Chamber Chat: Farmers Market to begin June 7

Hello! A group met to form a Steering Committee this week to help the people who survived this month’s fire and to have a permanent plan in place that will be ready to implement in our next disaster.

Chamber President Mary Coffin

We are taking direction from a National Organization whose business it is to help in disaster recovery. The name of the group is VOAD (National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster). VOAD is a nonprofit, nonpartisan membership organization that serves as the forum where organizations share knowledge and resources throughout the disaster cycle which is: preparation, response, recovery and mitigation to help communities prepare for and recover from disasters. The National VOAD coalition includes over 50 of the country’s most reputable national organizations (faith based, community based and other non-governmental organizations) and 55 State/Territory VOADs, which represent Local/Regional VOADS and hundreds of other member organizations throughout the country.

This Friday, May 30th you don’t want to miss the first Make Guthrie Weird Block Party of the summer at 6:30p.m. on Second Street and Harrison Avenue! Stranded at the Station, John Moreland and Valerie June will be playing! Bring a lawn chair and enjoy the food trucks, bouncy house and other fun activities for the kids. This is a free event for the community!

June 7th kicks off the Guthrie Farmer’s Market from 8a.m. to noon on First Street between Oklahoma and Harrison Avenue. There will be a Vintage Market from 8a.m. to 4p.m. and a Handmade Market on Oklahoma Avenue from 8a.m. to 5p.m. That evening on Oklahoma Avenue there will be another Make Guthrie Weird Block Party! Sons of Fathers and Kris Orlowski will be opening for James Town Revival at 6:30p.m. Once again this is a free community event presented by James @ Friends Birthday Bash!

The next G2 meeting is June 16th at the Boneyard around 6p.m. This group of young professionals has met two times and has talked about how important it is in being involved in the community, such as supporting events in town, volunteering and voting. If you are between twenty one and forty this might be the perfect group for you! For more information check them out at G2 on Facebook.

Byron Berline Band will be performing at the Double Stop Music Hall Saturday night at 7:30p.m. Next week’s Chamber Coffee will be hosted by Friends of Senator AJ Griffin at the Territorial Capital Sports Museum located at 315 W. Oklahoma. The coffee starts at 9:30a.m.