The Auburn Beautification Commission completed their Extreme Gateway Makeover Project this past weekend with plantings to complement the two gateway signs installed last summer as part of a two-phase project and a years-worth of planning.

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Saturday, May 25, 9am – Noon
Seward House Garden

This month we will begin planting our 2nd Annual Kitchen Garden and the annuals that will be spread throughout the grounds. We ask that you please bring gloves and any tools you might have. If you don’t have any tools, we have garden implements for volunteers to use!

Water and snacks will be provided.

We invite you and your friends and family to join us on the last Saturday of each month for our Community Garden Clean-Up. Join members of the staff and volunteers from across the community in helping us make our garden grow.

For tickets, please contact Suzanne Hai at 315-252-4212

The ABC is currently seeking gardens for their 3rd Annual Summer Garden Tour taking place on Sunday, July 14th, 2013.

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It is with great pleasure that we announce the arrival of our new “Gateway to the City” signs adorning the medians on East Genesee Street and Lake Avenue.  This year-long project was a partnership between the Auburn Beautification Commission, Cayuga County’s Young Professional Group *IGNITE* and the City of Auburn’s Department of Public Works to create a better first impression for our visitors and convey an image of a vibrant, prosperous community.

Deciding on a “new look” for the signs was a challenge as the ABC wanted to use a combination of design elements that would best represent our historic City.  Each sign is suspended between two, 5-foot masonry brick columns made of red brick that was most commonly used in the architecture of historical homes and building that lined the main streets of Auburn in its glory days.  The color blue was chosen to represent the breath-taking bodies of water that make up our Finger Lakes Region, and gold lettering was the best choice in that gold symbolizes wealth used wisely, good health and optimism. Collectively, this bold new image will better represent the home-town values of this great community and announce the cultural renaissance that is guaranteed to bring new life to Downtown Auburn.

The ABC would like to thank the following entities for their contribution toward the project:

Stay tuned for more projects from the ABC as we continue to make this community a more beautiful place to live, work and play!

The members of the Auburn Beautification Commission would like to say thank you to all those that turned out on July 1^st to support the Second Annual Summer Garden Tour.

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