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Nebraska City, Neb., April 12, 1999--The Wilshire Center Streetscape Project, Los Angeles, California, will receive one of two 1999 Lady Bird Johnson Awards from The National Arbor Day Foundation at a special awards ceremony to be held here on Saturday, May 1. The award honors those who exemplify leadership in roadside beautification.
The Wilshire Center Streetscape Project is recognized for its work to re-establish Wilshire Boulevard as a thriving business district following the 1992 Los Angeles riots. The enhancement of the area has included planting 3,500 trees, filling newly constructed medians with flowers and trees, and placing 330 huge flower pots along sidewalks. Since the project began, many businesses have returned to the riot-damaged area.
The ceremony is part of the Arbor Day weekend celebration held in Nebraska City from April 30-May 2.
Others being honored this year include the Garden Club of Stone Harbor, New Jersey, winner of the second 1999 Lady Bird Johnson Award for their beautification work of a long stretch of traffic islands, and Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, winner of the J. Sterling Morton Award for his leadership in revitalizing Chicago's urban forest.
The National Arbor Day Foundation is a nonprofit education organization dedicated to tree planting and environmental stewardship.
About the Arbor Day Foundation
The Arbor Day Foundation is a global nonprofit inspiring people to plant, nurture, and celebrate trees. It is a growing community of more than 1 million leaders, innovators, planters, and supporters united in the belief that trees bring people together to do great things. For more than 50 years, the Arbor Day Foundation has answered critical need by activating a vast network of individuals and organizations to plant trees with purpose and scale. To date, it has planted more than 500 million trees in forests and communities in more than 50 countries. And this is only the beginning.
The Arbor Day Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit pursuing a future where all life flourishes through the power of trees. Learn more at arborday.org.