Blossburg V.I.B.E. - Visions in Business and Entertainment

In December 2007 V.I.B.E. had a new welcome sign erected by the green bridge to replace the one that had been there for many years and was ready for a face lift. Plans are in the works to have the area landscaped under and around the sign and spot lights to illuminate the top of the sign at night. The sign has the added advantage in being much safer for the people who change the messages on the event sign.

Welcome sign

Blossburg V.I.B.E. Announces Holiday Light Contest Winners

Blossburg V.I.B.E. held an Environmental Fair Saturday, Nov. 17 at the Blossburg Memorial Library. Approximately 50 people attended from as close as Blossburg and as far as Brookfield Township. Most brought items to be recycled by Northern Tier Solid Waste Authority, including computer parts, magazines and textiles. Nearly 3,000 pounds of materials were collected for recycling. Lynne Graham of Middlebury won the door prize, a bag of environmentally safe cleaning products from Shaklee Corporation donated by Shaklee distributor Heidi Hickok. Picture 1: Del Kirkendall of Arnot recycled computer parts with the help of Donald Kurzejewski from NTSWA. Picture 2: Two of Ivan and Rose Erway's children made trailmix at the booth of Mansfield University's Environmental Awareness Club with the help of the club's representative, Elizabeth Lloyd.

Duffy and Del Erway kids

Blossburg V.I.B.E. (Visions in Business & Entertainment) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization created in 2004 to envision, plan and implement projects that will enhance the quality of life for those who live, work, play or attend school in Blossburg. More information about V.I.B.E. can be found at www.blossburg.org/vibe.

V.I.B.E. Members Complete Pennsylvania Downtown Center Trainings

To fullfill part of the requirements of the Department of Community and Economic Development grant, several V.I.B.E. members attended trainings offered by the Pennsylvania Downtown Center on the four aspects of Main Street revitalization. Carol Tama attended the session on organizational development, Heidi Jones and Jill Nickerson attended the session on design, Tonya McNamara and Bev Jones attended the economic restructuring session, and Bev also attended the session on promoting the downtown area.

V.I.B.E. Members Elect New Officers for 2007 - 2008

At the regular monthly V.I.B.E. meeting in July, members elected new officers. Tonya McNamara was elected president, Jill Nickerson was re-elected vice president, Jackie Smith was elected secretary and Heidi Jones was elected treasurer.

Blossburg News & Views

Our weekly column in the Wellsboro Gazette needs your information! Events, congratulations, birthday and anniversaries and other items welcome. Contact Cheryl Whitney Boinske at news@blossburg.org or (570) 638-3107.

V.I.B.E. E-mail List

Keep informed about V.I.B.E. activities by joining the e-mail list. Go to http:// groups.yahoo.com/group/ 16912 and join the group. If you are not a member of Yahoo!, you’ll need to join. More details at www.blossburg.org/vibe

Blossburg Calendar

Visit www.blossburg.org/ calendar for all upcoming events in Blossburg! Submit new events to events@blossburg.org

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Community members are also invited to join the Blossburg V.I.B.E. e-mail group:

Go to groups.yahoo.com/group/16912
If you are a member of Yahoo, click the "Join this group" button.
If not a member of Yahoo, click "Sign up"

If you need assistance with the group, contact Joshua Jones, jdj@blossburg.org. The group site has meeting minutes, a message archive and shared files to help keep everyone informed of the group's progress.