Pit parking lot gets spiffed up

<< Back to archives | Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Everyone knows it as ‘The Pit’.  It is our big off street parking lot along Mill and 11th.  And it tends to get overgrown with fast growing black berries. Last Friday, several local volunteers got together and worked the day cutting brush, picking up trash and generally making the area look much better.  Above photo was taken this noon and shows the results.  Local condo resident, Jim Turk, organized the effort.  Ken Imus, who has generously provided his property for this parking for several years now, contributed some needed money and then showed up to to help cut brush.  Both Ken and Jim are over 80 years old.  Hard work for anyone any age.

Jim is hoping other local business owners will want to help defray the costs of the cleanup with a monetary contribution of their own.  Contact Jim at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) if you can contribute $10 or $20 or more.  He is a couple hundred short of what he spent. 

The clean up crew take a break from the cleaning of the parking lot.  In truth, the parking lot has always bothered Bellingham city hall.  While it has worked wonderfully for over 10 years, the city wishes it were closed.  They refuse permission for the Old Fairhaven Association to place a Parking Lot sign there.  And improvements and maintenance have generally been forbidden.  The fact that these folks were allowed to do the cleanup last Friday is a delightful change from the past. 

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