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Copperfield
In
July 2007 the Copperfield
Neighborhood in northeast Austin became Austin’s first
Green Neighborhood. Situated on a beautiful stretch of upper Walnut
Creek, Copperfield completed the following projects to qualify
for the award:
- Sponsored a storm drain marking event
- Distributed Clean Creek Challenge booklets
to neighbors
- Invited water quality education speakers
to neighborhood meetings on two occasions
- Sponsored a Creek Cleanup through Keep Austin
Beautiful and collected 1500 lbs. of trash
- Provided a history of their creek which
was prepared by Richard Fry
- Provided photo documentation of Walnut Creek
- Sponsored a neighborhood tree planting
Copies of the Green Neighbor booklet are available
at all Austin libraries.
For additional information, call 974-2550. |