AAUW Kingston Branch Visit to the
Sustainable Living Resource Center
Saturday, May 4, 2013
10:30 AM
150 Cottekill Road, Cottekill

The AAUW Kingston Branch is pleased to announce that Manna Jo Greene will speak at the Sustainable Living Resource Center next to her home in Cottekill.

Manna Jo Greene, the Environmental Director for the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, the Contributing Editor to the Hudson Valley GREEN Times and Councilwoman of the Town of Rosendale will speak to our branch at the Sustainable Living Resource Center next to her home on Saturday, May 4, at 10:30 AM. She will speak about the model, solar-powered Sustainable Living Resource Center and her work as Environmental Director of the Sloop Clearwater.

We are also very pleased to announce that Manna Jo’s biography will be published in Remarkable Women in New York State History, a historical project of Helen Engel and Marilynn Smiley, AAUW NYS historian consultants. We invite you to join us at this informative event.

After the presentation, we will continue to the High Falls Cafe for lunch. Reservations will not be necessary. We will notify the cafe about the number attending just before the meeting. We will be able to order anything offered on the menu. Separate checks are acceptable.

Carpooling:

We will meet at 10 AM behind the former Ames store in the Kingston Plaza in order to park and carpool.

Here are directions for those not using carpooling:

From Kingston, go south on Route 209 to Stone Ridge. Turn left (east) onto Cottekill Road at Davenport Farms. Pass SUNY Ulster (UCCC) and cross Lucas Avenue intersection. The next intersection (about 0.25 miles) is a fork. Turn right at fork (at yellow sign with arrow pointing to left, which is Sawdust Avenue or CR-26, but Cottekill is CR 26-A and is the bend to the right). Look for Center on your left (hexagonal building). Turn left into seconnd driveway, 148-150 Cottekill Road, lined with tall pine trees. Please park behind the garage.

From New Paltz, take Route 32 north about 7 miles into Rosendale. Turn left after bridge at Stewarts. Proceed west on Route 213 (Main Street) past the movie theatre and the Rosendale Cafe on your right, continue for approximately 2 miles to a sharp bend. Turn right on to Cottekill Road (Route 26A), go up hill about 0.7 miles to Stop Ahead sign. Count three driveways on right, turn into third driveway (lined with tall pine trees), just before 35 MPH sign. 148-150 Cottekill Road says Sustainable Living Resource Center on two blue signs at start of driveway. Look for Earth flag. House is a white Cape Cod with purple trim. Follow driveway to right of garage and park behind it.

For more information, contact Pat Stedge at patstedge@gmail.com or 845-336-5986.