City of Donaldsonville Awarded Beautification Grant
Crescent Park Landscaping Improvement Project
Posted on: April 25, 2023 - 10:32am
DONALDSONVILLE, LA–The City of Donaldsonville has been selected as a recipient of a Beautification Grant by Keep Louisiana Beautiful, the State’s premier anti-litter and community improvement organization. This year’s grant, in the amount of $4,600 will support the City of Donaldsonville’s Crescent Park landscaping beautification project. The grant funds will be used to replace landscaping destroyed during the hard freeze of 2022.
“Crescent Park is a community gathering place for public events and private rentals as well as a place to sit and enjoy the peaceful surroundings of historic downtown Donaldsonville,” said Mayor Leroy J. Sullivan, Sr. “It is not uncommon to see people simply sitting in the park enjoying a beautiful morning reflecting on all the gifts given to us to enjoy, and we know that by adding color and vibrant plant-life to the park, it will only make the experience more tranquil for our citizens and visitors to our community,” he said.
The park project will be completed in late May and will be maintained by City of Donaldsonville staff as well as volunteers from the Donaldsonville Downtown Development District / Donaldsonville Main Street’s beautification committee led by committee chair, Brandon Katz. “We look forward to not only keeping the park clean and maintained, but also working to oversee our other downtown parks and playgrounds,” said Katz. “We are constantly looking for volunteers, so please contact our commission director, Lee Melancon at 225.445.1383 to get involved today,” he concluded.
The grand opening for the project will be at the Donaldsonville Wing Fest to be held on June 3, 2023 from 1pm-9pm at Crescent Park. For more information, contact Juanita Pearley at 225.473.4814.
Media Contact:
Lee Melancon
225.445.1383
lee@visitdonaldsonville.org
About the Donaldsonville Downtown Development District
The mission of the Donaldsonville Downtown Development District / Mainstreet Donaldsonville is to promote the unique character of the historic downtown district with the goal of transforming it into a vibrant cultural and social center of the City and Ascension Parish energizing economic growth and community pride. The Donaldsonville Downtown Development District is a Nationally Accredited Main Street Program and operates under the four pillars of The Main Street Approach which is a time-tested framework for community-driven, comprehensive revitalization that has strengthened downtowns across the country. The strategies that guide this approach are organized around four points: Economic Vitality, Design, Promotion, and Organization.
About Keep Louisiana Beautiful
Keep Louisiana Beautiful’s mission is to promote personal, corporate, and community responsibility for a clean and beautiful Louisiana. Through our programs, and statewide network of affiliates and partners, we provide tools and resources to prevent litter, reduce waste, increase recycling and beautify spaces. Keep Louisiana Beautiful is a non-profit organization dedicated to achieving a cleaner, greener Louisiana through litter reduction and beautification initiatives. To get involved, please visit keeplouisianabeautiful.org.
From Left: Oliver Joseph, Donaldsonville DDD Co-chair, Michael W. Sullivan, Sr., City Councilman District 5, State Representative Ken Brass, District 58, Juanita C. Pearley, Donaldsonville DDD Chair, Mayor Leroy J. Sullivan, Sr., and Lee Melancon, Director of Community & Economic Development/Main Street Manager