SALISBURY — Mayor Paul Woodson and two leaders of the city’s Community Appearance Commission traveled to Washington, D.C., recently to collect a $10,000 prize for BlockWork and rub elbows with movie star Kevin Bacon.
“It was a fantastic day,” said Woodson, who spoke on a White House panel about the value of volunteers in neighborhood revitalization efforts.
Salisbury won a Make A Difference Day Award from USA Weekend for an intensive one-day makeover of two neglected city blocks in October 2010. More than 80 volunteers participated in BlockWork, which improved 13 properties in the Brooklyn-South Square neighborhood.
Read more in Thursday’s Post.
Contact reporter Emily Ford at 704-797-4264.