Calling all High School Students! Bob and the Highway Crew will be cleaning B-W Greenway’s section of 675.  Please help make I-675 look clean for the Holiday Season.  Please meet at the old Fairborn High School dressed for December weather.

Hack the honeysuckle at Garland Wetland Reserve on the corner of Commerce Center Blvd and Garland Ave, Fairborn, with B-W Greenway’s Honeysuckle Hackers! Please wear appropriate attire and bring a water bottle.

Join Us!

Fairborn Community Park Reserve Clean-up!

Saturday, November 2, 9am-Noon

Access off of Meadowlands Drive or at the bottom of Fairborn Community Park across Beaver Creek. Please dress appropriately and bring a water bottle.

Please RSVP to Bob Jurick at bobjurick3@gmail.com

Hack the honeysuckle at the Jurick Homestead, 8957 Haddix Road,
Fairborn, OH with B-W Greenway’s Honeysuckle Hackers! Please wear appropriate attire and bring a water bottle.

The topic is "Supporting Local Food Growers"   This topic was chosen from a survey B-W Greenway conducted earlier this year.

        Date/time:  7 - 8:30 pm, Thursday, October 17, 2024

        Location:  Bath Township Building, 1006 Yellow Springs-Fairfield Road, Fairborn

        Format:  A panel of 4-6 local experts including farmers, grocers, nutritionists, chefs with a moderator.  The panel will respond to questions from the moderator as well as from the audience.  Refreshments will be served.

*CANCELLED*

Join Tom Duffee, Chief Steward, and Heidi Geron, Land Stewardship Coordinator, on October 16 at 5:30 for the Land Stewardship Meeting via Zoom. Learn more about our acquired easements and how we maintain them. Please contact Heidi at bwgreenway3@gmail.com if you would like to attend.

Help Barb Hensley clean-up Estel Wenrick Wetlands at 2855 Union Rd, Medway. Estel Wenrick Wetlands is part of the Clark County Park District. B-W Greenway has been helping to maintain this beautiful public area. Please wear suitable attire and bring a water bottle.

Get your hike on! The Juried Art Hike will be at Koogler Prairie Wetland Reserve at 11am. Please dress for the weather and bring a water bottle. All are welcome!

Calling all High School Students! Bob and the Highway Crew will be cleaning B-W Greenway’s section of 675. Please meet at the Fairborn High School at 9:00 am (Old).

Bring a friend, bring a neighbor, bring your family. All are welcome! Our Annual Potluck Picnic is back with stories and entertainment at Fairborn Community Park, pavilion 4. Please bring a dish to share, along with your utensils and preferred drink.

Would you like to learn more about B-W Greenway and explore our natural areas? Join Bob Jurick for a two-hour tour of the incredible sites conserved by B-W Greenway Saturday, August 3 at 1:00pm. Bob will share the history and highlights of each property, offering an enriching and informative experience. Please RSVP to Bob at bobjurick@bwgreenway.org.

Join Tom Duffee, Chief Steward, and Heidi Geron, Land Stewardship Coordinator, on July 17 at 5:30 for the Land Stewardship Meeting via Zoom. Learn more about our acquired easements and how we maintain them. Please contact Heidi at admin@bwgreenway.org if you would like to attend.

TIMELINE for 2024 Exhibition

May 2 from 10:00-12:00, Juried Art Hike at Valle View III

Until June 29, 2024- Create art at Valle View Reserve I, II, III

Saturday, June 29 & Sunday, June 30, 1-3 pm - Work accepted at Fairborn Art Assn. Gallery

Sunday, July 14, 1-3 pm - Opening Reception -- prizes awarded at 2: 30 pm

Gallery open to public Sundays, July 14, 21, & 28, 1-3 pm

Sunday, July 28 - Final day of Exhibition

July 28, 3-4 pm - Artists to pick up work at Fairborn Art Assn. Gallery ( art will not be available for pick up until 3pm)

Family activities, information, ice cream social with Cyber Cream Dayton and volunteer appreciation for local organizations that are making a positive impact on the health of our communities. More information at LMWN.org or email Alison at execdirector@lmwn.org

Visit our booth! Main Street Commons. Main St and Grand Ave, Fairborn Ohio.

Calling all High School Students! Bob and the Highway Crew will be cleaning B-W Greenway’s section of 675. Please meet at the Fairborn High School at 9:00 am (Old).

