Photos by Adam Wright.
Visit the FAB Website to find out more about upcoming events!
FAB means Food, Art, Bikes.
The FAB team! Founding members, local bike, arts and food advocates, from left to right Jennifer Escott, Philippa von Ziegenweidt, Michele Legere, and Lori Newton.
The founders of this organization created FAB to rally the Windsor community’s passionate citizens who are eager to make positive changes in the city. FAB was created also to support other organizations and events that make Windsor a better, more “FABulous” place to live!
Dan Brown speaks at the City Cyclery for the FAB Launch event.
Philippa von Ziegenweidt and Jennifer Escott, founding member of FAB.
Michele Legere and Jennifer Escott, founding members of FAB.
Lori Newton and Jennifer Escott, founding members of FAB.
This inaugural evening event hosted at City Cyclery served to explain the principles behind the founding of FAB and introduced attendees to a line up of presentations by locally active artists, foodies and entrepreneurs.
Local food advocate, Steve Green from the Windsor-Essex Community Garden Network and the Downtown Windsor Farmers’ Market presents to the launch attendees.
http://www.jenniferwillet.com
Jennifer Willet, bio art artist and University of Windsor professor speaks about art, science and community.
Mita Williams, a University of Windsor Leddy Library presents “Putting Food, Arts and Bikes on the Map”.
Jennifer Willet and Mita Williams after presenting at the FAB Launch Event.
The presentations were structured as Pecha Kechu, ignite-style presentations with slides moving ahead automatically every 20 seconds. This keeps the talks moving along quickly and makes for a dynamic series!
Tristan Fehrenbach, local bagel artisan, founder of The Earnest Bagel Company speaks about his experience with a start-up business.
Tristan Fehrenbach, local bagel artisan, founder of The Earnest Bagel Company speaks about his experience with a start-up business.
Adriano and Pina Ciotoli from WindsorEats present their experience developing a network and guide for restaurants in the Windsor-Essex region.
http://www.windsoreats.com
Pina Ciotoli from WindsorEats presents the experience developing a network and guide for restaurants in the Windsor-Essex region.
Stephen Hargreaves of City Cyclery talks about being part of a small business and how cities can be made more bike friendly.
http://thecitycyclery.wordpress.com
Stephen Hargreaves of City Cyclery talks about being part of a small business and how cities can be made more bike friendly.
Dan Brown, Youth Attraction and Retention coordinator with WEtech Alliance, sharing his perspective on “Attracting and Retaining Young Talent to Windsor: More than Jobs.”
http://www.wetech-alliance.com
Dan Brown, Youth Attraction and Retention coordinator with WEtech Alliance, will be sharing his perspective on “Attracting and Retaining Young Talent to Windsor: More than Jobs.”
Michele Legere, passionate about theatre, food and community, founding member of FAB watches the presentations at the FAB Launch Event.
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http://weccommunitygardens.blogspot.ca
Local food advocate, Steve Green from the Windsor-Essex Community Garden Network and the Downtown Windsor Farmers’ Market presents to the launch attendees.
Watch the presentations and the introduction to FAB on Youtube:
Videos by Adam Wright and Andrew George.
Coming Soon!
Special thanks to Andrew George for filming the evening!
Andrew George, local community member, volunteer videographer for FAB Launch. Special thanks!
Find out more about FAB on their website:
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