Claypool Good Neighbors Set To Repair Sidewalk
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
CLAYPOOL - The Good Neighbors are busy planning a new stretch of sidewalk on Railroad Street from Section to Calhoun in the next few weeks.
"There was an accident here recently," said Paul Burkey of the dipping and twisting stretch of broken cement. "A little girl fell off her bike and required 17 stitches after the accident."
So the Good Neighbors, who have been making modest repairs and improvements throughout the community, saw a sidewalk in need of straightening.
To assist them financially the Kosciusko Community Foundation is providing a grant from unrestricted funds, said KCF's Stephanie Overbey.
"It's nice to be in Claypool," she said. Good Neighbors are people who just work to get things done. They're people getting together to do nice things for their town."
The group has $2,500 on hand for the sidewalk project which will include another sidewalk on Section Street where none now exists.
The foundation presented the group with another $5,000 in a recent round of grant awards.
Burkey said the town has agreed to remove and haul away the broken concrete. Volunteers with form building and cement working experience are more than welcome.
Projects completed include sidewalk installation, providing a privacy fence, landscaping, bush trimming at the former Claypool Elementary School and other small projects. [[In-content Ad]]
CLAYPOOL - The Good Neighbors are busy planning a new stretch of sidewalk on Railroad Street from Section to Calhoun in the next few weeks.
"There was an accident here recently," said Paul Burkey of the dipping and twisting stretch of broken cement. "A little girl fell off her bike and required 17 stitches after the accident."
So the Good Neighbors, who have been making modest repairs and improvements throughout the community, saw a sidewalk in need of straightening.
To assist them financially the Kosciusko Community Foundation is providing a grant from unrestricted funds, said KCF's Stephanie Overbey.
"It's nice to be in Claypool," she said. Good Neighbors are people who just work to get things done. They're people getting together to do nice things for their town."
The group has $2,500 on hand for the sidewalk project which will include another sidewalk on Section Street where none now exists.
The foundation presented the group with another $5,000 in a recent round of grant awards.
Burkey said the town has agreed to remove and haul away the broken concrete. Volunteers with form building and cement working experience are more than welcome.
Projects completed include sidewalk installation, providing a privacy fence, landscaping, bush trimming at the former Claypool Elementary School and other small projects. [[In-content Ad]]