ON MAY 7TH, DOWNTOWN JACKSON PARTNERS AND VISIT JACKSON TEAMED UP WITH KEEP JACKSON BEAUTIFUL TO HOST A DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY SERVICE DAY! VOLUNTEERS WERE WELCOMED TO JOIN IN TO HELP BEAUTIFY OUR COMMUNITY AND CREATE A WELCOMING GATEWAY ENTRANCE INTO OUR DOWNTOWN DISTRICT.
THE GROUP FOCUSED ON BEAUTIFYING THE PEARL/STATE STREET GATEWAY ENTRANCE BY PAINTING THE EVENT BANNER STRUCTURES AND LANDSCAPING THE AREA. RIVERS GREENHOUSE AND GARDEN SPONSORED THE EVENT AND DONATED ALL PLANTS, COMPOST AND MULCH FOR THE PROJECT. PLANT CHOICES INCLUDED VIBRANT RED DRIFT ROSES WHICH PROVIDE DISEASE RESISTANT, DROUGHT TOLERANT CLUSTERS OF PETITE FLOWERS THAT BLOOM IN ABUNDANCE, PRODUCING SEASON-LONG COLOR ON A VIGOROUS, HARDY, CAREFREE SHRUB; AND VARIEGATED LIRIOPE WHICH BOASTS VIBRANT YELLOW STRIPES BRIGHTENING A DARK GREEN ARCHING FOLIAGE THAT WILL PROVIDE BLOOMS OF PURPLE IN THE SPRING AS WELL AS GRASSY TEXTURE AND MOVEMENT ALL YEAR LONG.
ALONGSIDE DOWNTOWN JACKSON PARTNERS, VISIT JACKSON, KEEP JACKSON BEAUTIFUL, AND ADDITIONAL VOLUNTEERS PULLED WEEDS AND PICKED UP TRASH ALONG PEARL STREET FROM THE INTERSTATE TO THE STATE STREET INTERSECTION, ALONG CAPITOL STREET, AND SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE DOWNTOWN JACKSON BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.
THE EVENT WAS A SUCCESS! FOOD TRUCKS WERE ONSITE FOR LUNCH FOLLOWING THE EVENT, AND THE FIRST 100 VOLUNTEERS RECEIVED A FREE T-SHIRT AND LUNCH FOR THEIR EFFORTS. UNTIL NEXT TIME!
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