Project Profile
the manner in which KGCB has engaged others, the program has achieved heightened results, including:
Demonstration gardens and easy-to-follow planting guides have been provided to area nurseries for homeowners to carry the project into their neighborhoods.
• Forty businesses, organizations, schools, neighborhood and other groups agreed to sponsor the gateways by maintaining the sites for a five-year period.
“From downtown Flint to neighborhood parks, city sidewalks to suburban streets, wherever you look in Genesee County you will see exciting ideas take root, as everyone pitches in to change and enhance the visual landscape of our community,” added West. “Together we are building hope for our community with beauty.” ■
• There are now more than 100 partners and sponsors throughout Genesee County who will use or support the “Cultivating Our Community” program. An example of using the program to enhance an already existing project is how a $3 million Michigan Department of Transportation highway enhancement project used the “Cultivating Our Community” plant palette to extend the scope of the program in high traffic areas. • More than 100 community groups are promoting the project and engaging groups that can further “promote” the beautification message. • More than 750 volunteers spent 2,838 hours to plant 11, 758 plants, bulbs, trees, shrubs, and grasses at the gateway sites within a six-week period.
“Cultivating Our Community” plant palette and brochure.
Keep America Beautiful
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2007 Annual Review