Historical April 1989 report or notice. Original dates, prices and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
It’s “Blitz” season in St. Louis.
The annual city-wide spring clean-up/spruceup program sponsored by Operation Brightside begins this month. Skinker DeBaliviere is scheduled for Blitz on Saturday, April 29.
The goal of Brightside’s Project Blitz is to bring together neighborhood volunteers, the business community, and city resources to clean-up and beautify public areas.
The city will collect refuse all day on Blitz Saturday (including bulky items), and provide seedling flowers (marigolds, hibiscus and periwinkles); Brightside will loan tools (brooms, rakes and shovels). Neighborhood businesses contribute cash for prizes in a two category contest of special projects—best beautification and best clean-up. Anheuser-Busch donates garbage bags. Neighborhood volunteers (a.k.a. YOU) take advantage of the special services and materials available for Blitz Day and clean up/beautify alleys, parks, vacant lots, etc. Nancy Farmer, Director of the Skinker DeBaliviere Community Council and Sam Green, veteran Brightsider, will co-chair the area for Blitz. Orders for flowers, tools, bags, special equipment, etc. will be made through them.
The items ordered will be available at Area Headquarters, 6010 Kingsbury, the morning of Blitz. Farmer and Green are currently recruiting block captains.
They will schedule a meeting for block captains and take flower/tool orders in the next two weeks. Neighbors are encouraged to organize a special project for Blitz and compete for cash awards. Special projects must be entered in advance and completed by the afternoon of the Blitz day. First ($100), second ($50) and third ($25) place winners will be selected in each beautification & clean up category in each region. Regional winners are entered in a city wide competition for prizes of $100, $500 and $250. (The Rosedale Neighborhood Association is entering a special project; see related article for more info.) Special thanks are in order to neighbor Jan Pitts, operator of Rainbow Finishes, 5839 Delmar. Jan solicited cash donations for the special projects awards in this region.
Thanks to all who donated and to Jan Pitts for taking on the fundraising task.
If you want more information about Blitz or if you can serve as a Block Captain, please call the SDCC, 862-5122.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, April 1989.
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Archival transcription note: Original citywide prize list prints $100, $500, $250; retained rather than inferring a missing zero.
Original source: SD_Times1989_04.pdf, printed page(s) 1; PDF page(s) 1.
