UPCOMING EVENTS
Herkimer Weatherization Workshop
Join us for a full FREE Weatherization Workshop where we will be providing helpful tips on how to reduce your energy usage, FREE energy savings kit, and FREE meal!
Location: Frank J. Basloe Library 245 N Main St, Herkimer, NY 13350
Date & Time: Thursday, January 16, 2025 at 11:00 am to 1:00 pm
Otsego Weatherization Workshop
Join us for a full FREE Weatherization Workshop where we will be providing helpful tips on how to reduce your energy usage, FREE energy savings kit, and FREE meal!
Location: The Community Room of the Southside Mall
5006 State Highway 23, Oneonta, NY 13820
Date & Time: Saturday, January 18, 2025 at 11:00 am to 1:00 pm
Energy Efficiency in your home Webinar
This webinar will be all about energy efficiency in the home, tips to reduce energy consumption and state weatherization programs. National Grid Customer Care Advocate will be attending as a guest speaker to discuss programs!
Topics covered include:
Learn where you might be losing Energy in your home, become more efficient and save money on your monthly bills. We will also cover state weatherization programs residents may be eligible for.
Webinar will be held via ZOOM from 6:30PM-7:30PM on April 16th, 2024
Webinar is FREE!
REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED TO ATTEND!
All Live participants will be entered into a drawing for a FREE GIFT CARD!
Ag Energy Matters Webinar
This is a webinar specifically for agricultural producers/ agribusinesses to learn about various energy efficient programs offered by National Grid, NYSERDA & and CCE Tompkins' Ag Energy NY program. Topics covered include:
Energy Audits, how to find where you're wasting energy
State resources for energy efficiency
Grant opportunities for upgrading equipment or renewable projects
Incentives for eligible equipment
Financing opportunities
Webinar will be held via ZOOM from 6:00PM-7:30PM on April 9th, 2024
Event is FREE to attend and register
REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED TO ATTEND!
Click here to REGISTER
Ag Energy Matters Webinar
This is a webinar specifically for agricultural producers/ agribusinesses to learn about various energy efficient programs offered by National Grid, the USDA , NYSERDA & and CCE Tompkins' Ag Energy NY program. Topics covered include:
Energy Audits, how to find where you're wasting energy
State resources for energy efficiency
Grant opportunities for upgrading equipment or renewable projects
Incentives for eligible equipment
Financing opportunities
Webinar will be held via ZOOM from 7:00PM-8:30PM on February 8th, 2024
Event is FREE to attend and register
REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED TO ATTEND!
Click here to REGISTER
Home Show at Nexus Center
The Mohawk Valley Smart Energy Choices team will have members available both Saturday and Sunday to answer all your energy needs questions and help you apply for the NYSERDA programs offered to community members for Energy Efficiency.
Lead Energy Advisor, Rebecca Walley will be presenting at 12:00 noon on Saturday. The presentation describes the MV Hub's purpose and goals while discussing what the program has accomplished during the 2023 year, and our continued work to educate and connect residents to resources to make smart energy choices in 2024 and beyond. Key highlights in the presentation are on our energy literacy program, weatherization workshop with NYPA, and work to enroll residents in the Empower+ program.
Utica Zoo Spooktacular (Copy)
The Mohawk Valley Energy Choices Team will be participating in the Utica Zoo Spooktacular!! Come visit us to learn how to save energy energy in your home and bring the kids to get a treat or maybe a trick?! Ask us about how you can get a FREE Energy Audit in your home!
Spooktacular is the Utica Zoo’s premiere Halloween and harvest celebration with trick-or-treat stations, food trucks, vendors, LIVE entertainment, animals on walkabout, and the Twisted Fairy Tail Trail. This year, Spooktacular will be held on October 21 & 22 from 10 am to 3 pm each day! The zoo itself will remain open until 4:30pm both days.
The Utica Zoo Spooktacular Harvest Festival is an all-ages event and costumes are encouraged. *Please note, inflatable costumes are not permitted on Zoo grounds.*
The cost to participate in Spooktacular activities is $4 plus Zoo admission and includes free parking with shuttle service from Payne Hall Parking Lot at MVCC and the Parkway Recreational Center. Zoo members receive free admission. Visit UticaZoo.org/Membership today to become a member.
Purchase pre-sale tickets online until Sept. 20 at 8 PM to skip the line when you arrive!
https://uticazoologicalsociety.wufoo.com/forms/s1fm9t4x1gb2gy2/
Utica Zoo Spooktacular
The Mohawk Valley Energy Choices Team will be participating in the Utica Zoo Spooktacular!! Come visit us to learn how to save energy energy in your home and bring the kids to get a treat or maybe a trick?! Ask us about how you can get a FREE Energy Audit in your home!
