The Village of Riverside’s “Spring Ahead” project to beautify downtown Riverside is moving into the final phase, and Boy Scouts are invited to help. (Service hours available, but don’t forget to have your service hour form approved by a leader and signed by one of the adults in charge. The service hour form is available here.)

May 28 — On this day the Riverside-Brookfield SEE Team (45 kids strong) are coming to help us mulch the Longcommon and Triangle, weed the Burlington planters, and actually plant the beds on Quincy and Riverside Road. We need ten adult volunteers to help from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. We will meet at the Public Works Building at 8:30 a.m. If you have a truck or van we especially need those to help transport plants.

May 29 — The Big Day! We need all available hands to plant and mulch the Burlington Street planters. We will meet at 9:00 a.m. at the parking lot beside Riverside Bank and start the transformation of our downtown. We will break for a nice lunch and then keep at it until we are finished and our downtown blossoms!

Bring your family and friends on the 29th to help us realize this great project. Also please bring hand trowels, shovels, and gloves (and knee pads) if you have them.

So we can plan for lunch, please RSVP if you can help on either day and how many folks you think will be coming with you.

Thank you for your support of the project and our Village. With your help Riverside really is poised to Spring Ahead! If you have any questions, e-mail Ben at bsells@riverside.il.us

Terri Lynne-Culloden, Commissioner, Landscape Advisory Commission
Ben Sells, Trustee, Village of Riverside