Waco Downtown Farmers Market
SATURDAY MORNINGS, 9am-1pm, 200 E. Bridge St.
Get ready to fill up your stockings and support local artisans, craftspeople, and farmers. Enjoy the cooler weather while you delight in the goodness of local food and locally crafted gifts. Check out the Saturday morning lineup through December:
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DECEMBER 6: Music: Nathan Snyder. Photos w/Santa. Cocoa Crawl Mug pickup. KWBU.
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DECEMBER 13: Music: Stephany Chavira. Wellness: Yoga8. Taste the Market Cooking Demo. Sloan's Popup. Master Gardeners.
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DECEMBER 20: Music: Eric & Thomas. Wellness: Orangetheory. The Waco Bridge.
Urban REAP Open House
DECEMBER 6, 10am-2pm and DECEMBER 11, 5:30-7pm at 1509 N 15th St.
Come join us as we wrap up 2025 with Christmas Crafts, food, giveaways, and plant sales! Give us your thoughts on Urban REAP's next 5 years (you can get a head start and fill out the survey now). RSVP Here!
Community Workshop: Growing Succulents
DECEMBER 6, 11am-noon at Urban REAP, 1509 N. 15th Street
Attend this workshop to learn from Rick Allen about caring for succulents and cacti! Hear some tips and tricks, and then have the chance to take home your own! We will have various succulent and cactus starts, available on first come first serve. Please REGISTER HERE for this event.
Equipped with Compassion Workshop: Loving Our Neighbor by Loving Our Earth
DECEMBER 9, 5:30-7pm at Urban REAP, 1509 N. 15th Street
During this workshop you will visit Urban REAP, a program of Mission Waco that exists to create a more sustainable future by providing our community with positive actions that help care for our creation as well as our neighbors. Urban REAP’s main initiatives include Aquaponics-grown produce, a food waste collection program for Composting, a Garden Center that provides options to our community, and Education and Community Programming that provides resources and information. Light refreshments will be provided. Please REGISTER HERE for this event.
Waco MPO Citizens' Participation Work Group Meeting
DECEMBER 17, 10-11am, Location TBD
Join the MPO (Metropolitan Planning Organization) for this workgroup meeting that considers demographic changes in McLennan County, its effect on participatory planning and environmental justice, and makes recommendations on how to enhance participation in the development of the MPO's future long range transportation plans, referred to as Metropolitan Transportation Plans (MTP).
Sustainable Resource Practices Advisory Board Meeting
DECEMBER 18, 4pm, City of Waco Operations Center, 1415 N 4th Street
**New Time and Location** 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.
Wild Lights at Cameron Park Zoo
NOVEMBER 28 - DECEMBER 30, Thursday-Sunday, 6pm-9pm, Cameron Park Zoo, 1701 N Fourth Street
Experience the magic of the holidays at Cameron Park Zoo’s Wild Lights! From November 28 through December 30, the Zoo will sparkle with millions of dazzling Christmas lights, festive photo ops, and a chance to meet Santa himself. Wild Lights is open Thursday through Sunday evenings from 6:00–9:00 PM
SAVE THE DATE: Styrofoam Recycling Collection
JANUARY 17, 9am-1pm, Parking lot at corner of Valley Mills & Waco Dr
Waco Friends of the Climate will hold free Drive-Thru Styrofoam Recycling, Sat., Jan. 17, 9am-1pm, in the parking lot at the corner of Valley Mills & Waco Drives, in front of Ocean Buffet. All forms of Styrofoam are accepted except peanuts. Please bring small particles in a bag. For questions: anorthc@aol.com
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