Join us for our annual Forest Home Get-Together and BBQ on Sat., Sept. 14 at 3:00 pm in our Forest Home Park. See the attached invitation for details. This year is significant because it commemorates the 225th year of Forest Home. which was founded in 1794. We will have a special cake and wholesome cupcakes for the children to decorate.
Learn about the mills and associated houses on the stretch of Fall Creek alongside The Byway.
Led by Bruce Brittain, sponsored by Historic Ithaca.
“The Byway is a former loop of Forest Home Drive along Fall Creek in the Town of Ithaca. This short stretch of road has the highest density of nineteenth century mill remnants and mill-era houses in Forest Home.”
Meet at the end of The Byway that is adjacent to the downstream bridge. No charge, but registration is encouraged.
See http://www.historicithaca.
Here is a map from 1866 showing Forest Home, then known as Free Hollow, with houses and mills.
We hope to see you at the Forest Home Chapel for our annual Spring potluck supper.
Keep an eye on the weather, but the forecast is not too bad for our little hamlet.
Don’t feel you really need to bring something. We’d love to see you anyway.
For the hourly forecast, see https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=42.461&lon=-76.4745&unit=0&lg=english&FcstType=graphical
Bill Goodman, Town Supervisor for the Town of Ithaca, has requested this meeting with the Forest Home community on issues related to the Department of Public Works. In particular, he has indicated that the condition of the stretch of Forest Home Drive between Judd Falls Road and McIntyre Place has deteriorated further following the recent snowstorm. The idea of closing that section of road to vehicles has surfaced again.
The meeting will be at the Forest Home Chapel on December 5, 7:30-9pm
This meeting also offers an opportunity for updates and/or discussions on other Public Works issues related to roads and pedestrian sidewalks/walkways.
The City of Ithaca has announced that Forest Home Drive will be closed from the Thurston Avenue intersection to the service drive of Olin Laboratory, June 11-August 13, 2018. Access to the Forest Home parking garage and the Toboggan Lodge parking lot will be maintained from the east.
Please comply with all posted signage, barricades, and flagger instructions.
To stay informed of construction projects, events, and other situations that can impact parking, visit http://www.cornell.edu/cuinfo/
This is a reminder to those of you who are available that this coming Saturday, May 5, is our annual clean-up day. We’ll meet at the Forest Home Park. We’ll start promptly at 9:00 AM.
I will provide coffee, orange juice and decadent (and a few wholesome) baked goods. If you have work gloves, bring them. I’ll have a few pairs to share.
The weather should be good and this is the best time to clean up since it will be easier to see and remove debris before leaf growth covers it up.
Hope to see some of you there.
Connie Engman
Dear Neighbors,
On April 24, 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. FHIA will host a meeting in which representatives from Cornell present information about various current projects, including the progress at Maplewood, the East Hill Village project, and North Campus residential expansion. The presentation will take place at Forest Home Chapel.
Also, as a reminder, Cornell is holding three community meetings this week specifically about the East Hill Village project. For more details, visit:
The new website is ready for testing. It is at http://fhia.org. All comments and suggestions are very welcome.