The Eastside Cannery Project is moving right along! Volunteers are slated to glean from Grant Family Farm's fields tomorrow, November 1st. Canning will begin on Monday, and Kate's Restaurant on 35th is graciously providing her kitchen for canning. The veggies from Grant Farms will include beets, broccoli and squash!

We're very excited to announce the East Side Cannery, a project formed in conjunction with business alliance member SOLAR, and with support from the Denver Foundation's Strengthening Neighborhoods Project. (read more about how the project works)

This project supports our community in several fundamental ways, including:

The Mile High Business Alliance is excited to announce our participation in "Local Motive," an event to promote green jobs and connect folks with sustainable living resources in our community. The event, also a fund-raiser for the vegetarian community cafe Solar, will take place Saturday, September 27th from 11:00 am - 11:00 pm at Solar,  2615 Welton St. in Denver. Featuring art, music, film and DIY presentations, Local Motive is part of Green Jobs Now's National Day of Action.

Do you remember that nifty little vegan restaurant in the Highlands called Karma? The place was tiny, but served lovely delights such as my personal favorite, the Drunken Munkie smoothie. (I'm probably spelling it wrong, but believe me when I say, it was the best chocolate-banana smoothie, ever.) They closed at the end of 2007 and the wonderful women behind Karma have been working hard to open SOLAR.

SOLAR (opening at 2615 Welton St.) at will be a community-oriented space serving organic vegetarian food. If you've ever had the pleasure of meeting the self-proclaimed "vegetable nerd" Faatma, you know they're passionate about food that nourishes the body and the community.