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The Garden Clubs of Illinois, Inc., presented Springfield
Green with its Roadside Beautification Award
for its landscaping and tree planting on
state routes at its 2007 annual meeting. The
awards recognize outstanding work in
Illinois Department of Transportation
regions around the state.
“It’s an honor to be recognized by our state’s
largest gardening organization for the work
Springfield Green is accomplishing in the
Capital City,” said Mayor Tim Davlin. “In my
mind this award truly goes to the hundreds
of community and business leaders, who have
supported Springfield Green over the
program’s first three years. I’m truly proud
of how we’ve put donor dollars to work in
these projects where we are beginning to see
some results.”
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Springfield Green, which was honored for work in
IDOT Region 4, has projects on several state
routes including, Clear Lake Avenue; Fifth
and Sixth Streets; South Grand Avenue and
Wabash Avenue. As part of the program’s
gateway beautification plan to give city
entrances a greener and more harmonious
look, more than 3,000 perennials and 150
trees were added to the recognized project
areas.
Davlin said the future of Springfield Green is
bright. “It’s very exciting to look forward
to what the next four years will bring as
we’ve built some momentum into our projects
now that we’ve been able to demonstrate some
of the successes of the program.”
In Springfield Green’s latest project, the South
Grand Avenue gateway at Dirksen Parkway is
being landscaped at all four corners with a
tree-lined corridor of Prairie Fire Crab and
Autumn Blaze Maples to complete the look.
Major sponsors for this area include
Godfather’s Pizza, Springfield Clinic,
Springfield Pepsi-Cola and Green Hyundai.
Other gateway projects on the horizon for
completion in 2007 include the Wabash Avenue
gateway at Veteran’s Parkway.
Springfield Green, a City- and community-driven
program, was established in 2004 by Mayor
Tim Davlin to beautify Springfield with
plants and flowers through residential and
commercial streetscape projects supported by
individual and corporate donations and
grants.