Spooktacular is the Utica Zoo’s premiere Halloween and harvest celebration with trick-or-treat stations, food trucks, vendors, LIVE entertainment, animals on walkabout, and the Twisted Fairy Tail Trail. This year, Spooktacular will be held on October 21 & 22 from 10 am to 3 pm each day! The zoo itself will remain open until 4:30pm both days.
The Utica Zoo Spooktacular Harvest Festival is an all-ages event and costumes are encouraged. *Please note, inflatable costumes are not permitted on Zoo grounds.*
The cost to participate in Spooktacular activities is $4 plus Zoo admission and includes free parking with shuttle service from Payne Hall Parking Lot at MVCC and the Parkway Recreational Center. Zoo members receive free admission. Visit UticaZoo.org/Membership today to become a member.
Purchase pre-sale tickets online until Sept. 20 at 8 PM to skip the line when you arrive!
https://uticazoologicalsociety.wufoo.com/forms/s1fm9t4x1gb2gy2/
Customer Assistance & Resource Expo
National Grid Customer Energy Savings Event
Advocates will be on-site to help
you explore options and determine
your eligibility for assistance
including the following:
• Energy Affordability Program (EAP)
• Payment Plans
• Budget Plan/Balanced Billing
• Special Protections
• Care & Share Grants
If you receive HEAP, Lifeline Telephone Service
Program, SNAP, Medicaid, Veterans Disability or
Survivors Pension, Supplemental Security Income
(SSI), Federal Public Housing Assistance, Child
Health Plus, Utility Guarantee/Direct Vendor
Programs, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
(TANF), Safety Net Assistance, or for those living on
Tribal Lands – Bureau of Indian Affairs General
Assistance, Head Start, Tribal TANF, and Food
Distribution Program on Indian Reservations please
make sure to bring a current year/season’s award
letter to enroll in our bill discount for your gas and
electric accounts (if you aren’t already enrolled).
Mohawk Valley Contractor Roundtable
The Mohawk Valley Contractor Roundtable Event will be a regional effort to connect local contractors to the resources available and needed to address program offerings, business support, workforce opportunities and development, funding opportunities and regional efforts. We will be covering Funding Opportunities for:
· Heating and Cooling Contractors
· Home Improvement Contractors
· HVAC Technicians
· Distributors
· Electricians
· Solar Installers
· Plumbers
· BOCES and Technical Instructors
· & More
Contractors, small businesses, as well as teachers and students involved in technical programs are welcomed to join our conversation at this event and provide input. We hope to see you there!
Mohawk Valley Contractor Roundtable
The Mohawk Valley Contractor Roundtable Event will be a regional effort to connect local contractors to the resources available and needed to address program offerings, business support, workforce opportunities and development, funding opportunities and regional efforts. We will be covering Funding Opportunities for:
· Heating and Cooling Contractors
· Home Improvement Contractors
· HVAC Technicians
· Distributors
· Electricians
· Solar Installers
· Plumbers
· BOCES and Technical Instructors
· & More
Contractors, small businesses, as well as teachers and students involved in technical programs are welcomed to join our conversation at this event and provide input. We hope to see you there!
Mohawk Valley Garlic & Herb Festival
Come join the fun with our Lead Energy Advisor and Program Coordinator! While crafting and playing games with the kids you will also gain the education and knowledge of how to save energy in your HOME along with how to qualify for a FREE Energy Audit!!
Eat, Stink & Be Merry at the Mohawk Valley Garlic and Herb Festival with the area’s best garlic growers, produce vendors, fine artisans, food product producers, herbs and flower vendors, festival cuisine, live entertainment, family activities and more.
Remsen Community Wellness Day
The First Annual Community Wellness Day will be held on September 6 and it will include a Community Wellness Fair from 4:00-7:00 p.m. Participating organizations include Mohawk Valley Wellness, ICAN Information, In Bloom Yoga and more.
Come Visit our Energy Advisor Samantha Zagurski to learn how you can save energy in your home and receive a FREE energy Audit!
For more information about the event, please visit the following link: https://www.remsencsd.org/cms/lib/NY01913914/Centricity/ModuleInstance/666/Remsen%20Community%20Wellness%20Day_20230821_075627_0000.pdf
Weatherization Workshop
The workshop will provide different ways for you to save money and energy! Food will be provided!
