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It's My Park Day Saturday Oct. 15, 10 am to 1 pm

featuring Groundbreaking for Mill River Park construction

You are invited!

October 2011

We apologize for sending River Currents without some of the links. The links are now included.

You have the chance to see the approaches Mill River Park is using to establish an attractive natural environment, including a riparian border, native plants, and a rain garden when you join us on October 15 between 10 am and 1 pm. Come to It's My Park Day, and take a tour.

A few tips for fall:

Lawns

Keep mower blades @ 4+ inches.

Mulch leaves into lawns. Continue until accumulations are too deep to disappear into turf.

Trees

Prune trees to enhance safety and health. but leave a few snags for wildlife.

Shrubs

Prune fall blooming shrubs immediately after blooms finish.

Bulbs

Finish planting spring flowering bulbs.

You can follow Mill River Collaborative on our website, where you'll find history, news and events. You can also

Thank You!

Paul Saltanis of Country Green, an organic fertilizer company, has provided consultation, delivery, and soil testing, all free, to Mill River Park. We are using his products to fertilize all of our lawns and gardens this year. Thank you, Paul and Country Green!

On Saturday, October 15, 10 am to 1 pm join us for It's My Park Day and the groundbreaking for phase 1 of Mill River Park's construction encompassing the12 acres between Main and Broad Streets. There will be fun for the whole family including:

Face painting

Balloon artists

Glitter tattoos

Climbing wall

Bouncy pirate ship

A blue grass band

Pumpkin decorating

Crafts for kids

You and all your friends of are invited. Help us spread the word by this email to your friends.

Tour the restored Mill River and the new meadows
Hear the story of Junzo Nojima's gift of 100 cherry trees to Stamford in the 1950s
Enter the Great Pumpkin Carving Contest
Meet the park designers

There will be fun and information for all ages!!

Get your entry ready! Bring your carved pumpkin to Mill River Park by 10:30 am during It's My Park Day to be entered in The Great Pumpkin-Carving Contest.

Mill River Park Construction Update

The contractor is on site and starting up construction.

Many of you have asked when the fences will come down. Not yet! The fences will be up for the whole time of construction of phase 1. We expect to finished phase 1 in early 2013. Then the fences will come down and you will be invited to enter Mill River Park as you wish. We can barely wait!

Thank you for your patience!

Nikita standing,
Karen leaning over

Meet the Interns
Mill River Park was lucky enough to host two bright Stamford high school interns this summer - Nikita Gawande and Karen Escobar. Nikita says, "I have a new sense of pride and accomplishment when I am in the car or walking with my friends and I'm able to name trees and plants as I walk by them." Karen adds, "I didn't realize how important Mill River was, not only to the local neighborhood but to the nearly 40 square miles that make up its watershed from New York to the Long Island Sound." Read their full reports.

Middle school intern Danny Silverstein returned for his second year; you will read more about him in a future issue.

Donor Names Carousel

David and Marian Nissen of Stamford have shown their support for Mill River Park with their capital campaign gift of the carousel. We are very grateful. Still awaiting a donor is the Carousel & Event Pavilion that will include event space with catering facilities.

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