| Mayor Timothy J. Davlin
has presented awards in the
city’s fifth annual, local beautification contest, Springfield In Bloom. This
neighborhood improvement initiative spearheaded by Illinois Times and
Springfield Green called on residents, neighborhood groups and
businesses to nominate both new and existing landscaping projects that
they feel were making the biggest impacts on street-side beautification.
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| Mayor Timothy J. Davlin and the Illinois Green Industry Association (IGIA) will host their 4th annual Springfield Green Society Reception to benefit city gateway beautification projects—on Thursday, Aug. 7, from 6 to 8:30 pm. Click HERE for more. |
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| Mayor Tim Davlin presented awards to seven Adopt-a-Street groups for their litter pick-up efforts at a volunteer appreciation party on Monday night. In 2007, more than 1,000 volunteers participated in the street-cleaning program, collecting over 1,100 bags of trash from Springfield city streets. Click HERE for the full release. |
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| Mayor Timothy J. Davlin honored Springfield Green supporters at the Illinois Green Industry Association’s (IGIA) 3rd annual “Garden Bistro BBQ”—a fundraiser for gateway beautification projects. The presentation took place in the IGIA Amphitheatre in Conservation World on the Illinois State Fairgrounds Thursday night, August 9, 2007. Click HERE for the full release |
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 Mayor Tim Davlin, alongside the City of Chicago’s own green initiative leader, Mayor Richard Daley, announced today that the City of Springfield will be a competitor in a national beautification contest, America In Bloom in 2009. Click HERE for the full release. |
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| Mayor Timothy J. Davlin has announced that all neighborhood and homeowners groups that applied for Springfield Green’s 2007 Tree Grant program will be awarded funding. Click HERE for the full release. |
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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. Click HERE for the full release. |
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Get your garden growing with Springfield In Bloom. Much like Yard to Yard Challenge, Springfield In Bloom is a landscape improvement program geared to inspire participants to improve the street-side portion of their property with plants, trees and landscaping. Click HERE for the full release.
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