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Jul 26, 2019

America in Bloom judges to visit Greendale - Dearborn Country Register

Although her “official” position is City Auditor for Belpre, her passion for the improvement of her area has inspired community volunteers.Belpre received the 2013 and 2014 Outstanding Achievement Award for Community Involvement sponsored by the American Horticultural Society under her leadership as local AIB committee chairwoman. As an active member of the Belpre Garden Club and Belpre High School Greenhouse boosters, she works with local students to complete environmental and beautification projects. Currently serving her second term as auditor, her department has received the Ohio Auditor of State Award for exemplary financial reporting the last three years. She has completed the Ohio Tree Commission Academy course and has her Commercial Applicator license for pesticides through the Ohio Department of Agriculture. Pittenger is the co-editor of the Best Ideas annual edition. She serves on the board of directors for the Belpre Alumnae Association and the Belpre Area Community Development Foundation. She graduated from the University of Georgia and was a business owner for 10 years. Leslie believes in – and has experienced – the value of AIB for the benefits it can bring to the well-being and pride of small towns across America. Waller is a retired teacher with a master’s degree in education. After 25 years in the classroom, Waller and her husband, Richard, retired and moved to Arroyo Grande, Calif., to care for Richard’s aging mother. Within months of arriving in Arroyo Grande, Waller began volunteering with Arroyo Grande In Bloom. A year and a half later, Laurie took over the floral displays position on the AGIB board and spent 10 years growing the program. Through family ties to the flower industry, Laurie fostered a working relationship with Ball Horticultural Company to fill the containers and landscaped areas with annual and perennial flowers. Because of the generosity of the Ball Horticultural family of businesses, who continue to donate 90% of the plant material for the floral program, Arroyo Grande’s beautification program blossomed and garnered multiple awards and 5 bloom ratings through Laurie’s tenure. As a Master Gardener, Laurie spent time advising home gardeners through the Master Garden...

Oct 13, 2016

Holland awarded for 'coolest downtown' in America in Bloom contest

Pettinger is an auditor for the city of Belpre, Ohio. Clasen is a master gardener and has been with America in Bloom since its beginning. The judges also submit a detailed evaluation of each town to help guide improvements. This year, Holland received a top rating. Due to its outstanding performance in previous years, Holland is in the “Circle of Champions” category for mid-sized cities and this year competed against Arroyo Grande; Fairhope, Ala.; and Washington, Mo. The America in Bloom judges announced Washington, Mo., as the winner of its champions category this year. Midland won its population category (30,000 to 50,000 people) and was the only other Michigan community to place in the event. “America in Bloom is helping towns and cities of all sizes achieve their potential,” America in Bloom Executive Director Laura Kunkle said in a statement. “Every year our participants raise the bar, and the accomplishments and progress shown by this year's group is again remarkable. These are, without a doubt, some of the best places to live in America.” ... (Grand Haven Tribune)

Jul 14, 2016

Sprucing up downtown Logan with an array of colorful flowers

Logan in Bloom decided to re-enter the America in Bloom competition this year in honor of the Bicentennial, and will be joining Brewton, Alabama; Belpre, Ohio; and Kimberly, Wisconsin in the 5,000 to 10,000 population category. The city will be evaluated in several categories, including floral displays, landscaped areas, urban forestry, environmental effort, heritage preservation and overall impressions. One judge who visited Logan was Evelyn Alemanni, who is a self-employed writer and award-winning gardener from Elfin Forest, California. She has judged for AIB since 2003, visiting more than 150 towns in 10 countries. The other was John “Jay” Harper, who is a third-generation horticulturist who operates Harper’s Landscape and Gardening Center with his two brothers in Scottsdale, Arizona. The City of Logan received several awards during its years of competition (2004 to 2007), including an outstanding achievement award, community champion, population category winner, YouTube video award, and other special awards. In 2005 and 2006, Logan was awarded the outstanding achievement award for community involvement. “It’s probably the most difficult award to receive because it’s not just for our population category, that’s for all cities. There are about 45 up to 200 cities that enter every year. We were up against cities like New York City, New York, Riverside, California and places like that. We were up against some big cities,” added Webb. “People in our community are amazing at volunteering and there are a lot of things that wouldn’t take place in our community if you didn’t have volunteers,” he continued. Businesses downtown also donated money to buy strings of lights to dangle across Main Street. They wanted to make driving through the area a nice experience but ran into a big problem. “The bases of the light poles were installed incorrectly when they were put in so they’ve rusted. We usually hang planters on them but we were unable to this year. It’s also corroded in there and impacted the electricity that is running to those strings of lights,” he stated. “Hopefully they will get those repaired at some point in time because we have a wonderful Christmas display of lights that we hang on the poles and I don’t think we’ll be able to use them this year. To repair the poles could cost the City of Logan $120,000. It’s a big bill and it’s probably going to take a while to repair,” added Webb. Webb said he enjoys helping with the revitalization of downtown Logan but there is a lot of work to do. “I love it. It’s about quality of life issues. It’s about making a city a community. It’s about pulling people together. It’s been shown that when you use flowers and trees it does that, it creates and inviting atmosphere. “It creates an environment where people can take pride in their community. There is a great deal of pride in Logan, and we need to expand on that,” concluded Webb. Recommended article from FiveFilters.org: Most Labour MPs in the UK Are Revolting. (Logan Daily News)