Historical Summer 2007 article. Dates, prices, services and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
Great weather once again contributed to another successful Blitz Day cleanup in Skinker DeBaliviere . Operation Brightside’s citywide clean-up took place in our neighborhood on March 31. Mary Lou Green, Executive Director of Operation Brightside and a former resident of the 6100 block of Westminster, paid SDCC a visit as she personally escorted a band of volunteers from St. Louis University to help out in our neighborhood.
The energetic students were set to task on the 5900 and 5800 alleys of Pershing/ Waterman. By noon, that stretch of alley was very clean. Many hardworking neighbors could be found in the alleys throughout the neighborhood. Branches which had fallen in the December ice storm were addressed, and some which had fallen in this past summer’s power outage storm were also finally removed. Neighbors Nichole Blumner and Warren Rosenblum, along with Enrique Von Rohr, trimmed back the treacherous old juniper bushes at Westminster and Des Peres and at the Washington/ Des Peres cul de sac.
The overgrown bushes had become a safety concern.
A few weeks after being trimmed, the junipers at the cul de sac were removed by the City. New trees will replace the gangly old bushes.
A large crowd of volunteers gathered for a fine lunch provided by the Skinker-DeBaliviere Community Council office in Greg Freeman Park at 4 Corners.
The Beautification Committee of Skinker-DeBaliviere wishes to thank Operation Brightside and all the neighbors and volunteers who help make our neighborhood cleaner and healthier.
Original photograph caption
Volunteers cleaning neighborhood alley during Blitz Day. Photographer not credited.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, Summer 2007.
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