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The Town will now start Spring Brush and Leaf Pickup on Monday, April 20.

FHIA’s Spring Cleanup effort is scheduled for Saturday April 18, 9-11am. We usually meet at the park and then spread out to pick up trash along neighborhood roads, etc. More details later on adjustments in light of COVID-19.

Spring Brush and Leaf Pickup begins Monday, April 20 [changed date].

The Town of Ithaca Public Works Department will be picking up yard waste (brush, leaves, pine needles, dead flowers, garden waste, and grass clippings). All yard waste must be at the roadside by 7 a.m. on the first day of collection. See http://www.town.ithaca.ny.us/Quick-News/2020springbrushandleafpickup for more details.

Practical Conversation about Solar and Heat Pumps POSTPONED
Wednesday March 25, 7pm. Forest Home Chapel

Installing solar panels or a heat pump system can reduce your fossil fuel use, improve energy efficiency, and make your home compliant with increasingly tight building codes. Both technologies are mature, but a mix of regulations, national and state tax incentives, historic homes considerations, and driven salespeople can make the selection and implementation process daunting.

Please join us for an informal discussion with Forest Home neighbors who have recently installed these systems. If you have already taken the plunge, please come and share your experience.

Join us for the annual Holiday Party, Saturday Dec. 14, 5-8pm, 127 Warren Road.

Bring your family, something to drink (wine is fine!), and something to eat (either savory or sweet) and we will enjoy an evening of neighborhood cheer together.

Dani Novak from Halcyon Hill has been working with the Red Cross and Pastor Rebecca Dolch at the Chapel to arrange this session.  Hopefully we will never need to use the advice the Red Cross presenters will offer, but it will be useful to get tips from folks with experience of helping people after disaster strikes, just in case.

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Tuesday, November 19, 2019, 6:45-8:30pm, at the Forest Home Chapel, 224 Forest Home Drive, Ithaca

Disaster Preparedness Presentation
by Maia Kunzmann and Suzann Hensley from the American Red Cross

Among the topics they will discuss are:

possible disaster scenarios,
preparedness kits,
communication plans,
specific advice and tips,
volunteer opportunities.

Flyer from Red Cross (PDF)

About the Citizen Preparedness Corps program (PDF)

We will meet at the Forest Home Chapel at 7:30 pm on Tuesday October 22.  The agenda will include:

Conservation Challenges for Forest Home’s Forests.

We will be joined by Todd Bittner, Director of Natural Areas at Cornell Botanic Gardens, to learn about local forest conservation threats and actions. The discussion will include information on local efforts to manage the urban deer population, as well as other emerging forest issues, such as the emerald ash borer and Japanese knotweed. Todd will include information on what home-owners can do on their own property.

Annual Meeting Business

Reports from the President and Treasurer.

[Update:  Reports available online at https://fhia.org/minutes/]

Election of Board for new FHIA year, which runs from Oct 1.

Come join us for a Community Meeting on our Forest Home Walkway on Wed. July 17 from 4:00 – 6:00 PM. We  want to give everyone the time to attend, so come anytime during that time slot. Jim Weber, Town of Ithaca Director of Public Works, and others will be there to facilitate this opportunity for insight and input regarding the improvement of the Forest Home Walkway. Jim says that he will not have any presentation material at this meeting, but he may have existing conditions maps. The meeting will start at the bottom of the path, next to the intersection of Forest Home Drive and Pleasant Grove Rd.

Learn about the mills and associated houses on the stretch of Fall Creek alongside The Byway.

Saturday, June 29, 11am.
Walk and Talk: The Byway.

Led by Bruce Brittain, sponsored by Historic Ithaca.

“The Byway is a former loop of Forest Home Drive along Fall Creek in the Town of Ithaca. This short stretch of road has the highest density of nineteenth century mill remnants and mill-era houses in Forest Home.”

Meet at the end of The Byway that is adjacent to the downstream bridge. No charge, but registration is encouraged.

See http://www.historicithaca.org/walk-and-talk/

Here is a map from 1866 showing Forest Home, then known as Free Hollow, with houses and mills.

Saturday June 15, 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
That Old House Tour: Forest Home (sponsored by Historic Ithaca)

“Get an exclusive look inside beautiful homes & sites with this self-guided walking/driving/biking tour of selected interiors in Ithaca’s historic hamlet of Forest Home! Forest Home will be celebrating its 225th anniversary of settlement this year.”

On the day, tickets will be on sale from 11:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. at the Forest Home Chapel, 224 Forest Home Drive, Ithaca, NY.

For more details see http://www.historicithaca.org/events/toht/

Saturday, June 29, 11am
Walk and Talk: The Byway
Led by Bruce Brittain, sponsored by Historic Ithaca.

“The Byway is a former loop of Forest Home Drive along Fall Creek in the Town of Ithaca. This short stretch of road has the highest density of nineteenth century mill remnants and mill-era houses in Forest Home.”

Meet at the end of The Byway that is adjacent to the downstream bridge. No charge, but registration is encouraged.