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Work Plan discussion items for Louisville Bee City USA Subcommittee Community Outreach <br />Replanting Home Landscapes after the Marshall Fire (John) <br />Supporting our local families and businesses in the planning and replanting of landscapes to <br />support pollinators, featuring native and water -wise plants and turf. This could be a community - <br />wide and long-lasting initiative. <br />Louisville Farmer's Market booth (Laurie, John) <br />A booth at the Louisville Farmer's Market to spread the word about Bee City USA and the things <br />that Louisville has been doing to promote conservation and habitat restoration for pollinators, <br />including our native bees. We could pass out native plant lists, sell native and pollinator plants <br />for the garden, promote water -wise landscaping, maybe some local honey, T-shirts, coffee mugs, <br />and window/bumper stickers? This booth could go on the road to other farmer's markets in the <br />area. Yum, fair food! <br />Bee and Pollinator-themed Art Contest for Louisville Elementary schools (Patricia) <br />Patricia has made great strides in organizing our first outreach event. Two Louisville Schools are <br />currently participating, plus we will have an entry submission box at the Louisville Public Library <br />for additional individual entries. Winners will be selected by Louisville Bee City USA <br />Subcommittee volunteers. We will have gift cards from Sweet Cow for the winners. Artwork <br />from our contest winners (and honorable mentions?) will be displayed at the Louisville Library <br />and possibly at other City facilities. <br />Encourage Pollinator Education at Local Schools (Josh) <br />The second grade at LES is currently studying insects. We could investigate places in the local <br />school curricula where we could educate students about the importance of pollinators. <br />Louisville Community Garden outreach (Signe) <br />Louisville has community gardens where citizens get a plot of land to garden to their <br />heart's content. Could we "recruit" them to plant at least one pollinator bush or plant for the <br />bees on their individual plot. This would be an easy project to execute. <br />Pollinator Houses and Native Plant Seed Strips (Susan) <br />Sponsor a papermaking session with flower seeds impressed in the paper for kids. They can <br />write a note of promise to the pollinators on the paper and then "plant" it so the seeds will <br />germinate. <br />Coordinate an event at the Home Depot store to build bat and bee houses and help find places <br />to install the houses. <br />Reach out to local nurseries that are neonic-free to see if they'll offer discounts to Marshall Fire <br />victims when they're replanting their yards. <br />