Keep Douglasville Beautiful MLK Day Of Service

Press release from the City of Douglasville:

Post Date:01/20/2021 12:58 AM

Keep Douglasville Beautiful (KDB) held it's annual MLK Jr. Day of Service event on Monday, January 18 by providing an opportunity for residents to give back to their community.

This year's project consisted of building a fence around the Mill Village Community Garden. The fence will provide an aesthetic element to the garden as well as climbing structures to grow produce.

Due to COVID restrictions, the number of volunteers was limited, but despite the small numbers, much was accomplished. "We were able to get all of the fence posts set, and complete the frame. We will be finishing the project over the next few weeks", said KDB Executive Director Chan Weeks. ", The volunteers did an amazing job and worked hard throughout the day. We appreciate each individual giving up their holiday to give back to Douglasville", she added.

The mission of the Mill Village Community Garden is to provide Douglasville residents living in USDA-designated “food deserts” sustainable access to high quality, fresh produce. For more information on this initiative and KDB, please visit us at keepdouglasvillebeautiful.org.

This press release was produced by the City of Douglasville. The views expressed here are the author’s own.