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JOIN THE TOWN OF SHELBURNE IN ITS

8TH ANNUAL CELEBRATION!

Saturday, August 16, 2014 • 9AM - 3PM

Parade Ground, Route 7, Shelburne, VT

2014 Shelburne Days

The regular Shelburne Farmers Market vendors, like Stony Loam Farm of Charlotte, are an important part of Shelburne Day.

Lots of little faces – and adult faces – are adorned with the work of the Shelburne Day face painters.

Kids meet kids at the “meet a farm animal” display where Shelburne Farms annually brings animals from lambs to chickens for youngsters to get acquainted.

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Top: Handmade quilts, like these original beauties by Hope Johnson, are a subject of awe for their beauty and craftsmanship. Above: There are hands-on craft projects to make and take home – a memento of a day of fun at Shelburne Day.

A DAY FOR COMMUNITY SHARING!

WELCOME TO THE 2014 SHELBURNE DAY…

Every Saturday throughout the summer, the parade ground in the heart of Shelburne Village is a busy place as local farmers, crafters, bakers,

chefs and more set up their colorful tents and sell their colorful, delicious, beautiful, local products at the Shelburne Farmers Market.

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But, the third Saturday in August is special. That is

Shelburne Day, when the regular Shelburne Farmers

Market vendors are joined by dozens of other local

businesses and organizations eager to tell their sto-

ries, display their products, talk to their old friends

and new friends, and celebrate their importance to

the local economy and the fabric of the town.

Shelburne Day, like the Shelburne Farmers Market,

is a project of Shelburne Business and Profession-

al Association, the town’s version of a chamber of

commerce. Since it was founded in 1996, the Shel-

burne Business and Professional Association has

been committed to supporting local businesses: wel-

coming tourists, encouraging potential businesses,

building mutually benefi cial networks for the exist-

ing professional, commercial and service businesses

in the town, and putting their combined energy and

expertise to work for the benefi t of the community.

SBPA founded the Farmers Market in 2004, and it

has proved its value to the economic strength of the

community, a magnet that attracts both local shop-

pers and tourists. Shelburne Day was launched in

2006, building upon the success of the Farmers

Market by inviting local businesses, many of them

members of SBPA, to set up information tables

and share information about their businesses, pro-

fessional services and the entrepreneurial spirit of

the town with a wider audience.

And every year Shelburne Day gets bigger and

more lively – this year one of the new participants

is the newly reenergized Shelburne Historical So-

ciety. They will have an amazing display of imag-

es from the town’s past (digitally displayed on a

laptop, of course) and there will be walking tours

of the village at 1 o’clock.

It’s a day to make a great lunch of local food, from

traditional burgers to exotic treats and beverages

from fresh-ground coffee to fresh-squeezed lem-

onade – and of course to enjoy a maple creemee or

home-made ice cream. It’s a chance to listen to great

local entertainers, while you’re shopping, or while

sitting on a bale of hay in the shade. There is fun for

kids, meeting animals from Shelburne Farms Chil-

dren’s Farmyard, making take-home crafts, and get-

ting their faces painted. And for everyone a chance

to share the sense of community that makes Vermont

and Shelburne special.

Shelburne Day is from 9 to 3 on Saturday, Aug. 16 on

the Parade Ground on Route 7 in Shelburne. Watch

for signs for convenient parking.

Courtesy of Shelburne Business & Professional Association. For more information, visit sbpavt.org.

Some music at Shelburne Day is rockin’ and some is traditional and classic. Shelburne Farms always bring animals from its Childrens Farmyard to Shelburne Day. Zippy the Rabbit was a popular part of the “meet the animals” area for years.

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Davis Park is looking a bit bare these days. About two years ago the town re-ceived word that, for insurance purposes, its traditional playground needed to come down. The wood was rotting and it was deemed unsafe.

Betsy Cieplicki, director of Parks and Recreation, said this provided the town an opportunity to think about what it wanted to replace the old playground. The town decided to create something new and different: a natural playground.

Natural playgrounds are a growing playtime trend that the creation of an aestheti-cally pleasing, landscaped area that encourages visitors to put their imaginations to work and get back to nature. The new structure will be in the same spot, but will be bigger and, arguably, better.

In Shelburne, that means building a hill, according to Cieplicki. The structure will include amphitheater-style seating with boulder seats, facing toward the park’s preexisting wood pavilion, built by an Eagle Scout.

This would better accommodate musical performances, classes held outdoors by the nearby Shelburne Community School and more. There would also be a cave for children to explore, a built-in climbing wall and carefully placed gravel walk-ways This structure could be used year-round and act as a small sledding hill.

The playground is geared for those ages 2-5, but of course any age could enjoy it. Cieplicki said the central location can draw tennis-playing teens and seniors looking to relax outside in addition to adventurous kids.

“I feel like it can be more multipurpose,” Cieplicki said.

The design process began in 2012, when a community survey was conducted. In January 2013 a committee was formed to further research and fundraising began soon after, including an event called Fool’s Flop, held that April.

The town has about $30,000 budgeted for the project, and Cieplicki hopes dona-tions from the community will help defray costs.

The project was given $12,000 last December, awarded by the Vermont State Depart-ment of Buildings and General Services’ 2013-14 Building Communities Grant.

To offset costs, Cieplicki’s department is accepting donations. These have come so far in the form of $2,000, the promise of boulders and trees, and a bench honoring recently retired town manager Paul Bohne.

Anyone wishing to donate should contact Shelburne’s Parks and Recreation Department.

The town worked with Natural Playground Company, based in Concord, N.H., to develop the layout of the new playground.

Trudell Consulting Engineers donated time to help make the general plan con-tractor-friendly, and developed specifications for how the final playground should look, Cieplicki said.

As of late, plans have hit a snag.

Cieplicki said the town put the project out to bid in June. Two mandatory pre-bid meetings were held but no prospective contractors attended. The town has since reached out to a few businesses and ask for quotes. Cieplicki said that is where progress has halted. She hopes to have a plan and put it into play by this fall.

Bringing the project to the next step with price quotes will also help determine if building it is feasible, or if working in phases will be the better approach, Cieplicki said.

Contact Jessie Forand at jforand@freepressmedia.com or 651-4859.

SHELBURNE HOPES TO PLAY – NATURALLY

Officials in Shelburne hope this sparse field will soon house a lush natural playground. JESSIE FORAND/Free Press

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