Building a Local Economy (BALE) will have an initial plan­ning meeting Wednesday, Feb. 1 at 5 p.m., at the new BALE office/com­munity space (located diagonally across the street from 5 Olde Tav­ern) in South Royalton.

The public is invited to join in cre­ating “BALE: A Celebration of All Things Local,” to be held Thursday, June 7 from 3-9 p.m. on the South Royalton Green.

This will be the second annual “All Things Local” festival on the So Ro Green and, in many ways, a follow-up to the Fiddlehead Festival held for several years at Vermont Technical in Randolph. Last year’s festival brought over 700 people to an event that offered an expanded farmers market, workshops, dem­onstrations, exhibits, a kids activity area, food vendors, live music, and dozens of community and nonprofit information displays.

BALE is a community resource center devoted to the creation and development of farm, food, and lo­cal economy initiatives in the upper White River Valley. For more infor­mation about BALE or how you can help plan the second annual celebration, contact Chris Wood at balevt@gmail.com or 802-498-8438.