Sandy Weston, Treasurer of Downtown Jewel Neighborhood Association, got stuck by a lightening bolt one day last October while driving by our Post Office. She took one look at its lack of landscaping and decided, "Let's do something about this." Her NA has always taken on community projects and our post office property looked shabby. She got in touch with the necessary people at the US Postal Service, went through all the bureaucratic red-tape, got the permissions and had them repair their sprinkler system. Once all this was done, Downtown Jewel and Sandy Weston went the next step.
Sandy spoke with the other neighborhood associations and raised money. Seven palm trees were planted: 4 Carpentarias and 3 Foxtails. Town & Country Garden Club donated $500 that went for the purchase of the Foxtail Palms. Many citizens donated time and cash with approximately 50 people showing up yesterday ready for work.
Seven months later it all became a reality when Downtown Jewel NA literally stopped traffic on Saturday when Wayne Marcinkoski came with his Bobcat. Wayne delivered the trees and prepared for the installation of the palms and all the new bushes and Tom McGreevy delivered all of the new plantings. Sandy says, "I never would have been able to do this without Wayne and Tom."
The project began at 9am and finished about 4 hours later. It was reported that Susan Stanton, Katie McGiveron, Robert Waples, and the Highland Elementary Mentor Group, that brought some of the little kids who helped plant and spread mulch, worked extra hard to make this beautiful. Katie told me later that she was so dirty that she was afraid to put her clothes in the washing machine.
Sandy, still working on SundayCongratulations to Sandy and her Downtown Jewel Neighborhood Association and all the people who worked so hard to give our post office a much needed facelift.
So many people worked so hard to do this beautiful job. Many ,many thanks to the downtown jewel neighborhood for putting this together.I can't count the number of times I drove by the post office and thought"That place looks awful ! What a pit!. I am really proud that I was able to be a part of this . And Lynn was right-my clothes were too dirty to put in the washing machine.
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