and the winner is....


the Carroll County Recycling buildings!

This was a project sent into us by Annie Johnston of Ralston.  We will be working with the Carroll County Recycling Center and Ace Hardware of Carroll to repair, repaint and post signs to make recycling easier for lots of communities here in Carroll County.  Ace Hardware will be donating the painting materials needed, as well as the new recycling containers inside the buildings.  Carroll County Recycling will be making needed repairs to the buildings, such as a new roof or maybe new hinges on the doors and new signs.  We will be completing the painting and clean up sometime in May.  These buildings are located in Glidden, Lanesboro, Willey, Arcadia, Dedham and Ralston. 


Thanks again to Ace Hardware and the Carroll County Recycling Center for all their efforts!


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We received so many great entries that deserved to be completed that we have enlisted some area businesses and we were able to get a number of them done!  Here's a quick outline of other projects that you will see completed soon.

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KUEMPER CATHOLIC GRADE SCHOOL

This project was sent in by Terry Pudenz of Carroll.  The idea was to brighten up the entry for the north side of the Holy Spirit school entrance with fresh flowers and plantings.  Enchanted Gardens of Carroll, was so kind as to donate the plants necessary to accomplish this task!  Volunteers will be completing this project.





TEMPLETON SIGN

Templeton Mayor Ken Behrens, wrote us about this sign needed to be restored to it's new condition.  Well Ken, thanks again to the great people at Enchanted Gardens, that will happen soon!  Enchanted Gardens will again donate the needed plants to complete this project.  Ken will be busy rounding up volunteers for this project from Templeton to get the work done!  If you would like to volunteer, contact Ken!



BREDA SIGN

This was such a great letter sent to us from the Breda Girl Scout Troop 273, who will use this project to earn their Silver Award Honor.  It' the second highest award that girl scouts can earn.  They will earn it with the ambitious project or landscaping, repainting the sign and fresh new plantings to bring it to life!  Bomgaars of Carroll has stepped up here to help these great young ladies get this done with the donation of landscape materials, paint, brushes and plants.  The Breda sign should be looking great soon and you have Bomgaars and the Girl Scouts to thank for that.


CARROLL VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK

Mark Beardmore of Carroll wrote us about his desire to finish off the newest Carroll park.  Mark also offered his financial assistance in getting this completed.  We couldn't agree more and Carroll Broadcasting is also donating money to the project.  There are many others who have also donated to this worth while project.  We talked with the city of Carroll and with those donations they will be able to complete new landscaping and fresh plantings to make this park something special for the community, as it should be!  Thanks to Mark and all those who donated and to the city of Carroll for giving this project the green light and getting this done in time for the dedication.



DEDHAM SIGN

Dedham will be celebrating their Quasquicentennial this summer and  Kate Miller, who from what we understand spends a lot of time planting every year around the community, told us about the three signs that were in need to an update.  This project was a big one that not only involved a contribution from Dedham and a special donation from Carroll Broadcasting, but a big offer from Juergens Lawn and Landscaping of Carroll.   Donations from Juergens will play for one of the signs, Carroll Broadcastings donation will cover a second and the Dedham city donation will cover the third.  On top of all that, Juergens will provide all the labor needed to complete the new look of these three signs in time for their celebration this summer.


We just couldn't say thank you enough to the businesses who are participating in these projects.  You guys always get requests for help and we appreciate you helping us here.  Without your generous support worthwhile projects such as these would go undone.  Thanks for making our little part of the world a little brighter and certainly more GREEN!!!