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May 22, 2024 View this email in your browser Summer is Just Around the Corner! Memorial Day Weekend is always the “unofficial opening" of the park. And there's no better way to usher in summer than with blue skies, picnics, and the opening of the Stewart Park Carousel. The Carousel will be free to ride all weekend, thanks to the generous sponsorship of Elizabeth Ann Clune Montessori School of Ithaca their third of sponsoring rides Memorial Day Weekend. What a wonderful gift to the community! If you, your business or organization are interested in sponsoring the carousel, visit stewartpark.org/carousel-sponsor. Read on for more updates and upcoming events! We hope to see you soon in Stewart Park and on Cayuga Waterfront Trail! Thank you to all who came out to I Love My Park Day earlier this month! Volunteers cleaned the Tea Pavilion, landscaped several pollinator gardens, swept and raked the sand area, picked up trash and more! Frank Muller, FSP Landscape Gardener and avid photographer/naturalist, will lead our first BioBlitz event on the Cayuga Waterfront Trail in Cass Park, Saturday, June 8, starting at 10am. Frank will be available to guide you or answer questions until 1pm on the west side of the trail near the bird garden and dragon boat launch in Cass Park. A BioBlitz is a communal citizen-science effort to record as many species within a designated location and time-period. They are a way for naturalists, scientists, and curious members of the public to meet in person in the great outdoors and, are a lot of fun! There are several tutorials to get you started with iNaturalist at https://www.inaturalist.org. To get started, you can download the iNaturalist App from the iPhone App Store or the Google Play Store on Android devices. iNaturalist is an online social network of people sharing biodiveristy information to help each other learn about nature. The free iNaturalist App helps you identify the plants and animals around you while generating data for science and conservation. By recording and sharing your observations, you’ll create research-quality data for local scientists working to better understand and protect nature in your region. Parkitects’ crew is hard at work on completing the new Stewart Park Splash Pad to meet our anticipated July 3rd Ribbon Cutting. They have nearly completed installing all of the underground plumbing and drainage, and are now placing the gravel base on which the concrete pad will be poured next week. The concrete pad will need a few days to dry and cure, then Edger Enterprises will return in early June to finish all of the walkways and landscape work by their late June deadline. The adjacent Bathroom is also coming along quickly! Looking for a new volunteer opportunity? Join FSP Executive Director Rick Manning and Landscape Gardener Frank Muller for a Park and Trail Green Team garden maintenance and planting session at the Crew Cove Overlook and Farmers Market Trailhead. Wednesday, June 5 from 12:00 - 2:00 pm. We are hoping to find a viable mid week time twice a month for those volunteers who wish to help but cannot do weekends or prefer to keep their weekends free and flexible for family and fun. If you plan to come, please RSVP by emailing info@friendsofstewartpark.org. FSP Green Team has restrained itself from trimming back our pollinator planting beds until now. This week we did our first clean up at the Cass Park Bird Garden, Inlet Overlook and Priscilla Point. MORE PARK AND TRAIL NEWS POLLINATOR PATHWAY VIDEO Over 30 people joined our first virtual event of 2024, with Brandon Hoak talking about the Tompkins Pollinator Pathway Project, which aims to connect local gardens, parks, trails and landscapes to improve habitat corridors for pollinators in the county. You can now view the program on YouTube. Find it here. WHARTON STUDIO & CAFE EXHIBIT Visit the Tompkins Center for History & Culture and check out TAKE TWO: Revitalizing the Historic Wharton Studio. Wharton Studio Museum thanks Bousquet Holstein, PLLC for their generous support and also thanks Tompkins Community Bank as Collaborating Sponsor. WHARTON STUDIO MUSEUM’S YOUTH FILM FESTIVAL SINCE 2017 You are invited to the Screening & Awards Ceremony for Quiet on the Set! Film Festival for Finger Lakes Youth — Saturday, June 8, 2024, 2pm at Cinemapolis. Free and open to the public. Short silent films by high school and middle school students will be featured in the festival. Trophies, cash prizes, and Honorable Mentions will be awarded by members of the Jury Panel! Visit the website for more information. Visit YouTube to see films from the last year. Thanks the Roy H. Park School of Communications at Ithaca College for its generous ongoing support. Quiet on the Set! is co-sponsored by the Finger Lakes Film Trail. SPONSOR THE CAROUSEL Did you know you can provide thousands of free Carousel rides while supporting Friends of Stewart Park with a tax-deductible gift? As a Carousel Sponsor, your organization or business will be recognized with: *Your name and/or logo featured on a prominent sign at the Carousel. *Acknowledgements through social media such as Facebook, Instagram and the FSP newsletter. *As many as 2,500 smiles daily from children who appreciate your gift! Click here to learn more! ITHACA REGGAE FEST The 6th Annual Ithaca Reggae Fest returns to historic Stewart Park June 21-22, 2024! A conscious celebration to protect and celebrate Cayuga Lake and Ithaca's legendary reggae history, join us for a beautiful weekend on filled with reggae music, yoga, water, skateboarding, art, dance, delicious food & beverages and so much more. LEARN MORE WATERMUSIC 2024 Join FSP and Triphammer Arts for Watermusic and Dancing on the Trail Sunday, August 4 beginning at 5pm. Paddle, roll or stroll to great performances along the Cayuga Waterfront Trail between the Farmers Market and Cass Park. We are seeking diverse artists for this event. If you or someone you know may be interested in playing or dancing for Watermusic, email rick@friendsofstewartpark.org. SAVE THE DATE: PARTY FOR THE PARK 2024 The Ninth Annual Party for the Park will be Saturday, September 21! FSP is currently seeking sponsors for this year’s Party! If your business is interested in becoming a P4P sponsor, contact Tonya at 607-319-4766 or tonya@friendsofstewartpark.org to learn more! 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