Green Business in the Community
FREE outdoor family event on sustainable commerce, green art and more
Saturday June 13th, 11am-3pm, Haley Art Gallery, 178 Haley Road in Kittery, ME. off of Rt. 1 at the outlets.
The Green Alliance, a local green business union made up of 57 sustainable entrepreneurs, in conjunction with the Haley Art Gallery, is hosting its first annual Green Expo “Green Business in the Community”. The event is free and open to the public and will showcase local green businesses from biofuels to solar and geothermal, to sustainable clothing merchants, a local green IT company, sustainable foods and much, much more. Eco-art will be on display as well as a children’s recycled art activity and workshops on green energy systems such as solar, geothermal, biofuels and composting.
Seacoast residents and business owners Sarah Brown of the Green Alliance and Jackie Abramian of Haley Farm Gallery wanted to merge the concepts of green art and green commerce. The Gallery owner approached Brown last winter with an offer of her gallery grounds to promote a green business and art event. Brown was excited about an event that would allow the public to meet some of the green entrepreneurs in her growing green business union face-to-face and showcase some of their revolutionary practices and products.
The event will be competing with Market Square Day which both organizers feel is unfortunate but also allows them to offer an alternative to the crowds and a line-up of certified local green exhibitors. “We encourage folks to go to Market Square Day in the morning before the crowds get overwhelming and then come on out to beautiful Kittery and sample a fully sustainable event.” The event will boast green goods and services from the Seacoast community, recycled and environmental art, green workshops throughout the day, children’s activities and free samples from local sustainable restaurants.
The Gallery’s current exhibit Our Town – Our Community will be on view featuring works by Gallery artists Paul Burke, Dean Diggins, Donna Harkins, Robert Hollingworth, Paul Lewis, Ann Legg, Anthony Montanino, and Gail Sauter.
Haley Farm Art Gallery is a gallery of original artworks by local, national and international artists, a gift shop of artful handcrafts and Fair Trade items, and an ideal space for corporate events and gatherings. It is located at 178 Haley Road in Kittery, ME. off of Rt. 1 at the outlets. More info at 207-439-7612, haleygallery@comcast.net, or visit www.haleygallery.com.
The Green Alliance is a green business union that promotes those businesses in our community that are having the least impact on the environment. Just a year old, the GA now has 57 green Business Partners across industries. Every business in the GA undergoes a full sustainability evaluation, and gets rated and scored with the GA Report Card – all results and ratings are available to the public at www.greenalliance.biz
