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Woodfin committee hears plan for free eco-art workshops; organizer seeks committee recommendation to council
Summary
AmeriCorps member Zoe presented a free, eco-art workshop series using storm debris for communal healing and requested the Parks and Greenways Advisory Committee recommend a small materials budget to Town Council.
Zoe (AmeriCorps volunteer coordinator) presented a plan for a free, multi-week eco-art workshop series aimed at community healing following Hurricane Helene. The proposed program would run as a series of monthlong "series" (each comprised of roughly four weekly sessions plus a wrap session), start as early as the first week of April and reuse storm debris alongside purchased materials.
Zoe said she plans to lead the initial sessions herself and estimated materials costs at about $800 to $1,000 to cover supplies for the first three series; the estimate excludes potential facility rental and fees for future outside instructors. "Overall it'll be around, from 800 to a thousand altogether," she said. She also said she is participating through her AmeriCorps stipend and will not take an additional leader payment for the initial sessions.
Committee members discussed logistics and venues. Staff offered conference/meeting spaces that could be used in the evenings and cautioned that the spaces are office-oriented (tarps and setup will be needed for mixed-media work). Zoe said she had a wait list for a YMCA-hosted session and expected demand: she estimated 10–20 participants per series and suggested an age threshold of about 14 and up.
Committee members asked whether the town needed to approve a budget allocation or formally recommend funding to Town Council. Shannon, a town staff member, said the project falls within Zoe’s existing role and the materials budget is small enough that it does not require a formal budget amendment; staff said a committee endorsement would be sufficient to move it forward to council for final allocation if needed. No formal committee vote to recommend the program was recorded in the transcript.
Organizers said the workshops could dovetail with upcoming town events (the Woodfin 5K on April 27 was suggested as an opportunity to display participant work), and staff and local partners such as Greenworks and MountainTrue were cited as potential outreach partners. Zoe said she would circulate detailed lesson plans, the full Excel budget and handouts to the committee.
