Building A Beautiful Community STORY BY BRITTANY SMITH PHOTOS BY CLIFF WILLIAMS & COURTESY OF ELAINE FORBUS
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n 2018, after several years of dormancy, the Dadeville Beautification Board was revived by an ambitious group of volunteers. New projects took off with a bang, and the city was on its way back to beauty. From planting trees and replacing signage to keeping roadsides free of litter, these volunteers help to create a more aesthetically pleasing place to live, work and play. The Dadeville Beautification Board has ongoing projects such as the Yard of the Month program, recognizing one business or commercial location and one residential location each month with yard signage and a certificate. In addition, they also clean up litter along the roadways, decorate the town gazebo for different seasons and revitalize areas around town that
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need it, such as Keebler Park. Back in the spring, after a terrible storm came through Dadeville, the beautification board and Hellas factory teamed up together to clean and restore Keebler Park. The team worked two straight days and used the initiative to clean up Mother Earth on Earth Day. The two groups worked in tandem to remove debris and restore the gazebo’s, pergolas, tables and rock beds surrounding the walking path. “Keeping Dadeville clean and beautiful is why the beautification board was revived,” said Mickey Forbus, president of the Dadeville Beautification Board. “For us, part of maintaining that beauty is to