Take steps to be more energy conscious by turning off lights, properly programming your thermostat, deploying eco-friendly heating, and cooling practices and observing water conservation techniques like installing low flow showerheads and faucets.
At the workshop, you’ll receive a Weatherization Kit that includes:
•Squeeze Tube Caulk
•Deluxe Shrink Wrap Window Kit
•Self-Adhesive Weather-strip FoamTape
•LED Night Lights with Photocell
•Self-Adhesive Door Sweep
•Hot Water Gauge
•Deluxe Shrink Wrap Window Kit
•LED Light Bulb
•Bi Metal Refrigerator FreezerThermometer
•Smart Power Strip
MUST REGISTER FOR THE EVENT HERE!
Utica Zoo FREE Night
Experience a Wild Evening at Utica Zoo’s Free Admission Night! Stop and see the Cornell Cooperative Extension Smart Energy Choices table to learn about the FREE ENERGY AUDIT and how to conserve energy in your home!
Every year, the Utica Zoo selects a few evenings where we open our gates to everyone FOR FREE! Yes that’s right: NO ADMISSION PRICE for a select time.
While here, grab a bite to each from our concession stand Kookie’s Q at Polly’s and visit one of our many informational booths to learn more about other opportunities available to you in the community!
The first FREE Night is going to be held on Monday, July 31 with the second being held on Monday, August 28! Both nights will run from 4PM to 7PM with – once again – FREE admission for everyone who attends!
So come and visit the zoo for free between those times to enjoy strolling our beautiful walkways and see our amazing animals!
PLEASE NOTE: the ONLY part of FREE NIGHT that is FREE is ADMISSION! Gift shop purchases, food purchases, etc. are charged as normal.
There will be FREE parking at the zoo and there will be FREE shuttle buses available for overflow parking at the Payne Hall lot of MVCC and the Utica Recreation Center Parking Lot!
Canal Fest Weekend Sylvan Beach with Vendors and Crafters
Sunday August 13
Come Visit the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Oneida County Smart Energy Choices Team! We will offer great information on how to lower your utility bills, become energy efficient in your home as well as how to qualify for a FREE Energy Audit in your home! Top it off… The Energy Advisors will be doing a great experiment with the kiddos!!!
8:00AM
Kid’s Fishing Derby – Bucks & Bolts Hardware - On the Canal
9:00AM
Vendors/Crafters – Village Park – Main St
10:00AM
Children's Activities- Oneida Lake Arts & Heritage Center-Main St.
Shriner's Clowns- Amusement District
Children's Passport Event-Victory Tent-Amusement District
12:45PM
Blessing of The Boats- On the Canal
1:00PM
Waterski Show- On the Canal
2:00PM
Children's Passport Event-Victory Tent-Amusement District
Spiderman Meet and Greet
Live Music- Remsen Social Club- Brew Haus- Lakeshore Rd S
Live Music- Bon Tabarrini- Harpoon Eddies- Park Ave
3:00PM
Live Music- Ryan Quinn - The Lakehouse - Park Ave
Herkimer Diamond Days
Come visit the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Oneida County Table to learn how you can get a FREE Energy Audit for your home!! Our Energy Advisor Austin can educate you on how to conserve energy in your home!
Learn & Play Wellness Fair For Kids
Bring the kids! Join the fun and learn all about Energy and how we can save it with our amazing Energy Advisor Austin!
Boonville Oneida County Fair
Come Visit the Cornell Cooperative Extension Energy Team at the Boonville Fair in Oneida County! Want to learn how to get a FREE energy Audit for your home? Bringing the kids? NO WORRIES…. Our Energy Advisor will do an Energy Craft with them while you gain the education to get a FREE energy audit for your home!
Children’s Energy Literacy Crafts!
Tuesday July 25th 10am-4pm
Wednesday July 26th 10am-2pm
Friday July 28th 10am-2pm
Fireworks Over Herkimer
Come visit the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Oneida County Table to learn how you can get a FREE Energy Audit for your home!! Our Energy Advisors can educate you on how to conserve energy in your home!
Utica's Juneteenth Celabration
Visit our Energy Advisor at the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Oneida County Table to learn how to get a FREE Energy Audit in your home! Our Energy advisor will be there to guide you and help show you how to conserve energy usage in your home.
FARM FEST
Oneida County FARM FEST! Oneida County farmers invite you to learn about our local agriculture through farm fest. Enjoy educational displays and fun for the whole family!
Farm Tours
Hay Rides
Games
Hay Maze
Food
Vendors
Kiddie Tractor Pulls