Just not enough room: This report was omitted from the February 2010 issue of Urban Times.
The community beautification program of Southeast Neighborhood Development, Inc., has earned the local organization a top national Keep America Beautiful award for distinguishing itself as an exemplary affiliate organization.
The 56th Annual Keep America Beautiful National Conference, held in Washington, D.C., brought together award-winning affiliates from across the country to share best practices and celebrate the successes of the last 12 months.
The Keep America Beautiful Affiliate Awards are open to all Keep America Beautiful affiliates for program activities during the 12-month period ending June 30, 2009. The honored affiliates encourage individuals to make simple daily choices and to engage in volunteer activities that improve their communities and the local environment, officials of the national organization said.
SEND, headquartered in Fountain Square, took first place in the beautification category for its housing rehabilitation effort in the Bates Hendricks neighborhood. This effort was done in conjunction with Keep Indianapolis Beautiful’s revitalization of the landscape on the South New Jersey Street medians in the neighborhood.
Thirteen hundred visitors from the area came to witness the transformation of South New Jersey Street at an event and home tour in August 2008.
SEND officials said the event served as a celebration of the community’s hard work and as a showcase for affordable near-Downtown living.
Further results included: 30 of the 40 homes on the block were improved; three homes were completely rehabbed; one dilapidated home was removed; private owners invested their own dollars in improving 16 properties; sidewalks and curbs were replaced; the street was repaved; historic lighting was added; the esplanade was landscaped and public art was installed on the street.
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