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The BRI's monthly meeting for August will focus on next steps in downtown revitalization, ways to work with other groups, and thinking ahead to BU 2020. We welcome EVERYONE interested to come and share ideas (the crazier the better!) and get involved with planning.
Location: The Arnold Block, 245 Main Street, Bethel VT
March brings mud…. and Bethel’s unique community pop-up university! Join us throughout the month of March - we have nearly 70 great courses and special events offered this year.
The BRI's monthly meeting for December will focus on planning for Bethel University 2019. We welcome EVERYONE interested to come and share ideas (the crazier the better!) and get involved with planning.
Location: The Arnold Block, 245 Main Street, Bethel VT
The Blossom Block Holiday Market is back for its third year with 20 vendors and artisans! Come shop our gift gallery for one of a kind gifts. Find unique toys, jewelry, quilts, art, housewares, pottery, and more, all created by local artisans and craftspeople. Indulge in candies and pastries, and bring some home for your celebrations, too!
Check out a list of vendors and activities at www.blossomblock.com
The BRI's monthly meeting for October will be a kickoff for Bethel University 2019. We welcome EVERYONE interested to come and share ideas (the crazier the better!) and get involved with planning.
Location: Town Hall or The Arnold Block, 245 Main Street, Bethel VT (final location announced shortly!)
Better Block is back - mini style! On Saturday, May 19, the BRI will bring back a small-scale version of the popular Better Block event. Come out and experience a vibrant downtown, including businesses new and old, a pop-up park with live music and games, tacos, art projects, pedestrian bulbouts and more!
Learn more about the event and how you can get involved.
Schedule:
9:00 AM: Downtown Beautification Work Party
2:00-7:00 PM: Pop-up fun at Babe's parking lot (formerly the Bethel Depot)... music, games, treats, kids activities and more.
2:00-5:00 PM: Downtown Business Open House & passport challenge; Electric Vehicle showcase at Town Hall
3:30 PM: Art on the River Celebration and Walking Tour
5:00 PM: Tacos are back!
6:00 PM: Second walking tour
7:00 PM: Stories of Bethel (at the Arnold Block)
Join us for a free family movie at the Bethel Town Hall on the first Friday of every month! Bring blankets and bean bags, pillows, lawn chairs and get comfy if you want (we have regular chairs). Shh.... we're not allowed to say what the movie actually is, but we'll give you some clues.
May movie ... the original Star Wars! (Episode 4)
The BRI's monthly meeting for April will focus on BU 2018, as well as Bethel's public art projects, streetscape improvements and a spring "mini-Better Block."
The BRI's monthly meeting for May will focus on Bethel University wrap-up, Bethel's public art projects, streetscape improvements and a spring "mini-Better Block."
All Welcome!
BU 2018 is in the books, and it's time to celebrate! Join us for FREE cake and a potluck dinner, slideshow of this year's courses, awards, and more fun! Bring the kids, bring your proud parents and aunts and uncles, bring everyone you know. All welcome, whether you participate in BU 2018 or not.
If you did take a course and have something to show off (craft, new skill, etc.), please bring that along as well. And if you have photos of 2018 courses, email them to betheluniversityvt@gmail.com or tag them #betheluniversityvt so that we can include them in the slideshow.
Join us for a free family movie at the Bethel Town Hall on the first Friday of every month! Bring blankets and bean bags, pillows, lawn chairs and get comfy if you want (we have regular chairs). Shh.... we're not allowed to say what the movie actually is, but we'll give you some clues.
April movie is a sweet cartoon about a group of animals who have a singing competition to save the theater they love!
Don't let the mud get you down! Join us to celebrate spring and the mid-way point of Bethel University 2018. This family-friendly event is free and open to all. All welcome for music, games, socializing and mud-themed treats.
The BRI's monthly meeting for March will focus on BU 2018, as well as Bethel's public art projects, streetscape improvements and a spring "mini-Better Block."
Join us for a free family movie at the Bethel Town Hall on the first Friday of every month! Bring blankets and bean bags, pillows, lawn chairs and get comfy if you want (we have regular chairs). Shh.... we're not allowed to say what the movie actually is, but we'll give you some clues.
The March movie will be a classic Mel Brooks comedy comedy about the young grandson of a famous mad scientist, shown in conjunction with our Bethel University class Frankenstein 2018. Note that this movie is rated PG and contains adult themes, so may not be appropriate for younger children. You do not need to register for the BU class in order to attend!
It's the 5th anniversary of Bethel's annual pop-up university! Join us throughout the month of March - you can teach a class on any topic under the sun, or take classes for free. Stay tuned for more special events, parties, and the best of college life.
Course proposals will be open in December, and classes will be announced in February.
