About 80 Riceville residents joined together in a wonderful afternoon of shared memories, food, stories, and information on the valley’s natural history. The afternoon ended with music and dancing. All this took place in the Riceville Community Center which had been cozily decorated in quilts, quilts and more quilts.
Thanks to the hard work of the team responsible for coordinating the activities, a good time was had by all. The warmth and cheer that was generated by the strong sense of community was clearly visible on the faces of those who gathered there. Many new friendships were begun and old ones strengthened.
The event, held in a room filled with photos and memorabilia, was merely a continuation of the community building activities and values begun early on in the valley and carried on down through time to the present.
To read about the natural history of the valley put together and presented by Jeanie Martin you can click here.
To re-experience the Brief History of Riceville put together and read by an energetic and lively group you can click here.
Below are listed all of the many ideas residents suggested for future community building activities.
Where do we go from here?
I would like to see more networking. I would like to be in touch with people who may know about the history of my family in Riceville.
Let's make this an annual event and bring information on Riceville families and genealogy.
We need a general store. Maybe we could refurbish the old one?
Historic home tours, barn tours, and cemetery tours.
Let's hear some of the ghost stories of our area.
Have an annual reunion, maybe outside in the summer where we can dance, and I'll
help decorate.
A cooking club to share old recipes and also look at food and how we provide food
for each other.
Students from Warren Wilson could help us with our gardens and teach us how to
grow organically. Maybe we could have Victory Gardens--we might need them?
I'm willing to do a presentation on invasive species we have in the valley.
Find a way to expand the number of people who know about SRA and events and topics of discussion. How do we communicate?
Get more people in the business directory so that we can get our services from our
neighbors.
