The 1st Annual Green Festival in Northeast Indiana Says Thanks!

[A Brewster Smythe]

It was a VERY windy day, and lots of tents and canvas umbrellas blew over. Fred Motley from Fort Wayne City Untilities finally just gave up and anchored all of FW Utility info with rocks and paperweights. Geoff Paddock gave his talk about bringing passenger rail service back to Fort Wayne amid gusts of wind that threatened to blow away his signs. But, it all fell wonderfully into place.

Waynedale Green Alliance was thrilled to have the first wind turbine displayed in Waynedale ;-) (courtesy of Batteries Express)

Betsy Yakowiak of Little Rivers Wetland jazzed up the crowd!





We are taking the opportunity today to thank all of those who helped us make the 1st Green Festival in Northeast Indiana a success. So much work and effort went into this day and this involvement proved that Fort Wayne is making great strides towards a sustainable green city.

We had an outstanding schedule of events.

GreenFEST ’09: In Celebration of Earth Day
“Build Your Green Toolbox”

Schedule of Events

11am – 1pm WMEE 97.3 Today’s Best Variety of Music Welcomes Citizens to GreenFEST!
Noon- Proclamation by Mayor Tom Henry – Three Rivers Velo Club will bike in from Wayne High School
Speakers at Outside Stage
Abigail Frost of Save the Maumee Grassroots Organization
Kira Blacketor of Allen County Solid Waste District
Betsy Kachmar of Citilink
Betsy Yakowiak of Little Rivers Wetland Project
Geoff Paddock of Northeast Indiana Passenger Rail Association
Matt Jones of the Allen County Partnership for Water Quality
3pm Music BEGINS
Cathy Serrano- Folk Guitar and Singer
Skip Calvin of Guitar Exchange
Dan Dickerson of Harp Condition
Bill Certain – Rockin’ the House for the Green Finale

On April 25, 2009, Mayor Tom Henry issued a proclamation by the City of Fort Wayne at the Southwest Conservation Club declaring April 25, 2009 as the 1st Annual Green Festival in Northeast Indiana.
Waynedale Green Alliance, LTD in partnership with Southwest Conservation Club brought together over 50 organizations to celebrate the end of Earth Day Week. We also made our event a community affair by donating canned goods brought by attendees to Community Harvest of Northeast Indiana

We would like to thank all of them. Their participation, passion and energy made this day possible.

WMEE: Today's Best Variety of Music was there to welcome our Visitors.

We welcomed the following organizations.

GreenFEST’09
Participating Organizations
Presented by Waynedale Green Alliance, LTD


1. The City of Fort Wayne
2. Allen County Solid Waste District
3. Citilink
4. Save the Maumee Grassroots Organization
5. Grassroots Green
6. Allen County Partnership for Water Quality
7. Southwest Conservation Club
8. The Three Rivers Velo Club
9. All Star Martial Arts Academy
10. Summit City Bicycle
11. WoW Green
12. Batteries Express
13. The Energy Doctor
14. Solar Electric Power
15. Phoenix Mechanical
16. F & R Water and Waste Handling
17. The Garden Angels Project
18. Bobick’s Golf
19. Just Especially For You
20. Just For You Mobile Massage Therapy
21. Umber’s Do-It-Best Hardware
22. Model T Bicycle Rentals
23. Summit City Asset Remarketing
24. Walmart
25. Neuhouser Nursery
26. MacNamara Sandpoint
27. Y Buy New
28. Curves of Waynedale
29. Art Renderings by Rick Fuller
30. Community Harvest of Northeast Indiana
31. Cathy Serrano
32. Skip Calvin
33. Dan Dickerson
34. Bill Certain
35. Southside Business Group
36. Boys Scouts of America
37. Wabash River Heritage Corridor Committee
38. Fort Wayne Outfitters and Bike Depot
39. NEIGBC
40. Cookie Lee Jewelry
41. Heavenly Handbags
42. Monavie
43. Fort Wayne City Utilitie
44. Heartland Communities
45. Affordable Hair Design
46. ICAN
47. Northeast Indiana Passenger Rail Associaion
48. Christopher Crawford Photography
49. Special Thanks to Matt Larsen on Sound