Waco Downtown Farmers Market
SATURDAY MORNINGS, 9am-1pm, 500 Washington Ave.
Support our local farmers and artisans by buying locally grown and produced goods.
WEDNESDAY EVENINGS, 5-8pm, 200 E. Bridge Street
This mid-week market features live music and rotating wellness activities such as yoga and hip hop step aerobics.
MPO Public Meetings
OCTOBER 9, 5-7pm, Hewitt City Hall
This is the third in a series of public meetings where the Waco MPO (Metropolitan Planning Organization) invites you to learn about Convey 2050, a plan to shape tomorrow's transportation today. This public meeting will take place in the Hewitt City Hall located at 200 Patriot Ct in Hewitt.
OCTOBER 10, 11am-1pm, Waco Transit Administration Building
This is the fourth in a series of public meetings where the Waco MPO (Metropolitan Planning Organization) invites you to learn about Convey 2050, a plan to shape tomorrow's transportation today. This public meeting will take place in the Waco Transit Administration Building located at 301 S 8th St Suite 100 in Waco.
OCTOBER 15, 5-7pm, South Waco Community Center
This is the final in a series of public meetings where the Waco MPO (Metropolitan Planning Organization) invites you to learn about Convey 2050, a plan to shape tomorrow's transportation today. This public meeting will take place in the South Waco Community Center located at 2815 Speight Ave in Hewitt.
Waco Friends of the Climate October Events
OCTOBER 5 and 6, 10am-3pm, ASES National Solar Tour
Visitors to the home at 619 Stone Manor Dr., McGregor, will learn about rooftop solar panels, the associated phone app, home storage batteries, electric vehicles, electric indoor composting, microplastics filter, and rainwater harvesting. On Oct 6, 3pm-5pm, visitors to the home at 720 Wooded Crest Dr., Woodway will learn about rooftop solar panels. Guests will learn how to adopt these sustainable technologies and their advantages. All are welcome and the event is free. For more information: nationalsolartour.org
OCTOBER 12, 9am-1pm, Waco Downtown Farmers Market
We will give away 300 Eastern Red Cedar (Juniperus virginiana) seedlings, first come, first served. The tree is a rapid growing evergreen, medium size, drought tolerant, Texas native, that thrives in McLennan County, and is often used as a windbreak. The carbon sink quality of trees helps combat the climate crisis. Trees also reduce the urban heat island effect, produce cooling shade, assist biodiversity, help purify the air, slow erosion, and are soothing to humans. Seedling recipients are also given planting and care instructions, data on the carbon sink potential, and our business card containing 16 actions individuals can take to combat the climate crisis. More information: text 254.744.1682.
OCTOBER 19, 11am-6pm, Out on the Brazos at Brazos Park East
Waco Friends of the Climate will provide a table at the 2024 Out on the Brazos event, Oct 19, 11am-6pm, at Brazos Park East. We will distribute complimentary "Climate Crisis is Here" yard signs with stakes, reusable shopping bags, and climate crisis information cards. The newly updated bags now state "REJECT Plastic," and "VOTE for candidates who fight climate change." Friends of the Climate supports equality for people of all sexual identities and orientations. We note that the LGBTQIA+ community is often impacted more severely by the climate crisis than people of other communities. For more information, email anorthc@aol.com
Children's Garden Fair
OCTOBER 13, 2-4pm, Pape Gardens, 1901 N 5th St in Waco
Families with children of all ages will enjoy FREE activities designed to teach many fun things about gardening in Central Texas. There will be a scavenger hunt, fun crafts, and learning stations. This annual, free, family event is fun for the whole family. Children must be accompanied by an adult; and while we love pets, we request that you don't bring pets (unless certified service animals).
Baylor Green Film Fest
OCTOBER 16, 5-6:30pm, Mars McLean Science Building (MMSCI) 101
Harvesting Justice in Southern Communities of Color, Baylor’s First Annual Green Film Fest, will feature three short films on World Food Day, celebrating how communities of color in Texas and the broader American South have charted paths to food resilience and sustainability. More information found here.
Lunch with the Masters: "Tree Care"
OCTOBER 16, Noon-2:00pm, 7601 Steinbeck Bend Rd.
Presented by Rob Swanson, Certified Arborist of Swanson Tree. In Room 105 of MCC's Emergency Services Education Center.
Sustainable Resource Practices Advisory Board Meeting
OCTOBER 17, 3pm, Fire Station 6 Community Room
The general public is welcome to attend this monthly meeting of the citizen board that makes policy recommendations to the Waco City Council. Consider becoming a member of the board. More information found here.
Heart of Texas Electric Vehicle Association Monthly Meeting
OCTOBER 19, 6pm, Kim's Diner at 2600 W Waco Dr
Topics of conversation regularly include basic EV ownership, zero emissions motorsports, battery recycling, grid resiliency, and conversions. Don't own an EV yet? Come learn things! EV owner? Come teach people! For more information contact: hot.electautoassn@gmail.com
Community Workshop: Landscaping with Native Plants
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