Beautiful Baltimore Boulevard!

Early this morning members of the Riverdale Business Association and friends got out and beautified the planters on Baltimore Boulevard. At the last business meeting we gave the Mayor a proposal to get the planters done and he gave us the go ahead. Pat and Audrey spent several hours at home depot last night picking out plants for the 10 large planters. We even negotiated a discount with the manager and spent less than we proposed! It took 2 trucks to cart the plants to the Calvert House Restaurant where we unloaded on the back porch. When the restaurant closed, Feredoun had his workers bring the plants inside to keep them safe overnight. He also had his workers weed the planters to get them ready for this morning. Marita arrived earlier than planned and mulched and composted the planters. At 8:30 the rest of us arrived to complete the work. The RPBA team consisted of Marita Novicky, Patricia Gladding with Ernesto and Obisbo, Billie Jean and Jey Devadas, Audrey Bragg, Simon Plog and Feredoun Salimi. The streetscape is fabulous. Dr. Calomaris took a break from his dental practice and came outside remarking that he didn't think it would happen so quickly! He was surprised and delighted. We will send a letter to all the businesses to ask that they keep an eye on the planters and water when needed. We will also ask the town to send the water truck by at intervals to keep the plants healthy and beautiful. Home Depot will give us a one year guarantee on the plants, but we need to do our part to keep them alive. Small town living in action! I'd like to see more of it. Drive by this site and get motivated. If we all pitch in, our town will be the best in the county - maybe the best in the state. Thanks to Mayor Archer for being so agreeable. Without his support we wouldn't have been able to get this project off the ground. We appreciate it. Thanks to all the workers on the Riverdale Park Business Association Team!