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Take-and-Grow Program: Garden with Chauncey Public Library
This will be a socially distanced, one family or pod-at-a-time activity. Please call or come by the library to make an appointment.
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Birds in the Hills Festival 2021
The Birds in the Hills Festival is a family-friendly outdoor series of events featuring bird watching. You will have the opportunity to experience birding by kayak, bike and hikes throughout Appalachia Ohio.
Birds in the Hills: Birding by Bicycle
Birds in the Hills: Birding by Bicycle
This 20-mile bike ride will be led by expert birder Joe Brehm and bike enthusiast Madison Donohue. The route will start and end at Eclipse Company Store. We will ride to Armitage via the bikeway, taking the Columbus Road spur trail from Armitage to a wetland where we will have an opportunity to view field... Read More
PRC’s 2021 Walk for Life
PRC’s 2021 Walk for Life
The Pregnancy Resource Center of Athens County provides compassionate and confidential education, resources and medical services to individuals and families making decisions regarding relationships, sexual health, pregnancy and parenting. By providing women facing unplanned pregnancies a place to be empowered and heard, the PRC is offering love and practical support to those in our community.... Read More
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Birds in the Hills: Birding by Kayak
Birds in the Hills: Birding by Kayak
Paddle around Lake Snowden, the hottest of the Athens County birding hot-spots, with Mimi Morrison and a birding expert. Paddlers could see red-headed woodpeckers and big raptors like Bald Eagles and Osprey. There is a $55 registration fee for this event; $65 if you need to rent a kayak. https://ruralaction.org/events/birds-in-the-hills-birding-by-kayak/
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Grab-and-Go Perennial Exchange
Grab-and-Go Perennial Exchange
Spring is a great time to thin out your beds. Bring your abundance to share. Find interesting plants you may want to add to your flower garden.
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Ride Through Time Bike Tour
Ride Through Time Bike Tour
A local historian will lead cyclists on a 17.5- mile tour of historic coal towns during the Ride Through Time bike tour on May 15. Did you know a canal once linked Athens with Lancaster and ultimately, the Erie Canal? Lock No. 19 of the Hocking Canal System will be one of the stops on... Read More
Spring Wetland Tour
Spring Wetland Tour
Mineral City, OH — Join Rural Action’s Middle Tuscarawas River Watershed office for a drive-it-yourself Spring Wetland Tour on May 15. "Wetlands serve an important role in the ecosystem by trapping sediment, filtering nutrients, improving water quality, and reducing flooding," says Sophia Sorboro, an AmeriCorps member serving with Rural Action. "They also store huge amounts... Read More
Passport to the Outdoors
Passport to the Outdoors
Are you curious about the outdoors? Do you want to learn how to fish and canoe? Looking to have a fantastic day of adventure with your family? Then Passport to the Outdoors is for you! Join Rural Action on Saturday, May 15 at Lake Snowden from 1 p.m. –5 p.m. The event is free for... Read More
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Community Group Run/Walk
Community Group Run/Walk
Weekly community group runs for runners and walkers of all abilities take place every Tuesday at 6:00pm at Ohio Valley Running Company (20 Station Street in Athens). Runs take place on the bikepath, so you have the opportunity to go as short or as long as you'd like. Masks are not required during the run,... Read More
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Mud Run
Mud Run
In partnership with the City of Vienna, the YMCA of Parkersburg will be hosting a Mud Run on Saturday, May 22. The 1.25 mile-long course will stretch from the wooded area behind the Vienna Rec Center and Jackson Middle School. The Adult Division will run the course twice for a total of 2.5 miles. The... Read More
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Passion Works Parade in Place
Passion Works Parade in Place
2021 Parade in Place celebrates the reawakening and the community back together with the gentle reopening during Covid. Guests are welcome to walk, bike, skate, skip and dance by the installation of enchantments. There will be bubbles, treats and more…..This outdoor, safely-distanced event is envisioned as a shared experience where we all can safely come... Read More
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Paintball park grand opening, Glouster, OH
Come check us out! Memorial Day weekend, Saturday and Sunday, 10am-6pm. Anyone who reserves a course in advance will be entered to win a $50 gift certificate! Anyone who shoots at the range will be entered to win a $20 gift certificate! We have a speedball course, a capture the flag/fortress course, and a 6... Read More