Mark your calendars for the upcoming Jane’s Walk to be held on Saturday, May 3. Jane’s Walk is a global festival of free, volunteer-led walking conversation inspired by Jane Jacobs, a community activist. Jacobs (1916-2006) encouraged people to familiarize themselves with the place where they live, work and play. Jane’s Walks combine exploring places through personal observations, local history and civic engagement.

Honoring Jacob’s legacy, Gorham will host its first Jane’s Walk with help from members of the Gorham Historical Society, the Gorham Village Alliance, History Department students from Gorham High School and Greater Portland Landmarks. Future walks will take place in other areas of Gorham.

The annual Jane’s Walk festival takes place the first weekend in May, in more than 200 cities and towns around the globe. South Street Historic District was entered in the National Register of Historic Places on April 20, 1988, by the National Park Service Department of the Interior in Washington, D.C., and we are proud to share our stories.

Walkers will meet on the lawn of the Baxter Museum, 67 South Street at 1 p.m. The walk will include a narrated tour of the historical homes and sites of Gorham’s Historic District of South Street, including a stop at the PineCrest Inn Bed and Breakfast for some home-baked treats, specially made by innkeeper, Kathy Powell.

The tour will end at the Baxter Museum at 2:30 p.m. Walkers can explore Gorham’s Historical Village and all it has to offer. Everyone is cordially invited to attend this free event, rain or shine. For more information, contact Alison Frazee at Greater Portland Landmarks. afrazee@portlandlandmarks.org (207) 358-7061. Hope to see you there.