Every Tuesday morning our wonderful coordinator Andrea Conquergood hosts community elders at Fireweed Hub. These gatherings vary between strictly social events (often featuring birthday cake!) and, on alternate weeks, programming of some sort. Free baked snacks, coffee and tea are always part of the mix. So far the programming has included fitness sessions, informational sessions…
Fireweed Hub fills need for community gathering space during wildfires link to the complete August 8, 2024 edition of the Valley Voice Online The Fireweed Hub in downtown New Denver has quickly become the go-to community space during the wildfire emergency. “ It’s easy for the Fireweed to look like the hero in all this,…
Bill Metcalfe, Nelson Star Original article here Breakfast had to be ready by 6 a.m., but the cooks at New Denver’s Fireweed Hub were volunteers who had no idea how many people they had to feed. Some of the volunteers had already been forced to evacuate by nearby wildfires and were working with the stress of not…