Peace River Rotaract has accelerated its community beautification efforts, adding the newest addition to their lineup of community projects with the Rotaract Refresh.
Rotaract president Louise Small says the group is focusing on refreshing corners of Peace River that they feel deserves some attention.
“We’re excited to bring more colour, creativity, and community pride to Peace River, one refresh at a time,” says Small.
“The projects take a lot of effort but don’t take too long, and doing them makes a big, long-lasting impression afterwards,” she adds.
“That’s our goal with the Rotaract Refresh.”
Small says in the past they completed some beautification on the old SPCA building and at the old Lions Campground. Now they are teaming with community partners to remove the SAAN store lettering, wash and paint its exterior.
“We’re hosting our big block party right across from that building,” explains Small.
“Our goal right now is to refresh those types of spots. We want it to look really nice when people are coming to visit our town, so the abandoned building doesn’t stick out.”
Small says they’ve received a lot of community donations from companies like Armstrong Construction, who provided the washing trailer to clean the side of the building. Rentco provided the lift, and Valley Printers helped remove the SAAN letters.
“It takes a community to make it all happen and people have been really encouraging and open to helping us in these projects!” exclaims Small.
“It’s been awesome. Peace River is a really close-knit community!”
Small says the team also tackled an arbor at the Normand Boucher Community Arboretum with Modern Paint and Décor Ltd. The arbor was upgraded from a worn-out pink to a fresh blue-grey coat of paint, extending its life and improving its visual appeal.
Small says if people have any refresh ideas, would like to participate in a refresh, or would like to financially contribute to the costs associated with the projects, they can reach the Peace River Rotaract team at peace.rotaract@gmail.com.
Emily Plihal
Local Journalism
Initiative Reporter
