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PRESENTING SPONSOR: Strolling of the Heifers RUNNING OF THE BULLS MEETS BRATTLEBORO, VERMONT FRIDAY, JUNE 7 SATURDAY, JUNE 8 SUNDAY, JUNE 9 Gallery Walk & Street Festival The Big Heifer Parade / 10 AM Tour de Heifer Bike Tours / 8 AM 5:30-8:30 PM Slow Living Expo / All Day Farm Tours / All Day PRESENTING THANKS TO Brattleboro Retreat Pete and Gerry's Organic Eggs SPONSOR OUR SPONSORS Brattleboro Savings and Loan Price Chopper Rudi's Organic Bakery A.L. Tyler & Sons C & S Wholesale Grocers, Inc. Udderly Smooth Udder Cream Brattleboro Development Commonwealth Dairy Credit Corporation Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee United Natural Foods Inc. Brattleboro Memorial Hospital Organic Valley CROPP Co-Op Vermont Lottery Commission MEDIA SPONSORS Brattleboro Reformer / WKVT / WTSA / WRSI / SoverNet / BCTV / WCAX-TV / WYRY / Vermont Public Radio / Rutland Herald / Keene Sentinel Visit us online for more information and full schedule: www.StrollingOfTheHeifers.com 2 www.strollingoftheheifers.com Running of the Bulls meets Mardi Gras Whenever I run into Each year we try to have a theme, and this year it occurred to us someone who has that the Stroll is really what people today call a mashup: We took never heard of the idea of Running of the Bulls, and mashed it up with Mardi Strolling of the Heifers Gras. Out came the Stroll: strolling heifer calves, bedecked like and I have to explain the revelers at Mardi Gras. what it is, I go back to the story of how we So this year, that’s our parade theme: Running of the Bulls meets got started, years ago. Mardi Gras. We asked our farmers, 4-H clubs, bands and partici- pating businesses and organizations to have fun with that theme I mention that my in dressing up their heifers, their floats and themselves. We hope neighbor, the late that some of you will come as Mardi Gras revelers as well! Dwight Miller, urged me to do something Our only requests are: don’t throw the beads (too much mess to to draw more attention pick up), and as always, please don’t bring dogs to the parade or to local farmers and expo (they might scare the animals, and we don’t want them, or to help them stay in anyone, to get hurt). business. But what? Well, it happened that not long before that, I had visited Pamplona, Spain — home of the famous “Running of Thank you for allowing us to the Bulls.” I asked myself, what if we did just the opposite: heif- continue bringing attention to ers, not bulls, strolling, not running. local farmers and local food everywhere! And that’s how we got started. Someone wrote that if we had called it the “Southern Vermont Agricultural Parade,” it wouldn’t Orly Munzing, have lasted very long. The whimsical name, “Strolling of the Founder and Heifers,” is part of what makes our festival memorable. Executive Director In Memoriam: Gary Blomgren Please, NO Dogs At the Expo and elsewhere during Stroll Weekend, you’ll at the Parade & Expo! find colorful signage painted by the students of Gary Blomgren, head of the art department at Brattleboro Because some of Union High School. We lost Gary, much too early, last fall the animals in at the age of 60 after a brief battle with cancer. the parade may At BUHS, he served as department head for many years not react well to and was an exemplary school leader. He always valued students as people first, not merely members of a class. Gary's love of students dogs, please leave was manifested in his everyday practice of teaching and in his ability to form them at home warm, genuine and inspired relationships. on the day of His innate humor, warmth, and kindness to each person made him one our the parade. community's most beloved members, a gifted teacher, mentor, and friend. The Thanks! Stroll will miss him. www.strollingoftheheifers.com 3 DRIVING and paRKING on paRade daY PARade RoUTE and PARKING PLEASE NOTE PARADE ROUTE CHANGE! See map at right. The parade will go up Main Street as usual, but at the Brattleboro Memorial Library, it will bear left on Linden Street, rather than right on Putney Road. It will continue to the entrance of the Retreat and disband there. The heifers and other animals will swing right at Park Place to their spots on the Common. Park Place and the lower end of Putney Road will be closed to traffic during the parade as usual. The parade takes place rain or shine! We encourage you to plan for a 9 a.m. arrival in downtown Brattleboro on Parade Day! You'll get a good viewing spot and be able to visit downtown merchants who open early for the occasion. There will be plenty of parking in Brattleboro for Strolling of the Heifers. However, illegally parked vehicles may endanger lives by hindering passage of fire trucks and ambulances in the event of an emergency. Do not park in posted no-parking zones! And please be respectful of local residents by not blocking their driveways. Some churches, busi- nesses