Neighborhood Project of the Year Contest

Congratulations to  Wheelock/Velie Neighborhood Watch & Association, who is the 2007 “Neighborhood Project of the Contest” winner.

Members from the Association will be recognized at the Moline City Council meeting on Tuesday, September 4, at 6:30 p.m., and will be presented with a $300 grant check to be used toward future neighborhood projects.

The Wheelock/Velie Neighborhood Watch and Association was established four years ago with the goal of building a better community in which to live. The association currently has 25 active members. Some of their projects during the contest period of July 2006 - July 2007 included:

• Planning and participating in a Browning Park fundraising event that raised $1,000 toward the Browning Park Renovation plan.

• Planting of five new trees to replace trees along the boulevards lost due to age, weather and disease.

• Participated in the City’s 50/50 Sidewalk replacement program to replace deteriorated or hazardous sidewalks in their neighborhood.

• Participated in Browning Park Beautification Day by planting flowers, cleaning the park and adding mulch around trees.

• Participated in two city-wide neighborhood clean-up days, where neighborhood volunteers worked side by side with city staff for garbage collection and clean-up. Items collected included cement, tires, couches, brush, and yard waste.

• Actively participated with the City’s Neighborhood Improvement Officer to improve blight conditions in the neighborhood and Crime Stoppers to establish a neighborhood watch program.

• Participated in Earth Day Clean-up to pick up litter throughout the alleys and streets, including street sweeping and removal of debris from the street sewers.

• The association regularly holds neighborhood meetings, assists each other with projects, flower sharing, and more.

“The Wheelock Velie Neighborhood Association has worked together in many ways to help beautify and maintain a cleaner community”, said Mayor Don Welvaert. “I am truly proud of this group of residents, as well as all of our existing neighborhood associations, who are joining together to help make Moline a better place to live, work and play.”

Moline’s Neighborhood Project of the Year Contest was open to all existing neighborhood associations within the city. Associations submitted a description of their neighborhood project(s) or organized event that occurred between July 2006 and July 2007. Project submissions were judged by the City’s Neighborhood Partnership Committee (NPC). The NPC plans to make the contest an annual event.


 

Click here for information on the 2007 Project of the Contest

The Winner of the Neighborhood Project of the Year will be announced at the September 4, 2007 City Council Meeting at 6:30 pm.