HomeMy WebLinkAbout2022-06 Newsletter June 2022
Although the Emancipation Proclamation was made in 1863, it took over two years to get to the
last, westernmost state of Texas still under Confederate control.
Freedom finally came on June 19, 1865, when some 2,000 Union troops arrived in Galveston Bay,
Texas and announced that the more than 250,000 enslaved black people in the state were free by
executive decree. This day came to be known as "Juneteenth" by the newly freed people.
For more information - https://www.juneteenth.com/history/
Most Municipal and County Offices will be closed Monday, June 20th in observance and the
Tompkins County Office of Human Rights/City of Ithaca is hosting a reading of On Juneteenth by
author Annette Gordon-Reed, at 4:15 p.m. and broadcast via YouTubeLive
We are in the Ithaca Parade for the first time !
Come check us out…. 6 p.m. downtown
Ithaca Festival Link
Town of Ithaca – Past – Present- Future
Close out May ….
Although the Belmont Stakes
hasn’t run yet, we did have
some fun again this year
decking out our Triple Crown
lobby tree and sporting fancy
hats and fascinators.
….. then into Memorial Day weekend with a tribute to the troops with all branches of the Armed
Services and POW/MIA members represented along with the Red, White and Blue.
Other Happenings in and around Town …..
Gayogohó:nǫˀ Language & Culture
A year has passed since
Stephen Henhawk started
teaching weekly
Gayogohó:nǫˀ Language and
Culture classes to a small
group of us out at Tutelo
(Deyodi:ho:nǫˀ) park. This
blossomed into the
"Gayogohó:nǫˀ Learning
Project, from the Center for
Transformative Action.
www.gayogohono-learning-
project.org
Classes start soon -- class fee: $190 - $325 sliding scale
Introductory Mondays 6:30-7:30 June 13th – Aug 29
Continuing - Wednesdays 6:30 - 7:30 pm (June 15 - Aug 31)
An amazing opportunity to learn, from a first language speaker, the indigenous language of the
Gayogohó:nǫˀ, native to the Ithaca area and beyond, learned from the people who carried the oral
traditions forward through the generations.
LEARNING WEB - SUMMER PROGRAM
Annual FREE summer program, focused on volunteerism and community service.
The program runs from July 5th-August 11th (the first three weeks are session 1, the second three
weeks are session 2. Students can join for just one session, or both!), from Monday-Thursday, 9am-
1:00pm.
We will be supporting local partners like the Ithaca Children’s Garden, Discover Cayuga Lake, and
Family Reading Partners—among others.
Contact Linnea for details or to sign up: 607-301-3666, linnea@learning-web.org
EAST HILL FARMERS MARKET
This little neighborhood market is up and running … every Wednesday from 4-7 in the green space
next to Walgreens. Even though it is early in the season, you will find a nice variety of products
from local farms. https://ithacamarket.com/markets/wednesday-at-east-hill-plaza/
Enjoy baked goods - Bluebird Bakery pastries, and a new sourdough bread vendor, with sinful
looking cinnamon rolls… Local greens are arriving on the scene too… Flowers and more
EARTH SOURCE HEAT PROJECT
Borehole Drilling tentatively begins next week
Large trucks will begin arriving over several days with the drill rig beginning end of next week,
which is exciting in itself, although do expect some heavy traffic associate with the delivery.
Drilling the approximately two-mile deep borehole will begin as soon as the week of June 13 and
last for about eight weeks.
Borehole drilling will help researchers further explore deep sub-surface rock conditions and heat
output and assist in determining the viability of Earth Source Heat for campus.
Cornell is being very transparent and open and has set up a website where the research team will
provide weekly updates, including a dashboard that shows drill depth reached, rock layers observed,
and other critical information, and a weekly video with project team members discussing what
they’ve learned so far and what to expect for the week ahead. https://earthsourceheat.cornell.edu/
The Town has been very supportive of this effort, and as Cornell says “We are tremendously
excited about this project, as we believe that it not only holds the greatest potential for helping the
Ithaca campus to achieve its carbon neutrality goals, but also has the potential to create a new, clean
energy industry that can help other institutions, businesses and communities in cold-weather regions
to move to a clean, sustainable source of heat.”
Water and Sewer Payment Options
• FREE Automatic Payment (ACH) - Complete enrollment form here (No fee)
• Online Banking Bill Pay – Establish Town of Ithaca as a payee, use P.O. Box 7143, Ithaca,
NY 14851 for payee address, use your water/sewer account number, request a one-time
payment for the amount due and your financial institution will send us a check. (No fee)
• Cash in person at 215 N Tioga Street (No fee)
• Check, payable to Town of Ithaca, in person or drop box at 215 N Tioga Street (No fee)
• Check, payable to Town of Ithaca, by mail to P.O. Box 7143, Ithaca, NY 14851 (postage)
• Card payment or eCheck at www.town.ithaca.ny.us or via link on your eBilling notification
(3rd party vendor fee)
To sign up for eBilling notification visit Bolton Point: https://www.boltonpoint.org/
and the Richard B. Fischer Environmental Conservation Award goes to…..
FINGER LAKES REUSE
Finger Lakes ReUse was honored for their years of hard work, dedicated to conserving useful
materials and promoting the reuse of tons of valuable items that might otherwise be wasted in
landfills. The opening of their new ReUse MegaCenter in 2021 helps Ithacans to enjoy valuable
affordable products and others to clear their living space of unwanted items.
Members of the Conservation Board presented the award to representatives of Finger Lakes ReUse
at a tree planting ceremony on Wednesday, May 25th at the Town of Ithaca’s Tareyton Park. The
group planted 4 Bur Oaks in one corner of the park.
WBNG covered the event: Link Complete information on the award: Link