in-all, it was a very successful first Farmers' Market for the members of Earth two! Our sponsor, Kathy Portner was beyond helpful and checked up on us every now and then; she even bought our team a bag of fresh cherries from the market. Thanks Kathy!
Until next time, keep up the GREEN work Earth Two! ; )
-Meredith
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