Evansville Mayor Stephanie Terry is inviting the community to join in celebrating the City of Evansville on 812 Day next week!
The City of Evansville, alongside the Evansville Flag Group and numerous local businesses, will celebrate 812 Day on Monday, August 12 (8/12) with a series of events focused on community pride. Festivities will begin at 9:00 a.m. in front of the Civic Center (1 NW Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.), where Mayor Terry will join the Evansville Flag Group in raising the new City of Evansville flag for the first time.
The flag was adopted by City Council earlier this year, after holding a contest to design a new city flag.
After the flag raising, Mayor Terry and officials and employees from across numerous city departments will move to Jacobsville to launch a new Block-by-Block initiative, which will include elements of social service, code enforcement, and community policing. Beginning at 10:00, city officials – along with any community volunteers who wish to join – will meet at Hope City Church, then will walk several blocks of Jacobsville. They will go door-to-door, offering information on government services and how to access them; community police officers with the Evansville Police Department will connect with residents, helping establish and build relationships. And all present will clean trash, cut grass, conduct minor tree trimming, and otherwise clean up the neighborhood.
“Neighborhoods are the heart of our community, and we know that, over the years, some of them have fallen behind,” Evansville Mayor Stephanie Terry said. “So we thought it was appropriate that we launch this Block-by-Block cleanup effort on 812 Day – a day when we celebrate community pride and build up our city, but also reach out to people in these neighborhoods to ensure that they are aware of and can access community resources; that they know their community police officers; and that they see that we are here to help.
“We’ve spent the past couple of weeks knocking on doors in the neighborhood, talking to people about how we can help, and I’m excited to get out there next week and get to work.”
The goal is to make this the first in a series of Block-by-Block cleanups in Evansville. Future events will be announced later this month.
In addition to these events, Mayor Terry is encouraging residents to celebrate 812 Day by shopping in local businesses, visiting (and/or donating to) our city parks, eating in local restaurants, or simply performing acts of kindness for others.
“812 Day is an opportunity to celebrate our community in any way you can think of,” Mayor Terry said. “That might mean joining us in the Block-by-Block cleanup; it might supporting local shops and restaurants, or offering a donation to ensure that our city is able to provide safe, beautiful parks for all of its residents.
“We just ask that everyone take a moment on Monday to celebrate the community we all share, and be part of helping us move it forward together.”
Participants also are encouraged to post photos of their 812 Day celebrations with the hashtag #812DayEVV.
