There will be a youth  "bike rodeo" at the College Hill Farm Market from  4-5 in the parking lot at College Hill Presbyterian Church 5742 Hamilton Avenue.  The market will  set up a bike area and Cincinnati Children's Hospital will be distributing youth safety literature and selling helmets for children and adults

for $10. Team Cycling and Fitness will hold mini bike inspections (air, chain lube) We'll have bike maps from OKI and information on biking to school, work and for fun and recreation.

 

Ride your bike to the market on July 22^nd and get a Cyclebration sticker for your helmet. 

Head down to the square today from 11am until 11pm for the annual T-shirt Market.
We participated in this event a few years back and it was great.
Head down, support some local merchants and buy some Nati wears to sport around town.

New for 2010:
Cincy Apparel
Deadstar Apparel
Southpaw Prints
Rockit, Inc.
Allscreen Image Marketing

Returning:
Park + Vine
Alternative Motive
Wire & Twine
Donkey Ts
Anonymous Skate Shop
Unheardof Boutique
Able Projects
Ski Cincinnati
Proforma Albrecht Co

 

Tis the season for farmer's markets, and the College Hill Farm Market opens today. 

See the following release about "Opening Day".

May 27^th is Opening Day at the College Hill Farm Market.  To celebrate the return of farm fresh produce, we have declared it "Eat Local Day".  The third edition of the Central Ohio River Valley (CORV) Local Food Guide (http://www.eatlocalcorv.org/) has just been released and Deborah Jordan who produced the guide will join us for our opening day. The CORV Guide lists local Farmers' Markets, Farms, Vineyards, as well as Restaurants that try to source locally.  Also included is a Harvest Guide, listing the dates specific types of produce are available in our region. The Guide sells for $1, but we will give a free copy to each of the first 50 customers at the market on May 27 who stop by the Farm Market table. "The College Hill Farm Market is bringing the community out on Thursdays to enjoy the food, music, special events and food demonstrations. It is a great place to meet your neighbors," says Len Webb, coordinator of the markets weekly entertainment.   The Thursday market runs from May 27 through October 7, and is located in the parking lot of the College Hill Presbyterian Church at 5742 Hamilton Avenue (at Llanfair Ave. and Groesbeck Rd.)

 

In only three years, Park + Vine has gone from startup green general store to a neighborhood anchor and Cincinnati institution. To help celebrate the store's third anniversary (a pleather, not leather anniversary for the vegan-friendly store), Park + Vine is throwing a bash with food, drink, music, and eco-friendly demonstrations.

The store is also using the event as a fundraising opportunity for the Cincinnati Zoo and Keep Cincinnati Beautiful. Buy yourself something pretty, and ten percent of that purchase will go to Keep Cincinnati Beautiful's community beautification project, Future Blooms. The store will also tell you how you can make a cell phone donation to the Zoo for gorilla habitat conservation.

Events:
Join Joy Lohrer for a tour of her veggie car from 7:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m,. and learn how to use waste fryer grease to fuel diesel cars.

Music:
7:00-7:25 Honneycombs
7:30-7:55 Liz Bowater
8:00-8:25 Brandon Dawson
8:30-8:55 Peter Adams
9:00-9:25 Doug Kreitzer
9:30-10:00 Fanatics and Traitors

Food + Drink:
Market Wines
Chocolats Latour
Dojo Gelato
Fab Ferments
Five Star Foodies
Grateful Grahams
Green Earth Grill
Melt
Picnic and Pantry
Sweet Peace Bakery
Whirly Girl Coffee
World Peace Jubilee w/ Chef Mark Stroud

Tonight BuyCincy will join several other green businesses and organizations at The Cincinnati Zoo for Tunes and Blooms.  From 6 pm to 8 pm Come and enjoy a free concert by Faux Frenchmen and Pyschodots.  Mix and mingle with several green organizations that will help you be a little more environmentally friendly.

Admission to the Zoo is free after 5pm. Parking is $7.00.

So you might be asking, "How can shopping locally help the environment?"

You've heard the rumblings, you've hoped and prayed that they were true, and now...they are. Christian Moerlein will soon be brewing all of its beers in Cincinnati, bringing a city tradition back to Over-the-Rhine. We are insanely excited about this. Press release after the jump.

We received the following press release this morning.  It's great to have you back in Cincinnati!

Christian Moerlein Brewing Company and its wholly owned subsidiary Hudepohl-Schoenling Brewing Co. is announcing plans to expand brewing operations to Cincinnati's historic Over-the-Rhine Brewery District. The site of the new brewing operation will be the former Husman Potato Chip plant located 1621 Moore Street just north of Liberty and east of Vine. "We are proud to be part of the continued renaissance and economic development of Over-the-Rhine," said Greg Hardman President and CEO of Christian Moerlein Brewing Company.

"Our goal is to strategically implement a phased in production over the next two years from both existing production on some of our specialty beers and from the continued rapid growth our brands," said Greg Hardman. The company has entered into a lease agreement with an option buy for the 125,000 square foot facility that will enable the company to expand their business for many years to come; additionally, the buildings sound infrastructure and historical significance were main considerations in choosing the Over-the-Rhine location. The site was also the malt and lager house of the former Kaufman Brewing Company from 1869 through 1919 (till start of prohibition).