By Ann Craig-Cinnamon
The Town of Fishers and Hamilton County Area Neighborhood Development (HAND) joined forces recently to create Keep Fishers Beautiful. The new initiative matched up volunteers from the community with residents in the neighborhood of Sunblest Countryview at 116th Street and Hague Road to work on small projects in the neighborhood, which is one of the oldest in Fishers.
On May 3, approximately 60 volunteers and several crews from the Town of Fishers showed up on a Saturday morning to work. According to Aaron Head, an associate planner with the Town of Fishers, Sunblest residents applied for and received a $2,000 grant with which to buy tools and mulch and rent dumpsters.
“The goal is to give residents a way to do some spring cleaning and also some of the homes that we’re working at are people who may have an injury or maybe a little bit older; or maybe don’t have the means to do some of the things to keep their yard looking nice. Most of them are pretty decent as it is already, so we’re just coming through and giving them a helping hand, replacing a few mailboxes and that kind of stuff,” said Head, who added that the residents were excited about the project.
This initiative is part of the town’s “spring into action” campaign which is a town-wide volunteer effort to beautify Fishers. The clean-up of Sunblest is the only neighborhood project this year but there are other opportunities for volunteers to get involved in keeping Fishers beautiful. You can go online to www.fishers.in.us and click on volunteer opportunities for a list of projects for which you can sign up.