The BRI's monthly meeting for February will focus on BU 2018.
Join us for a free family movie at the Bethel Town Hall on the first Friday of every month! Bring blankets and bean bags, pillows, lawn chairs and get comfy if you want (we have regular chairs). Shh.... we're not allowed to say what the movie actually is, but we'll give you some clues and have a poster hanging in Town Hall.
January's movie will be an animated feature about a family of undercover superheroes who need to save the world!
Help brighten up Bethel for the winter! Join us to make some community snowflake banners for downtown Bethel this Saturday, December 16, at the Blossom Block Holiday Market on Main Street. We welcome people to stop by from 10-12 for 15 to 30 min to add to our project. Each snowflake that falls is unique and different, depending on where and when it develops. Just one doesn’t have much of an impact, so we need your help. Lets create simple snowflakes that will cluster together in a creative blizzard to show how Bethel is a unique and vibrant community. This is fun for adults and young people who can use scissors.
The Blossom Block Holiday Market is back for its second year! Come shop our gift gallery for one of a kind gifts. Find unique toys, jewelry, quilts, art, housewares, pottery, and more, all created by local artisans and craftspeople. Indulge in candies and pastries, and bring some home for your celebrations, too!
Check out a list of vendors and activities at www.blossomblock.com
On opening night, Friday the 8th, from 4-6pm we will have live music from Darryl!!
Andy Stone will have music on Sunday 10th & 17th from 10-12.
The Art Bus will be joining us on Saturday the 9th from 10-12 to help kids make holiday ornaments!
The Bethel Revitalization Initiative will be joining us on Saturday the 16th from 10-12 to have kids create some festive banners that will be hung downtown throughout the holidays.
The BRI's monthly meeting for November will focus on next steps for the public art projects, streetscape work, and BU 2018.
The BRI's monthly meeting for November will focus on next steps for the public art projects, streetscape work, and BU 2018.
The Bethel Energy Committee and the Bethel Revitalization Initiative have exciting projects in the works, and we need some extra funds! We are teaming up to host a fundraising dinner on October 28th.
Join us for:
Funds will go towards a community feasibility study for improvements with the goal of making Bethel more of a walkable community, promoting community gardens, working with Green Mountain Power to investigate EV charging in Bethel, supplementing BRI's grant for the mural, banners and benches, and other BRI revitalization projects.
Tickets will be sold at the door.
BU 2018 is fast approaching and it's our 5th anniversary! Join us as we kick off planning for next year's pop-up university, do some brainstorming, and decide on an organizational strategy.
Join us to celebrate one of Bethel's oldest community institutions (the Bethel Public Library) and one of our newest (the trout mural)!
This fun and FREE community event will celebrate and recognize the strong community that has come together for centuries to make Bethel a vibrant place to live. We especially hope you'll join us if you helped to paint or create the mural!
The mural dedication will include:
Join the fish parade! Pick up a plywood fish cutout at the Sandwich Shop and decorate it, then bring it with you for the parade. Or bring your own creative fish! RAIN OR SHINE.
The BRI's monthly meeting for September will focus on planning for the mural dedication celebration in October, and organizing for the BU 2018 Kickoff meeting.
free ice cream...arts bus...games...music
Bethel’s giant retaining wall will soon be home to a giant mural of our native rainbow trout. Join us for a painting party and bring these fish to life.
Vermont mural artist Mary Lacy designed the fish, which will be painted on plywood and mounted on the wall. We need lots of hands to help paint the pieces – no artistic experience necessary! Put on some old clothes and join your neighbors to make some art and celebrate summer in Bethel. We’ll have Bethel Cornhole & lawn games, free ice cream and free t-shirt making with the Arts Bus (2:30-4:30). Stay as long as you want and pack a picnic if you like. We’ll also have a sneak preview of the other art projects.
RAIN OR SHINE... but we'll likely move location if rain is predicted. Check this site by 10 AM on Saturday July 15 for updates.
The BRI's monthly meeting for July will focus on our summer public art projects, including planning for the Paint & Picnic event on July 15. We'll also get updates on other BRI projects, including the Bethel University technology project.
One of the recommendations from Bethel Better Block is to focus on beautification and aesthetic improvements.
Come help rake, plant and spiff up Bethel on our first Bethel Beautification Day! Lots of volunteers needed for a fun and productive work day.
Bring tools, work gloves and wear old clothes! Contact Lisa Campbell (lcampbell43@comcast.net) or Lisa Warhol (leswarhol@gmail.com) if you have questions or to donate plants.
Bring the family and join the party downtown Saturday afternoon.
Join the BRI to talk about what worked, what didn't, and what changes we want to make for Bethel University 2018. The meeting will also include next steps and updates on other BRI projects.
