Evansville Mayor Stephanie Terry will host the city’s next Block-by-Block neighborhood cleanup this Friday, October 18, from 9:00 – 11:00 a.m. in the Bellemeade Bayard Park Neighborhood.
City employees and volunteers from across the city will meet at Stanley Hall (800 S. Evans) at 9:00 a.m. to begin working in the neighborhood. Volunteers will be broken into three groups – Trash Pick-Up, Lawn Care, and Community Outreach – and will also spend time on graffiti removal and tree and shrub trimming in the neighborhood.
“We launched Block-by-Block in August with the goal of helping to beautify our neighborhoods, and to strengthen our connections in the community,” Mayor Terry said. “We’re using data from departments like the Building Commission and the Evansville Police Department to determine which neighborhoods have the greatest needs, and then we’re working to meet those needs.
“Even more, though, we’re also working to make government and the services that we can offer as a city accessible to those neighborhoods that need them the most.”
This will be the second Block-by-Block program, after Mayor Terry launched the program in Jacobsville as part of the city’s 812 Day celebration. That August cleanup saw a team of 90 city employees and volunteers demolish a home, service four blocks with lawn care and heavy trash pickup, and provide substantial tree-trimming. This second event aims to build on that momentum and carry it into the first full year of Block-by-Block programs, which will launch when Spring begins in March 2025.
Community members interested in volunteering in the Block-by-Block initiative should contact Ariah Leary, Community Affairs & Special Projects Director for the Office of Evansville Mayor Stephanie Terry, at aleary@evansville.in.gov.
