By Staff on July 30, 2010
By Emily Bishop
Saturday, July 24 was one of the hottest days of the year, but the hosts of the second fundraiser for the McLean Mural project stayed in the kitchen and showed that they could take the heat. 26 people bought $20 tickets so that they could go to three homes and enjoy good food [...]
Posted in CY Community News, Events | Tagged beautification, McLean Mural Project, mural, progressive potluck
By Staff on July 2, 2010
By Maggie Cardwell
Volunteers met on Saturday, June 26th to label storm drains with “No Dumping, Drains to River” signs. This group included participants from Cooper-Young, Central Gardens, Jefferson Avenue, VECA, and Friends Meeting in the UofM area. Pictured above are Ginger Orman, Aaron James, Leigh McCraw, Rodney Nash, Sharon Gordon, Susan Penn, Tyler and June [...]
Posted in CY Community News, Events | Tagged beautification, storm drain, volunteering
By Staff on July 2, 2010
By June Hurt
For those of you who missed the opportunity to show your support and participate in the May McLean Mural fundraiser, you have another chance in July! We are excited to announce that there will be a second Progressive Potluck on Saturday, July 24th. The first Progressive Potluck was impressive indeed, so the pressure [...]
Posted in CY Community News, Events, Food, Goings On! | Tagged beautification, mural, progressive potluck
By Staff on July 1, 2010
By Lurene Kelley
If you’ve walked past it on your way to Au Fond or parked in front of it to meet friends at Café Ole – you may have noticed the beautiful architecture of the 100-year-old Peabody school. Chances are, though, you didn’t notice the landscaping.
That’s all about to change, possibly with your help. The [...]
Posted in CY Community News, Events | Tagged beautification, CY Community News, kids, Peabody Elementary
By Staff on April 30, 2010
By Philip Jaynes
If you venture to the Northern edge of Cooper-Young, going north on Cooper, and you get caught at the light at Cooper and Central, you can admire the spring plants at the Midtown Nursery and check out the activity at Mapco. But if it happens to be a sunny day in April or [...]
Posted in Artists, Arts | Tagged Artists, arts, beautification
By Staff on April 29, 2010
By Andy Ashby
Several Cooper-Young residents recently took advantage of a beautiful Saturday morning to make their neighborhood a better place to live.
Jordan Danelz, Madelyn Altman, Rodney Nash, Beth Cooper, Sydney Ashby, Debbie Sowell, Chris McHaney, Sharron Johnson, and Kristan Huntley participated in the Cooper-Young Community Association’s “Gazebo to Gateways” clean-up on March 27th.
It was truly [...]
Posted in CY Community News, CYCA | Tagged beautification, CY Community News, CYCA
By Staff on April 29, 2010
By Andy Ashby
On July 26th, the Cooper-Young Community Association will organize a neighborhood-wide alley clean-up in order to make Cooper-Young a safer and cleaner place.
In the past, the CYCA has cleaned up one or two alleys at a time. This year, we’re going to use pre-trial workers, paired with neighborhood volunteers, in order to get [...]
Posted in CY Community News, CYCA, Green/Eco, Safety | Tagged beautification, CY Community News
By Kristan on April 28, 2010
By Kristan Huntley
For those of you who enjoyed the article entitled “Celebrate with a party for a project” and have been eagerly awaiting the first progressive potluck fundraiser for the McLean Mural Project, you don’t have to wait much longer!
On the evening of Saturday, May 22nd, the first progressive potluck will officially kick off. There [...]
Posted in CY Community News, Events, Goings On! | Tagged arts, beautification, food, fundraiser, mural, progressive potluck
By Kristan on March 28, 2010
By Kristan Huntley
Let’s face it—Cooper-Young will get together and have a party for pretty much any reason, be it the annual Night Out, to support the Cooper-Young Festival 4-Miler runners, or whatever other happy occasion comes up. Well, here is a chance to party and hang out with your neighbors while raising money for the [...]
Posted in CY Community News, CYCA | Tagged arts, beautification, mural, progressive potluck
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