Marion County Soil and Water Conservation District Annual Meeting

Help the Marion County Soil and Water Conservation District celebrate its 55th annual meeting on Tuesday evening, February 18, 2025, from 6 PM to 8 PM at Bethany Community Gardens.

The SWCD Annual Meeting consists of a catered dinner, SWCD program and business updates, and a guest presentation. This annual meeting is hosted in collaboration with the Bethany Community Garden's first garden club of the year.

Location: Bethany Lutheran Church, 4702 S East St, Indianapolis, IN 46227

Our Guest Speakers:
The R.B. Annis School of Engineering at the University of Indianapolis offers a distinctive, hands-on engineering education that emphasizes real-world problem-solving and interdisciplinary collaboration. The school's innovative DesignSpine program integrates project-oriented courses in which students work in teams to tackle real challenges presented by actual clients, gaining practical experience and developing solutions that have tangible impacts. In 2023-2024, an enthusiastic student team assisted the SWCD to design and build a tool which can be used on small farms to terminate cover crops in a crop rotation, resulting in the best sophomore project award and a feature in the Indianapolis Business Journal. Dr. Dharmarthne of UINDY and the student Crimper Team will share their experiences with the DesignSpine program and the steps taken to execute this project.

Dinner:
Catering from Yamallama Delicatessen is graciously sponsored by the Marion County Farm Bureau.
https://www.yamallamadeli.com/

Education Funding:
Funding for conservation speakers is made possible through the USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service and Clean Water Indiana. The USDA-NRCS is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.

Backup Date: In case of bad weather, registrants will receive an e-mail notification. The backup date would be February 25, 2025 at 6 PM.

Marionswcd.org

Host or Publisher Marion County Soil and Water Conservation District