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Press Release
For Immediate Release:
October 9, 2003
Contact:
Christine Savage, event coordinator, (330) 535-8116
Collaborative Event Planned to Clean-Up Community
The University Park Development Corporation and the University of Akron's Greek Programming Committee, with financial support from the University Park Alliance and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, will be working together on Saturday, October 18 to clean-up and beautify the University Park area of Akron. The University Park Development Corporation (UPDC) is a nonprofit corporation that exists exclusively to develop, promote and improve the human, economic, organizational, physical and environmental conditions of the University Park neighborhood in Akron. The University of Akron's Greek Programming Committee regularly helps coordinate and provide volunteers for community service projects. The UPDC 2003 Fall Clean-Up Campaign will kick-off at Midtown Apartments, 219 East Market Street at 9:00 a.m. From there, volunteers from the Greek Programming Committee and businesses, residents and organizations who are part of the UPDC will target the areas of East Market and East Exchange streets for trash pick-up. In addition, a special project is being planned at Grace Park to replace a broken metal plaque memorializing Marine Lance Corporal Richard Thomas Culp, of Akron, who died in the Vietnam War with a new commemorative plaque. Flowers and mulch will be added to the memorial area as well. The University Park area within the city of Akron occupies approximately two square miles, with a northern boundary of the Little Cuyahoga River above North Street, a western boundary of Dart Avenue, a southern boundary of the I-76 expressway, and an eastern boundary of North Arlington Street. Oriana House, Inc., a nonprofit agency that provides community corrections services and chemical dependency treatment, has had a representative on the UPDC Board for more than five years and has provided collaboration for this event. Three of Oriana (MORE)
House's residential facilities are located in the University Park neighborhood. Tenants from Midtown Apartments, an apartment complex operated by Oriana House for homeless individuals, will be participating as volunteers for the UPDC 2003 Fall Clean-Up Campaign. More than 50 volunteers are expected to participate in the Clean-Up Campaign. T-shirts will be provided to all volunteers and appreciation prizes will be awarded as well. Anyone who is interested in volunteering for the UPDC 2003 Fall Clean-Up Campaign can call event coordinators, Christine Savage at (330) 535-8116 or Charlotte Holcomb-Nelson at (330) 291-1550.
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