The AUBURN BEAUTIFICATION COMMISSION, INC. (ABC) is currently raising funds, planning, designing, and/or implementing several beautification initiatives. In virtually every case the ABC is partnering with one or more organizations, volunteers, and/or local merchants.
- Adopt-A-Spot – The ABC is continuing our Adopt-A-Spot program which was launched Spring 2010. Through a cooperative effort with Dickman Farms, the gazebo located across from City Hall received a much needed face lift through new landscaping and a retaining wall. Adopt-A-Spot sites for 2011 are available, such as Seward Park. If you are interested in becoming a sponsor, please
contact us.
- Rejuvenate Osborne Park – Life is being restored to Osborne Park. This once unused open green space has now taken on new life as the City’s newest community park and playground. Park improvements have included new fencing, play equipment, and replacement of the stone pillars. Trees and park benches will be installed this Spring to finish off the project. Look for Osborne Park’s Grand Opening Summer 2011. More…
- Garden Tour – For those interested in horticulture, or if you have just been waiting to sneak a peek at your neighbors gardens, ABC will be hosting an Auburn Garden Tour on Sunday, July 17. Proceeds from the Auburn Garden Tour will benefit the ABC. ABC is currently seeking property owners who wish to show off their gardens. More information about the Auburn Garden Tour 2011 will be available starting in March on the ABC website. Press release.
- Art Around Auburn – Launched in 2010, Art Around Auburn is an interpretive sculpture competition that invites area artists to create a large-scale outdoor sculpture based on a theme that coincides with the City of Auburn’s Annual Founder’s Day Celebration. Stay tuned for entry information and contest requirements.
- Downtown Flower Pots – Partnering with the City, the Downtown BID, and Baumes Greenhouse, the ABC sponsors the installation of 58 hanging flowerpots and containers in and around Downtown. This annual project has provided our Downtown Streets with a splash of color and vibrancy with an assortment of annuals and greenery indigenous to the Central New York region.
- Downtown Holiday Tree – The ABC has been granted the duty of selecting the City of Auburn’s Downtown Holiday Tree. Each year the City and Downtown BID partner to host the Annual Holiday Parade and Downtown Festivities. The tree lighting ceremony attracts hundreds of spectators and is the symbolic kickoff to the Holiday Season. Members of the ABC were assigned the task of searching the City and surrounding area for that “perfect tree”. Members of the public are encouraged to contact the ABC and nominate your tree for donation at any time throughout the year.
- Community Mosaic Project– The ABC partnered with local artists Jesse Kline, Dave Tobin and Janie Darovskikh, financial supporter the Stardust Foundation of CNY and community volunteers to collaboratively produce two original “Community Mosaic Projects” (CMP) during the summer and fall of 2010. The Angelo’s Pizza sign was recreated in a collage of broken tile, glass, mirror, mortar and pallet of vibrant colors bright enough to stop traffic on East Genesee Street. The canvas for the second mosaic project was the public space on Exchange Street, enhancing the existing low concrete walls with two new designs representing the beauty of our closest finger lake, Owasco Lake, and a pair of dragonflies symbolizing peace, prosperity, harmony and change. Stay tuned for the announcement of three more “CMP” Projects planned for the spring and summer of 2011.
As projects are completed, the ABC will identify new initiatives that will help make Auburn a better place to live. If you have a project you’d like the ABC to consider, please contact us here.
