Dust Bunnies: Demolition, Water for Flint, Kayaking in Plainfield

The Plinfield Housing Authority is doing it own demolition
at Elmwood Gardens. The work proceeded Wednesday in the rain.

 

Three short news items from recent days.

ELMWOOD GARDENS DEMOLITION

Crews from the Plainfield Housing Authority have begun demolition on the Elmwood Gardens project, schedule to be replaced with townhomes.

The buildings were previsouly remediated for asbestos, as was reported by the HAP engineers to the City Council recently.

WATER FOR FLINT, MICHIGAN

Clinton School students taking part in Plainfield Community Outreach's 21st Century Learning Center Program gathered at Grace Episcopal Church Friday evening to load water to be trucked to Flint, Michigan.

The 4th to 8th grade students learned about civic engagement and the importance of volunteerism, then helped volunteers load donated bottled water onto a truck to be delivered to Triumph Church in Flint for distribution to residents.

Flint has been in the national news for high lead levels in its city water system since a disastrous switch of water sources mandated by the state on the city.

Plainfield Community Outreach (PCO), founded in 1994, is a non-profit organization of Grace Church for its ministries in the community.

KAYAKING IN PLAINFIELD

Kayakers stopping at McDonalds for breakfast Friday
before a run on the Green Brook?

Caught a picture of these two kayaks atop a car in the McDonald's parking lot Friday morning.

Pehaps they were preparing to kayak the might Green Brook??

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  -- Dan Damon [follow]

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