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By Emily on April 2, 2011
By Kristan Huntley When was the last time you used that kitchen gadget that was supposed to deseed your strawberries? How often do you use that hand-me-down chair to sit in and not as a coat rack? Do you really still use that pair of roller skates? Well, now it is time to weed out [...]
Posted in Community News, CYCA, Events, Green/Eco | Tagged beautification, Community News, CYCA, green, midtown, neighbors, Yard sale |
By on January 31, 2011
By Kristan Huntley On Saturday, January 8, several brave volunteers bundled up and came out to help clean up the area around the McLean trestle. There were many, many leaves packed on the sidewalk and the street, posing a pedestrian hazard and possible issue with storm water drainage. With an impending snow, the clean up [...]
Posted in Community News | Tagged beautification, neighborhood clean-up, Volunteers |
By 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 [...]
Posted in Community News, Events | Tagged beautification, McLean Mural Project, mural, progressive potluck |
By 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 [...]
Posted in Community News, Events | Tagged beautification, storm drain, volunteering |
By 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 [...]
Posted in Community News, Events, Food, Goings On! | Tagged beautification, mural, progressive potluck |
By 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 [...]
Posted in Community News, Events | Tagged beautification, Community News, kids, Peabody Elementary |
By 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 [...]
Posted in Artists, Arts | Tagged Artists, arts, beautification |
By 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. [...]
Posted in Community News, CYCA | Tagged beautification, Community News, CYCA |
By 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 [...]
Posted in Community News, CYCA, Green/Eco, Safety | Tagged beautification, Community News |
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