Reminisce, America's Hometown bands to groove to '60s, '70s hits at free outdoor concert
MUNCIE, Ind. — Reminisce Band and America’s Hometown Band will get together for a concert featuring the music of the 1960s and '70s at 7 p.m. Thursday, July 14, at Canan Commons.
Admission to the outdoor performance is free. Plenty of lawn seating/dancing space will be available.
More music: First Muncie Three Trails Music Series concert coming up July 30
America's Hometown Band, a nonprofit, 501(c)3 group, is Muncie's municipal band, founded in 1988 by Roger McConnell and Philip Cooley. AHB depends on the gifts of many public-spirited individuals and groups to keep the music going every year. Individual donations are always welcome at any concert; donations also can be made via the AHB website amhometownband.org, or the AHB Facebook page.
City council redistricting meeting set
MUNCIE — The Redistricting Committee of the Muncie City Council will have a public meeting at 5:30 p.m. July 27 in the City Hall auditorium, 300 N. High St., for the purposes of redistricting the city council districts, according to an announcement.
Free program offers land management plan
MUNCIE — Rural property owners in Blackford and Delaware counties can get help implementing conservation practices on their land through a free program offered through the local Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD).
The “First Steps” program involves one-on-one consultation with a local conservation representative who helps the property owner identify conservation goals for the property by collecting, analyzing, and discussing environmental variables such as soil types, topographical information, and drainage. The resulting plan identifies and maps possible improvements across the landscape, as well as the state and federal cost-share funding opportunities that exist to help implement them, according to SWCD District Director Clair Burt.
While the regional representatives promote practices like active forest management, healthy waterways, regenerative agriculture, and alternative crops, the final action steps outlined in the conservation plans are entirely landowner driven. For example, on a tract in Hamilton Township in Delaware County, the SWCD suggested a reconfiguration of the land to include a mix of row crops, hardwood timber, alternative crops and waterway buffering with switchgrass. The landowner, Jeremy Russell, said he plans to implement some, but not all, of the suggestions.
First Steps is free, although it does not pay for implementing the plan, though many of the types of improvements outlined in a First Steps plan are available for cost-share programs through the state and federal government.
Each First Steps plan encompasses up to 40 acres. Landowners with more than 40 acres will select a representative parcel for study. Landowners with multiple acres are encouraged to apply what they’ve learned through the planning process to the rest of their property or to submit a different 40-acre parcel for planning in a subsequent program round.
Information: Delaware County Soil & Water Conservation District, 765-747-5531, ext. 3, or delcoswcd@gmail.com or delawarecountyinswcd.org/
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