08-30-2007 Good Neighbors revitalize East Bank area street

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o�sou Tx F dx :J b W eFacE � � y� a 1, a2 1865 Office of the Mayor NEWS RELEASE August 30, 2007 11:00 AM Good Neighbors revitalize East Bank area street Contact: Mikki Dobski, Director of Communications&Special Projects, 235-5855 or 876- 1564, 1+'ourth District Council Member Ann Pu=ello,w235-59781034-1834, or Martha Lewis, President of the Howard Park Neighborhood Association, h232-9917/w234-7632. Ann Pu7zello and Martha Lewis are available for telephone or on-site interviews this week East of downtown, Quimby Street runs for a single block sandwiched between Michiana Brick& Building Supply at Frances Avenue and the Sunnymede neighborhood across Eddy Street. It's not the kind of high-traffic street that rises to the top of repaving lists. But the neighbors on this eastside block—last paved in 1974—came together through the city's Good Neighbors/Good Neighborhoods program to share in the cost of a complete road rebuild with new curbs and sidewalks. Work began last week along Quimby Street as Street Department crews removed the old asphalt and began to reconstruct curbs and sidewalks as part of the program's 50-50 funding match between neighbors and the city. The work is expected to be done within the next two weeks. "This kind of neighborhood pride provides the foundation for the city's Good Neighbors/ Good Neighborhoods program. Together with residents, we want to build a more walkable community," said Mayor Stephen J. Luecke. "When neighbors participate in a cost-sharing program like this, the city can stretch its available resources and broaden the scope of public improvements." Nearly 3,500 property owners have shared in $7.2 million worth of improvements since the Good Neighbors/Good Neighborhoods program began in 1993. The program is open to all residential, commercial, institutional and residential properties in the city.