[from Melanie Marshall]
It's been a whole year, now UNTS (Upshur/New Hamp/Taylor/Shepherd) and your Petworth neighbors invite you to celebrate our three new cherry trees with a potluck picnic!
When: Saturday 4/1, 1pm-4pm
Where: 'Cherry Tree Park' at Upshur, 5th, and Illinois
Rain or snow: 623 Upshur St
Hope to see you there! Bring the kids, your favorite food, cameras...
Let's not forget what a victory the planting was, with a great turnout on a rainy day from all corners of the community. See the photo gallery at right.
I feel compelled to remind people that, at the time, there was actually... (heavy sigh) OPPOSITION to the cherry trees. Ok, only by a few, based on, well I don't know. I personally witnessed one disgruntled pillar of the community uttering the words "who's going to rake the leaves?". If you search in the PN archive you may come across some of the comments exchanged about this. It certainly seemed like certain people just couldn't stand to see something positive actually happen.
Posted by: Bill | March 29, 2006 at 12:05 PM