Photos: 'Clean Up, Build Up' event brings corporate workers to Wellston
Dozens of volunteers connected to the Regional Business Council, the Urban League and the city of Wellston converged for the second of a two-day event to revitalize the neighborhood in the old Johnnie Henderson park.
Grace Rodriguez of Cushman and Wakefield heads out of a Wellston alley with the remains of a mattress as she helps clean the area around the old Johnnie Henderson Park on Wellston Place on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024. Dozens of volunteers connected to the Regional Business Council and the Urban League teamed up with Wellston city employees for a two-day event to revitalize the neighborhood. The park was named for Wellston’s mayor in the late 1970s.
LeRoy McKinney, of the Wellston public works department, cuts thick vines as he helps clean the area around the old Johnnie Henderson Park on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024.
Sara Correnti of Anthem, left, helps Terrence Walker of the public works department in Wellston as they carry tree limbs for chipping while clearing vegetation around the old Johnnie Henderson Park on Wellston Place on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024. Dozens of volunteers connected to the Regional Business Council, the Urban League and Wellston city employees teamed for the second of a two-day event to revitalize the neighborhood. The park, was named for Henderson, Wellston’s mayor in the late 1970s.
Those attending a Wellston neighborhood clean-up event enjoy words of thanks from Mayor Nathaniel Griffin in the area around the old Johnnie Henderson Park on Wellston Place on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024. Dozens of volunteers connected to the Regional Business Council, the Urban League and Wellston city employees teamed for the second of a two-day event to revitalize the neighborhood. The park was named for Henderson, Wellston’s mayor in the late 1970s.
Hugo Figueira of Commerce Trust, right, joins North County Police Cooperative Officer Zyan Thomas-King as they pull vines from trees around the old Johnnie Henderson Park on Wellston Place on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024. Dozens of volunteers connected to the Regional Business Council, the Urban League and Wellston city employees teamed for the second of a two-day event to revitalize the neighborhood. The park, was named for Henderson, Wellston’s mayor in the late 1970s.
LeRoy McKinney of the public works department in Wellston cuts thick vines as he helps clean the area around the old Johnnie Henderson Park on Wellston Place on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024. Dozens of volunteers connected to the Regional Business Council, the Urban League and Wellston city employees teamed for the second of a two-day event to revitalize the neighborhood. The park, was named for Henderson, Wellston’s mayor in the late 1970s.
Robert Cohen
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