Friendly competition is a very good thing. Especially when you find local restaurants competing to out do each other at the Indian Valley Farmers' Market's Food Festival on Saturday, July 7 from 10 am to 4 pm. The festival and the Farmers' Market will be held in the parking lot next to the Train Station at the intersection of Main Street and Penn Avenue in Telford.

The inside scoop is that our finest local chefs are determined to outshine themselves and one another at their booths at the festival. We all win when it comes enjoying the best that Caruso's Brick Oven Trattoria, 2 Fratelli's, the Caboose Grille, Hometown Favorites, Olde Indian Valley Inn and the Reliance Inn.

Forget about cooking after the holiday. Bring your family and friends to the festival and feast on the best food in town.

Every good event needs to be set up and torn down. The Indian Valley Farmers' Market Food Festival is no exception. Volunteers are needed for an hour or so in the morning to set up the tents and to carry out the tables and chairs for our dining area. After the event, we will need help for about an hour to clean up, put everything away and to take down the tents.

Please call the office at 215-723-6627 to say you are coming so we have an idea of how many people to expect. Or you can just show up between 8 am and 8:30 am to help out. We won't turn away help! Many hands make the load light.

While you are at the festival and market, take a look at the beautiful buildings that are being rehabbed and the new pavilion that is going up. The construction is moving along on schedule and the potential is becoming evident. When this project is completed, we will have a wonderful hub in downtown Telford for gathering with friends, neighbors and family to enjoy an Irish Ice or an Italian treat. This project is truly an example of a community coming together to make magic happen.

The Indian Valley Farmers' Market will return to the normal hours of 8:30 am until 12:30 pm on July 14 and continue at those times for the rest of the 2007 season.

This year's participants include past favorites and several new vendors. Look for participants who will be making appearances twice a month or just for a single market. Our farmers provide a wide variety of fruit and produce that change as the growing season progresses. You are assured a good selection of the best local produce at the peak of their season and flavor. Support your local farmers and learn what a difference "locally grown" can make.

Learn more and keep track of the growing season's offerings at www.ifvm.org.

The Souderton-Telford Main Streets is partnering with the Heritage Conservancy, the Route 133 Heritage Corridor and PedalPA, on the annual River-to-River Bike Ride on July 28. This year, the start/finish/lunch location is at the Penn Valley Church on Third Street in Telford. They are anticipating over 400 riders from all over the greater Philadelphia region, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Maryland and Delaware to be riding this year. The Bucks County and Valley Forge Convention and Visitor Bureaus have coordinated the publicity for this event and the registration numbers are growing as a result.

Drop by the Main Streets office at 18 Green Street for brochures about the ride.

Welcome bags will be given to all the riders. If your business would benefit from these visitors that weekend, please bring 500 handouts or brochures about your business to the Souderton-Telford Main Streets by Monday, July 16. We will get them to the Heritage Conservancy to be stuffed into the goodie bags,