A Green Vendor Fair, promoting environmentally friendly products and services, will be held from 4-7 p.m. next Thursday, April 19, at the Abingdon Ruritan Club, 8784 Guinea Road, Bena.

The Gloucester County Chamber of Commerce will co-sponsor the event with Rappahannock Community College’s Workforce and Community Development Office, said Marlene Cralle, assistant to the vice president for Workforce Development at RCC. The event is free and open to the public.

Approximately 15-20 local businesses are expected to set up booths at the fair, Cralle said, representing a variety of businesses that offer environmentally friendly, or green, products and services such as exterminating services, landscaping, heating and cooling, and a car dealer.

Green products and services will be for sale at booths sponsored by chamber businesses, said chamber executive director Makalia Records, and the event will provide some simple and easy ways to protect the environment.

Several mini-worksh...