Just steps away from the weekly Saturday Farmers Market on the Square in Downtown Stevens Point, our event focused on showcasing eco-friendly living and sustainability in Wisconsin in an open air market gathering. Our event drew crowds who came not only to celebrate and shop, but also to learn, connect and support local change-makers.
We marked our 5 YEAR ANNIVERSARY with a block party which brought together the heart of Central Wisconsin.
Our festival-like atmosphere reflected our community’s deep commitment to a greener future, filled with music, local food, nonprofit engagement, local makers, and environmental awareness. This event emboldened much of the feel one would get from the Midwest Renewable Energy Association Energy Fair bringing live music, presenters and vendors together. It felt so natural we may even make this an annual occurrence.
A special thank you to our musicians Galynne Goodwill & Markondrums for keeping the energy high and the vibes throughout the event.
Presentations and demos were made by
- Recycling Connections
- Bucket Ruckus
- The Midwest Renewable Energy Association
- Generation Native Plants
- Siren Shrub
- Jessie Fritsch creator of the TrailBlazer Mural
- Midstate Roller Derby
- Kiki Laes on Violin
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and PROCESS ourselves!
Our lineup featured delicious offerings from local food vendors including
With nonprofits like….
- Central Sands Community Highschool
- Tomorrow River Community Charter Schools
- The Midwest Renewable Energy Association
- Central Wisconsin Wild Ones
- Giving Gardens of Portage County
- North Central Conservancy Trust
- Golden Sands
- Stevens Point Children's Museum
- Growing Collective
Our impressive list of vendors included
- Bound to Happen Books
- Fields & Flora (also decorated the photobooth arbor)
- Tundra Buttons (made our custom branded hats)
- A Little Something From Ashley
- Branch Collective
- Items crafted by Erin Enk
- Bird and the Bees Honey
- Sun Spun Pottery
- Lucky Bird Natives
- Killer Bugs
- Wild Eyed Beholder art by Alexandra Sosin
- Peggy Mcdowell of Jester Studio
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Generation Native Plants
Huge thank you to Main Street America. We were Proud to announce that PROCESS General Store received a $30,000 Enhancement Grant from the Backing Small Businesses program presented by @AmericanExpress, in partnership with @Main Street America. We were among the 500 Backing Small Businesses grantees awarded an additional $10,000 earlier this year, and now had also been selected among 25 of the original grantees for an additional enhancement grant that will help us address cultural, environmental, or access needs in our community. We are so excited to be among the recipients of this program!
For PROCESS this grant helped us put together this community event.
Learn more here: https://mainstreet.org/about/partner-collaborations/backing-small-businesses