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Mayor’s Neighborhood Achievement Award
November 9, 2006
Check out more photos.
At a gala banquet in the Indiana Roof Ballroom,
several hundred hopefuls gathered for dinner
and the hope that they would win one of Keep
Indianapolis Beautiful's competitive Monumental
Affair Awards. This year, a unique nature park
with truly "grass roots" captured the attention
of the Mayor's Neighborhood Award judges.
Applications in the category for the Mayor's Neighborhood Award are judged by
includes projects in which residents work together as volunteers to improve the
aesthetics of their neighborhoods; and Projects that encourage individual and
community responsibility for beautification and neighborhood quality.
The Mayor's Neighborhood Achievement Award was presented to Dauben-
speck Community Nature Park, a community volunteer effort to create a nature
park at 8900 Ditch Road. More than 10,000 volunteer hours went into their kick-
off event on September 7, 2006, which gave the property a whole new look and
use. The Home Depot provided much of the materials and volunteers for the
event, along with other corporate, non-profit, and individual contributions of
resources and volunteers. Park organizers/volunteers continue to improve the
space and will plant more than 700 trees this fall.
Lori Schlabach, Board President for Metropolitan School District of
Washington Township, and Angela Mansfield, City-County Councilor/DCNP
Board Member, received the awards on behalf of the park. DCNP Board
members Krystal Slivinski, Greg Gerke, and Deb Ellman attended, as well
former/founding board member Ron Watson.
Non-profit Keep Indianapolis Beautiful organizes the event each year with help
from corporate underwriters. Other winners in the Mayor's Award category
were: Honor – Binford Gateway Beautification Project, Binford Redevelopment
& Growth (BRAG) Group; and Merit – McCord Park, Watson McCord
Neighborhood Association.
November 9, 2006
Check out more photos.
At a gala banquet in the Indiana Roof Ballroom,
several hundred hopefuls gathered for dinner
and the hope that they would win one of Keep
Indianapolis Beautiful's competitive Monumental
Affair Awards. This year, a unique nature park
with truly "grass roots" captured the attention
of the Mayor's Neighborhood Award judges.
Applications in the category for the Mayor's Neighborhood Award are judged by
includes projects in which residents work together as volunteers to improve the
aesthetics of their neighborhoods; and Projects that encourage individual and
community responsibility for beautification and neighborhood quality.
The Mayor's Neighborhood Achievement Award was presented to Dauben-
speck Community Nature Park, a community volunteer effort to create a nature
park at 8900 Ditch Road. More than 10,000 volunteer hours went into their kick-
off event on September 7, 2006, which gave the property a whole new look and
use. The Home Depot provided much of the materials and volunteers for the
event, along with other corporate, non-profit, and individual contributions of
resources and volunteers. Park organizers/volunteers continue to improve the
space and will plant more than 700 trees this fall.
Lori Schlabach, Board President for Metropolitan School District of
Washington Township, and Angela Mansfield, City-County Councilor/DCNP
Board Member, received the awards on behalf of the park. DCNP Board
members Krystal Slivinski, Greg Gerke, and Deb Ellman attended, as well
former/founding board member Ron Watson.
Non-profit Keep Indianapolis Beautiful organizes the event each year with help
from corporate underwriters. Other winners in the Mayor's Award category
were: Honor – Binford Gateway Beautification Project, Binford Redevelopment
& Growth (BRAG) Group; and Merit – McCord Park, Watson McCord
Neighborhood Association.
| KIB President Ben Wilhelm, IPL Senior VP Ron Talbot, Greg Gerke, Deputy Mayor Steve Campbell |
