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	Downtown Nashua Goes Green!


	Dear –FNAME–, Even though there is snow on the way, we are very much looking forward to the arrival of spring! This week, there are a good number of things happening that will help Nashua get ready for the arrival of warmers days, and help our community become more green & clean! Stay tuned later in the week for your regular edition of The Downtowner – today’s special edition covers everything coming up and going on when it comes to our Downtown going green! Please be sure to sign up for our annual Downtown Parks Clean Up Day, which is coming up on April 21st, at the link toward the end of this newsletter. Have a great week! Paul Shea Executive Director Great American Downtown


	Gate City Community Gardens: Applications Now Available! Apply now through March 20^th! With the newly expanded Nashua Heritage Rail Trail Garden, Gate City Community Gardens now has a total of 24 four ft x eight ft beds available. The application period is open through March 20th â with prospective gardeners being informed of the availability of plots no later than April 1st. If there are more applications than beds during this period, priority will be given to past gardeners, and then based on proximity of the applicants home in relation to the Heritage Rail Trail Community Garden. GCCG is very excited to share that for the 2018 season and will be partnering with Grow Nashua to offer enhanced education programs at the garden, and work toward further expansion of the program!


	Free Solar Supper Seminar @ Nashua Soup Kitchen WED. MARCH 7 \| 7-8:30PM An Invitation to go solar and support the Nashua Soup Kitchen & Shelter! ReVision Energy, a local Certified B Corporation, is proud to help the Nashua Soup Kitchen & Shelter go solar and save money to feed more people in need. As a friend of NSKS, you are invited to join them in their mission by going solar too. For each member of the NSKS community who signs a solar contract with ReVision Energy by June 1, 2018, ReVision will make a $250 donation to NSKS in your name â enough to offset the cost of one of the 131 panels on the NSKS roof! Learn more about solar options for your home or business at this free informational event hosted by the Nashua Soup Kitchen and Shelter at 2 Quincy St in downtown Nashua. Stay tuned to this event link below for updates relative to the incoming weather.


	Nashua Garden Club Meeting WED. MARCH 7 \| 7PM Before long, the gardeners will be in their gardens getting nice and dirty! Feeling the warm earth and smelling the enchanting air of spring! Please come join on Wednesday March 7th at 7:00 pm for a Proven Winners informative talk given bye Russ Knowles of Pleasant View Gardens in Loudon, NH. He represents the Proven Winners Product line and will give a peak at some of the exciting plants they will be offering this season! Stay tuned to this event link below for updates relative to the incoming weather. âââââââ

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	Nashua Composts! ORDER BY MARCH 15^th! The Nashua DPW Solid Waste Dept. and the Nashua Garden Club are joining forces to offer residents the opportunity to help recover resources and recycle waste. Composting bins/accessories and rain barrels are available to purchase – at reduced prices – but only for the next 4 weeks!

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	Grow Nashua: Community Gardens Outreach PARTNERS FOR THE 2018 GCCG SEASON! GCCG is very excited to share that for the 2018 season and will be partnering with Grow Nashua to offer enhanced education programs at the garden, and work toward further expansion of the program! Grow Nashua is growing urban vegetable farms in our city and schools and using this common ground to empower people to strengthen their own community relationships. â Working among Nashua’s schools, businesses, and diverse residents they are providing the backbone for communication to support the local food system and positively impact the overall health of the community. For 2018 they are now offering a home composting program, where they will pick up your compostable waste, and turn it into black gold for your garden! Grow Nashua’s initiatives cohesively fit together to give participants the education and resources they need to grow, cook, and eat healthy; as well as advocate for their local food system.

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	Downtown Nashua Parks Clean Up Day! SIGN UP TO VOLUNTEER! Volunteers of all skill level are invited to join us as we clean up a winter’s worth of trash, brush, and other debris in parks, trails, and opens spaces throughout Downtown Nashua, NH. We will concentrate on the Nashua Heritage Rail Trail and Library Trail, and fan out to other areas if there is strong attendance.

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