Feb 9, 2012
Kansas City launches Good Neighbor award to recognize residents
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Quarterly award kicks off with ceremony Jan. 26
The City of Kansas City, Mo., 3-1-1 Action Center, a division of the City Manager's Office, and the City's Neighborhood Community Services Department are co-sponsoring the Good Neighbor award to recognize city residents for works that benefit the community.
The award will be given quarterly and will kick-off with a ceremony and recognition of five residents at 10 a.m. on Jan. 26 at the Robert J. Mohart Multi-Purpose FOCUS Center, 3200 Wayne Ave.
"We hope this award will encourage a greater sense of community and pride in the neighborhoods in our city," said Earnest Rouse, 3-1-1 Action Center manager. "We want to let residents know that we appreciate the work they are doing."
The inaugural award recipients are:
- Essye Bethel - Bethel has paid to keep an alley in her neighborhood mowed and cleaned for the past 20 years.
- Joseph McGee - Joseph is a 12-year-old resident who anonymously cuts his neighbor's lawn. The neighbor said she just thought her grass wasn't growing.
- Dr. Henry Johnson - Johnson initiated and organized the Benton Boulevard Revitalization project.
- Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Danzy - The couple maintained a vacant lot in their neighborhood for an entire summer.
The award is a nomination-based program that relies on input from residents. Nominations can be sent to ncs@kcmo.org or to actioncenter@kcmo.org, with a subject line of "Good Neighbor Award."
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