>>Beauty Committee

The Beautification Committe

Started: Summer 07′ Chair: Jacelyn Blank Contact: eknabeauty@googlegroups.com

Participants: Jacelyn Blank, Nykia Perez, Richard Zurlnick, Jeff Carpineta, Leah Lample, Aaron Miller, Stanford Gable

This Committe was formed to address the following needs and concerns of residents that were identified as a priority by member surveys and meetings. Cleaning- Solutions for Excessive Trash, Grafitti, Neighborhood Clean-Ups, Tire Round Ups.Greening- Tree Planting, Garden Tending.

These are all huge topics to grapple with. So far, members of Beautification have assisted with clean-ups, tire round up, and there is a large tree planting effort underway**. There is discussion about residents ‘adopting’ a trash can on their street.

**The Philly Tree People** Members of EKNA Beauty- Jacelyn Blank and Nykia Perez, together with nearby Kens. resident Dina Richman- attended the Tree Tending training provided by the PA Horticultural Society. The training is one of the finest things our city has to offer. Participants learn the art and science of tree planting + care as needed for beauty and for our survival as a people. For more info about becoming a Tree Tender visit the PHS or better yet check out our tree-tending-ladies awesome new site @ http://phillytreepeople.googlepages.com

Upcoming EKNA Beautification Activities:

• more events coming soon…

Upcoming Neighborhood Beautification Activities:

• May 2, 2008: Mike McGrath of NPR’s You Bet Your Garden will present a free workshop on maintaining large planters @ the NKCDC Garden Center at 6:30 PM

Past EKNA Beautification Committee Events:

• April 19, 2008: Cleanup and Weeding at the Cumberland and Amber Community Garden (Collected over 15 bags of trash and 2 bags of recyclables with 8 volunteers [4 of which were EKNA members])
• April 12, 2008: Cleanup, Weeding, Fence Removal and Planting at the Rainbow Park Community Children’s Garden at Jasper and Emerald Streets (9 volunteers [4 of which were EKNA members])
• April 5, 2008: NKCDC Frankford Avenue Cleanup and Mayor’s Citywide Great PA Cleanup (EKNA and Beauty Committee worked along side neighbors to help clean up the neighborhood including Frankford Avenue, northeast side of the Berks Street El stop and Trenton Avenue as well as elsewhere throughout the area.)
• March 15, 2008: EKNA helps out at FNAWorks and Philly Tree People Tree Planting (There were a few EKNA members out during the FNAWorks event cleaning up Norris Street and Trenton Avenue. There were many members of EKNA involved in the tree planting.)
• February 2, 2008: York and Emerald Cleanup (Over 15 people were out helping to clean up this main thoroughfare and over 50 bags of trash were collected including several bags on recyclables)
• December 22, 2007: Coral Street Clean Up from Front Street to York Street (Over a dozen people came out to help clean and they collected over 70 bags of trash)