It was a chilly mid-November morning and a group of volunteers met on the lot directly west of the Poehler Building at Eighth and Pennsylvania streets. When they were recruiting people they said no specific skills are required, just a willingness to work hard and a desire to help beautify the neighborhood. The task was pretty clear, but work was needed, remove a few inches of soil and grass off the public sidewalks in order to expose and clean up the bricks.
The event was a grass roots, word of mouth, event organized by the East Lawrence Neighborhood Association. Their goal that morning was to improve walkability between the newly formed Warehouse Arts District and the downtown Lawrence area.
Lawrence Central’s Steve Lane and Carolyn DeSalvo and her husband helped out as volunteers.. As you can see a huge difference was made by a few caring people and a little hard work.
