After Norristown Success, Hundreds Gather For Pottstown Neighborhood Revitalization Program

POTTSTOWN, PA -- It’s a show of unity by an entire community to lift itself up.

Rock the Block brings 150 students and adults from 11 organizations together in one day to beautify six blocks.
This is the official kick off of Habitat for Humanity’s Neighborhood Revitalization Program in Pottstown to address the borough’s struggles. It’s modeled after a successful Habitat for Humanity program in Norristown.

In four hours, an army of volunteers will repair the exteriors of 12 homes, cleanup and install house numbers on six blocks, and clean the gutters of 10 homes. The effort coincides with Pottstown CARES community cleanup day.

WHEN/ April 15, 8:30 a.m. – Kickoff at 76 N. Franklin Street parking lot, Pottstown

WHERE: 9 – 11:30 a.m. & 12:30 – 2 p.m. Volunteers clean up, paint and make repairs. Locations: 445 & 455 Chestnut, 430 & 540 Walnut, the 300 – 400 blocks of Beech, Cherry and Walnut Streets

WHO: Marianne Lynch, Executive Director of Habitat for Humanity of Montgomery County and staff

• Sheryl Miller, Pottstown Borough Council Vice President

• High school students from The Hill School

• Volunteers from Merck, Genesis Housing Corporation, Glocker and Company realtors, New Eden CDC, Mosaic Community Land Trust, Phillies Fire Department,
Pottstown Fire Department and Victory Christian Life Center

Image courtesy Rock the Block.