Friends of the Hilltop
Friends of the Hilltop
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Celebrating Fifteen Years of Service
Friends of the Hilltop has been serving the Greater Hilltop area for fifteen years. Please visit the "What is Friends of the Hilltop" tab for details of some of our activities during the last fifteen years. 2011 was another busy year of service to our community. Activities included:
January: Friends of the Hilltop recognized by Keep Columbus Beautiful as a Five Year Partner
April: Participated In Kick Butt Columbus and co-hosted a clean up on West Broad Street
May: Hosted a clean up at Hilltop Neighborhood Park and planted the West Broad Planters
June: Participated in the historic Hilltop Bean Dinner at Westgate Park
August: Hosted the 2011 Friends of the Hilltop Beautification Awards and presented the Karen Whitman Hilltop, USA Award
August: Participated in GlenFest at Glenwood Park
September: Hosted a T.A.G. Team graffiti removal event
October: Co-hosted the Uptown on the Hilltop Parade with the Hilltop YMCA
October: Participated in the Sullivant Avenue Litter Bust with Franklinton
November: Hosted a beautifcation project at The Lechner Avenue traffic calmers
December: Erected a large, lighted Christmas tree in Hilltop Neighborhood Park as a Christmas gift to the community
Monthly Board MeetingFriends of the Hilltop's Board of Trustees meets at 7 p.m. on the second Thursday of each month, except December, January and July, at the
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Current & Upcoming Events
Watch this space for updates and thank you for working with us to help bring about the Hilltop Renaissance. The west side is the best side. Remember to shop the Hilltop. Long live Hilltop, USA!
2012 Activities Friends of the Hilltop has carried out in pursuit of its mission:
Kick Butt Columbus was our first cleanup in 2012. We met on Saturday, March 31 at the intersection of Martha Avenue and Sullivant Avenue. We focused on the I-70 on/off ramp area. Volunteers who worked on the on ramp received a special safety briefing before they Kicked Butt. We started at 9:00 and finished before Noon. Trash bags and gloves were provided by Keep Columbus Beautiful. This was our version of March Madness!
Our Earth Day Cleanup was held on Sunday, April 22. Members and other volunteers met on Lechner Avenue at Floral Avenue at the traffic calming "bump outs" maintained by Friends of the Hilltop. The fun at this event included weeding, trimming, pruning, and trash pickup! Thanks to Keep Columbus Beautiful and the City of Columbus for their ongoing partnership at this location where we have partnered since the traffic calmers were installed several years ago.
We hosted our Arbor Day Cleanup on Saturday, April 28. This large scale event was staged at Hilltop Neighborhood Park at 2105 West Broad Street at Whitethorne Avenue. We joined with our Franklinton friends and colleagues for the annual West Broad Clean Sweep. We focused on cleaning West Broad Street but also beautified our park, which was dedicated in 2003 as part of the Ohio Bicentennial celebration. Special thanks to Auto Zone for allowing us to use their parking lot, dumpster, and other facilities. Thank you to Keep Columbus Beautiful and many others for helping to make the West Broad Clean Sweep successful year after year.
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