and individuals near the downtown area will be offering parking on private property for a small fee. NOTE: Any vehicle parked in an illegal space on Parade Day (June 8, 2013) may be subject to towing at owner's expense. Please park only where it is legal! NO PARKING restrictions will be in effect on these streets: • Main Street, from Flat Street north • Flat Street, from Main Street to Elm Street • Park Place, on the Common (north) side of the road • Linden Street, west side from Park Place to Cedar Street • Putney Road, both sides from Main Street to Park Place, and the east side from Park Place to Bradley Avenue • North Street (off Putney Road), on the north side only • Harris Place, both sides of the entire street • Bradley Avenue (off Putney Road), one side as marked • Oak Street, east side of the entire street • Chase Street, north side of the entire street • Forest Street, both sides of the entire street • Cedar Street, from Route 30 to top of the hill Certain streets will be closed during parts of Saturday, June 8: In planning your route, please take into account the following street closings: • Flat Street will close early in the morning for parade staging from Main Street to Elm Street, and remain closed until about 11:30 a.m. • Main Street, Putney Road up to the Commons, and Park Place will be closed for the Parade from about 9:45 a.m. until about 11:30 a.m. • Linden Street will be closed to southbound traffic from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. from the Brattleboro Retreat entrance south to Park Place, and will be closed to all traffic during the Parade from Main Street to Park Place. Beat the CONGESTION — RIDE OUR SHUTTLE BUSES! To reduce downtown traffic congestion, use the free shuttle parking lots and ride the free shuttle buses: HandICapped PARKING • At Exit 1, Route 91: follow signs and park at Brattleboro Union High School — buses will run to the corner of Canal Street and South Main Street beginning at 8 a.m. Last bus: 9:45 a.m. and PARade VIEWING • At Exit 2, Route 91: follow signs, proceed West on Route 9; park at Green Mountain Chapel Our handicapped parking area is the parking lot of Joe Pieciak & Co., 10 Park Place. This area is restricted to vehicles of people with valid handicapped permits. It is or Academy School — buses will run to the Fire Station in town beginning at 8:00 a.m. Last located near the corner of Park Place and Putney Road, directly across from the bus: 9:45 a.m. Brattleboro Common. Note: Park Place will be closed to traffic at 9:45 a.m. — early • No buses will run from the Exit 3 area. arrival is encouraged! An attendant will be on duty at that lot, and will be able to sum- • Returning to parking lots: Buses will run from the corner of Linden Street (Route 30) and mon a courtesy golf cart for personal transportation if needed. For handicapped Park Place (near the Brattleboro Common), starting immediately after the parade. individuals who are closer to downtown, we invite you to use the roped-off areas at Last bus: 4:50 p.m. both sides of the official parade viewing stand, which will be located on Main Street in front of the Key Bank offices. Handicapped toilets may be found at the River Garden • Courtesy golf carts will run from 9 a.m - 5 p.m. between the main gate of the Retreat cam- on Main Street, the Transportation Center on Flat Street, and at the Expo both on the pus and the corner of Linden Street and Park Place. Common and the Retreat Grounds, as indicated on the map. 4 www.strollingoftheheifers.com Stroll Staff & Volunteers EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR / William Murray, Administrative Abby Sutton, Farm, Food & Fiber Kathy Badgley, Shuttle parking FOUNDER Assistant Tour coordinator coordinator Orly Munzing Vicki Friedman, Volunteer Barbara Sondag, Brattleboro Town Jerry Goldberg, Brattleboro Area Coordinator Manager Chamber of Commerce HONORARY CO-CHAIRS: Daniel Munzing, Website & Rob Simpson, CEO, Brattleboro Joe Bushey, Road Signage Gov. Peter Shumlin, Sen. Patrick Graphic Designer Retreat Carrie Walker, John Wilmerding, Leahy Erika Elder, Graphic Designer Caryn King, Farm Art Exhibit Randy Ziter, Greg Worden, John Sen. Bernard Sanders Robert Dunbar, Bookkeeping & Curator Keppler, Tristan Toleno, Kathy Rep. Peter Welch much more Joy Wallens-Penford, Gallery Walk Saccoccio, Leslie Kramsky Chuck Ross, Vermont Secretary of Peter Stickney, Parade Animals Dede Cummings, Steve Shriner, Agriculture Chair Hannah Thurber — Tour de …and many other volunteers! Roger Allbee, former Vermont Bob Trier, Greg Flickinger, Donna Heifer Secretary of Agriculture Simons, Expo coordinators Phyllis Trier, Dawn Flickinger, Amelia Struthers, Entertainment Quiche Cookoff coordinators BOARD MEMBERS: STAFF & VOLUNTEERS: Co-chair Bob Kirkpatrick, Police Liaison Donna Simons (Chair & Secretary) Julie Potter, General Manager Beth Kiendl, Entertainment Steven Rowell, Parking & Bus John R.