Archive for the 'Winooski VT Life' Category

The street in front of the Cascades sales office is already bustling with preparation for this evenings Riverwalk Festival in Winooski VT. We are very excited to be sponsoring as the Winooski Falls Development Group. There will be live music, food, games and fireworks at sunset. Tammy Fletcher and Waylon Speed are a few of the performers today. You’ll also find food as mixed as our little community from all different cultures.

Winooski Falls Way will be closed down at 4PM for the festival. You can find parking in the city garage off Cascades Way. It is free for all festival goers. Come down and enjoy!

Click here for the Burlington Free Press Article about the Festival for more information.

It is Restaurant Week in Burlington and Our House Bistro in Winooski’s downtown is open for business. Friends waited an hour on line yesterday for opening night, but raved it was worth the wait.

Seven Days has a great article with the low-down on the chef owners & the type of cuisine they’ll be serving up. We’ll be posting our own review and hours once we’ve had a chance to check it out. So far we know they are open for dinner and it’s getting a lot of positive comments! The website is under construction but you can check it out here: www.ourhousebistro.com

For a review from 7 Days click here: Seven Days Our House Opening in Winooski VT

For more info on the Vermont Restaurant Week click here.

This Saturday Ben Kaufman, of the Winooski Police Department, will ride his bike around the rotary in downtown Winooski to raise awareness and money to fight cancer. His goal is to ride 100 mile, a total of 575 laps around the rotary, to raise $10,000 for the LiveStrong Foundation.

You can support Officer Kaufman by making a donation at his website (click here) or by purchasing a yellow flag for $5 at a number of local Winooski businesses. You are encouraged to write a message on your flag which will fly in Circle Park during Ben’s ride.

Here about Kaufman’s challenge in his own words on WCAX, click here.

Visit austin2010.livestrong.org/benkaufman to donate online or for a list of businesses selling flags.

I just came across this really interesting article in the Bennington Banner about the history of Irish in Vermont. There is a bit about a man by the name of John Lonergan who opened a market in Winooski to cater to the textile workers.

You can read the full article here: Irish in Vermont a story that ‘needed to be told’ by Mark E. Rondea, Bennington Banner (click article title)

The Eclecto fundraiser held at the Champlain Mill, sponsored by the Winooski Falls Development Company, Monelle, Ecco, Champlain College, Farrell Distributing and Mountain Air Systems, raised $2000 for the O’Brien Community Center in Winooski. We are very excited that the event will have the opportunity to positively impact our community!

The B2B Cartel which hosted the event is very excited about the funds raise. They are particularly thankful to the Northfield Savings Bank for their matching donation and to the Cascades Team for donating the space in the Mill and their help with set up for the event. Keep you ears open for the next B2B event this summer!

Art in action has come to Winooski VT and will be here through the 31st of January.  Art in Action: Shaping Vermont’s Future Through Art is a traveling exhibit that has been displayed all over Vermont. The exhibition is a result of a partnership between the Vermont Arts Council and philanthropists Lyman Orton and Janice Izzi.

It includes the work of ten artists which have been commissioned to create works that address issued identified by Vermonters as essential to our State’s economic, environmental and social future. You can view the pieces at the O’Brien Community Center in Winooski until January 31, 2010. To find out more visit the website by clicking here.

The Cascades and the Winooski Falls Development team is excited to host the B2B Cartel’s Winter event, Eclecto at the Champlain Mill. The event will be held on Saturday, January 16th from 9PM-2AM. A 20$ donation is required for entry and all proceeds will benefit the O’Brien Community Center in Winooski.

B2B or Back to Black has been hosting these events for a number of years now. It stared as a group of friends who wanted to throw a great party and benefit a worthy cause. Each event allows them to donate to a local charity or organization the group feels deserves the support. The 2009 summer event raised funds and supply donations for the Kings Street Youth Center.

We’re really excited to have to B2B host at the Mill! Check out information about the event by clicking here.

Seven Days wrote a great article about the Winooski Falls Development that includes Cascades, Keen’s Crossing, Spinner Place and The Champlain Mill. It is a reflective piece on how the neighborhood is coming since the ribbon cutting 4 years ago.

You can check it out here: http://www.7dvt.com/2009waiting-winooski

Need a car? CarShare Vermont has got  you covered. CarShare VT will be placing a car in Winooski. This give you 24/7 access to cars on or off campus. The usage rates are low and the gas is FREE. You just need to be 18 to join.

This is a great opportunity for Cascade buyers/owners who want to live in a walkable community and only need a car once in awhile to get groceries or take a trip.  To learn more about CarShare Vermont in Winooski check out their website here : www.carsharevt.com

Great article from Children’s Health naming Burlington VT as #1 of 100 of the best places to raise kids. Between Lake Champlain, education and low obesity Burlington raises to the top!

Check out the article here “100 Best (and Worst) Places to Raise Kids”