Upcoming Community Events
In no particular order, here are a few upcoming community events and announcements:
Pottstown Housing Coalition is asking for community participation on a survey regarding interactions with Pottstown Borough and the borough website. The survey can be found here: https://s.surveyplanet.com/tdvrzbib
Hobart’s Run will be holding a community yard sale June 4th (rain date will be June 5th) to benefit Edgewood Cemetery and other Hobart’s Run programming. It will cost $10 a table and be held on the grass at Edgewood Cemetery. There will also be an art fair and community clean-up event at Edgewood Cemetery on April 30th. For more info, go to: https://hobartsrunpottstown.org/ or follow Edgewood Cemetery at https://www.facebook.com/edgewoodcemeterypottstown.
Montgomery County Community College (West Campus) has a number of event’s coming up: a Spring Open House will be held April 9th; Come celebrate the 25th anniversary of West Campus with fireworks and food trucks at 8:00 pm, April21st on the campus; The Challenger Center is expected to open this year, so an event is being planned for August 26th-27th. 5th and 8th grade classes can interact with the center virtually sometime in March. https://www.mc3.edu/choosing-montco/our-campuses/pottstown-campus
The Tri-County Area Chamber of Commerce will be hosting the Pottstown Progress Luncheon on February 16th at Sunnybrook Ballroom. For more info, go to https://business.tricountyareachamber.com/events/details/pottstown-progress-luncheon-2022-856681. On February 11th, the REACH group of the Chamber will have a field trip to see Disenchanted at Steel River Playhouse. For more information on joining REACH or other events, contact Alice Funk at the Chamber, alice@tricountyareachamber.com.
The Winter/Spring session of classes are about to begin at ArtFusion 19464. These will include some free programs for kids. There will also be a show and an associated fundraiser titled “Revival” made up of upcylced art and furniture. For more info, go to https://artfusion19464.org/.
Steel River Playhouse is holding auditions for an upcoming show and is looking for a diverse cast. Here is the flyer for the auditions:
Steel River has some great shows coming up. For tickets and information, please go to the website, https://www.steelriver-playhouse.org/.
Vaccine clinics are held every Tuesday and Thursday at Bethel Community Church. For information: https://egov.montcopa.org/3748/Vaccine-Clinic-Directions-and-Parking-In
Mosaic Community Land Trust is looking for a person to serve on its Board in the position of treasurer. If you or someone you know would be interested, please contact Tracy Purdy trcpurdy@yahoo.com.
Operation 143 is holding a food drive all through the month of February. For information on items needed and their mission, please go to: https://operation143.org/.
Pottstown Regional Library has a variety of fun and free programming for children, youth and adults. To learn more, go to: http://www.eventkeeper.com/mars/xpages/M/MONTCO/ekp.cfm?curOrg=MONTCO&curKey1=Pottstown%20Public%20Library
To catch up on the local happenings every week, join Porchcast Pottstown Thursday nights at 6:00 on YouTube, Facebook Live or in person at Pottstown United Brewing Company. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2UbXqAsqiV4vtlyjyJbOGA.
Do you have an event you would like us to share? Contact Tracy Purdy at tracy.purdy@temple.edu with all of the information and we will post it on our blog and Facebook page. Or tag Positively Pottstown in your posts!
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