Upriver, ID

We had our first UpRiver Historical Society meeting on September 30 at the Community Center in Fernwood. Christine Ashmead was elected chairperson. We discussed the historical photo project and set a date for the public viewing for November, (date to be announced!) at the CAF building. Time will be annouced. Calendars will be on sale at that time with memberships available to join. One year memberships will cost $20 and includes a free calendar, 10 year memberships will be $200, plus a free calendar for the 10 years joined. Lifetime memberships will be offered for $500!! Memberships will include a certificate and free calendar for every year paid membership. We discussed the groups plans for securing a location to house photos and possibly having it be visitor center where poeple can find information about the UpRiver area with maps of the local attractions. This years’ calendar theme is going to be “Then and Now”, featuring photos of the area in the past and how it looks now. The group plans to focus on grantwriting, and generating more historical intrest. The next meeting and all future meetings will be on the last Tuesday of each month. October 28th is our next meeting, at 6:30 PM at the CAF building.

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…That is what the Entrepreneurial Committee is all about. At least that is how I see it.

We are committed to making UpRiver a good place to live and to that end, we want to make living here more comfortable and a little easier. That means that you need to have access to some of the resources that others take for granted because they live in bigger communities.

Stretching your money, time, and space are things I think would help most people.How can that be done? How can outsiders help individuals accomplish these things? Those are the kinds of questions we have been brainstorming. These thoughts are what produced the surveys that we generated and circulated. We think if we can connect you to resources that will help and inspire you, then you will be able to go farther and do more than you ever thought you could.

We are excited about our new status as a non-profit organization that will help us raise funds for these activities and now we have a grant that is helping us move forward. At the last meeting of the Communications and Entrepreneurial (may I change that name?) Committees, on Monday, October 6, we discussed having speakers come to a community dinner to give us all a “shot in the arm.” We are looking at the possibility of early December in order to locate a presenter. We also were reminded of the Open House the new Historical Society intends to offer in November. (More details will certainly be coming.) We are talking to instructors for various classes that will soon begin to be offered at the CAF building.

We are still brainstorming ideas for reaching everyone with useful and inspirational assistance and welcome all comers with their ideas. Bouncing ideas around causes them to pick up momentum and creativity. Your input is valuable and needed. Please pick a meeting date, time and place that works for you and drop in. We have meetings all through the month focusing on different topics. All meetings are open to UpRiver folk and we encourage, encourage, 

encourage

you to come! Check the calendar until you find one that fits your schedule, then come on in!