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base’s Environmental Branch will host its sixth annual Pollinator Expo on June 21 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Wright Brothers Memorial. Visit B-W Greenway at our booth to learn more about pollinators and the wetlands in our community!

Join us Saturday, June 1, at Anderson Fen for a honeysuckle clean up!
We are at meeting at 9:00am at Anderson Fen, 5506 West Enon Road.

We suggest wearing old clothes. Something like a T-shirt with a long sleeve shirt, pants, sturdy shoes and a hat would work great! Also please bring loppers if you have them. We hope to see you there!

A walking tour of Valle View III Reserve has been scheduled to assist artists in experiencing the beautiful features of the reserves for the B-W Greenway/Fairborn Art Association 2024 Juried Art Competition. The tour will be held on Thursday, May 2 at 10am starting at the cul-de-sac behind TJ Chumps.

Mark the date!! The 5K will start at 9:30am at Fairborn Community Park with the festivities beginning at the Fairborn High School from 10am-2pm.

Come see us at our display booth at The Yellow Springs Annual Earth Day Event. We look forward to seeing you!

Help Barb Hensley clean-up Estel Wenrick Wetlands at 2855 Union Rd, Medway. Estel Wenrick Wetlands is part of the Clark County Park District. B-W Greenway has been helping to maintain this beautiful public area. Please wear suitable attire and bring a water bottle.

WHERE: Bath Township Building, 1006 Yellow Springs-Fairfield Road

 The format of this community discussion will include a moderated panel of local experts in natural landscaping sharing their perspective on the following topics:

Avoiding invasives Boardwalks, observation decks Carbon sequestration

Comprehensive planning recommendations, zoning regulations, Construction materials such as treated wood, composite lumber Cultivars

Water features

Home owner associations and maintenance of natural presence Improvements with pesticides, herbicides, fertilizers

Integration of renewables such as solar or wind

Integration with home gardening Location of compost piles/containers

Location of wildflower and prairies plantings Model natural landscaping communities

Natural lawn care Night lighting Noise attenuation

Ornamentals at nurseries

Parking lots – size, pervious surfaces Permaculture concepts

Placement of native trees, shrubs, gardens Planting exotics

Riparian buffers

Safety, visual obstruction School and Church landscaping

Signage, pedestal, electric, hours of operation Tree “litter”

Use of hardscapes

Panelists include Debbie Downes, Green County Master Gardener; Terry Fredrich, Retired Owner of Habitat Creations; David Nolin, retired Five Rivers Metroparks Conservation Manager and author of “Discovery and Renewal of Huffman Prairie”; Tom Krunkenmeyer, President, Buckeye EcoCare; Elisabeth Rothschild, Regional Butterfly Expert; a representative from a garden center and Facilitator, Dotti e Meade, Chair, Fairborn Operation Pollination Committee.

Join Tom Duffee, Chief Steward, and Heidi Geron, Land Stewardship Coordinator, on April 17 at 5:30 for the Land Stewardship Meeting via Zoom. Learn more about our acquired easements and how we maintain them. Please contact Heidi at bwgreenway3@gmail.com if you would like to attend.

Hack the honeysuckle at Garland Wetland Reserve on the corner of Commerce Center Blvd and Garland Ave, Fairborn, with B-W Greenway’s Honeysuckle Hackers! Please wear appropriate attire and bring a water bottle.

Help Barb Hensley clean-up Estel Wenrick Wetlands at 2855 Union Rd, Medway. Estel Wenrick Wetlands is part of the Clark County Park District. B-W Greenway has been helping to maintain this beautiful public area. Please wear suitable attire and bring a water bottle.

Calling all High School Students! Bob and the Highway Crew will be cleaning B-W Greenway’s section of 675. Please meet at the Fairborn High School at 9:00 am (Old).

Join us at our Annual Meeting on March 21 from 6:00-8:00pm at the Fairborn Senior Center, 325 N. 3rd St. Learn more about B-W Greenway and listen to our guest speaker Mark Dilley. We will have light refreshments.

Please join us at Fairborn High School at 9am. We look forward to seeing you!

Would you like to know more about the B-W Greenway?

This Wednesday, November 29 at 7pm the Fairborn Chamber of Commerce is hosting a presentation at the Fairborn Senior Center by Bob Jurick, President of B-W Greenway Community Land Trust.

Come learn about the natural areas in our community, where you can do your winter walking and how food, water, wildlife and we humans can all work together for the health of the citizens of Fairborn and those nearby.