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Castle Rock Blooms Goals 2023
Castle Rock Blooms - Volunteers, aka 'The Bloom Team' are the heart of CRB. The ‘team’ is actively volunteering 12 months a year.
Major goal: to secure a downtown location to house CR Blooms supplies and serve as a launching space for Blooms projects and events. - Cost: > $10,000
For 2023 Castle Rock entered the America in Bloom competition for the 12th year! Our goals are:
- To continue providing garden/landscape, flower and seasonal container beautification to Castle Rock’s downtown and uptown business districts.
- Continue to maintain city park landscapes/streetscapes and municipal gardens at City Hall, the Post Office and the Visitor Center
- Continue mentoring CRHS-FFA and Horticulture Students to grow the city baskets and providing assistance with the school orchard and the school gardens at CRES and CRMS.
- Continue to provide assistance with the restoration of Jackson Pioneer Cemetery with local DAR committee
- Continue to expand and maintain the NCRA Rock Pavilion Landscape at North County Recreation Complex
Large projects for 2023:
- Assist city and Mt St Helen’s Motorcycle Club with the creation and installation of entrance landscape to Castle Rock on the west side, (411 by Four Corners).
- Upgrade and renovation of Lion’s Pride Park as part of the proposed extension of lampposts and safe walking path to Larsen Lane.
- Update plant identification signs in the Proven Winners Signature Garden with more comprehensive information and a QR-code to better share information and attract more traveling visitors. Propose a CR Blooms sign to be installed by the bench with QR code that takes the viewer to the CRCDA website and info about community business and floral displays uptown and downtown.
- Expand the America in Bloom criteria “Celebrating Heritage” with new interpretive signs on the Riverfront Trail. Install interpretive plaques on historically significant buildings. Complete a historical landmark walking map and provide tours and events about Castle Rock’s history throughout the year
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Castle Rock: Where Past, Present and Future Come Together
Castle Rock is a wonderful place to live, work and play. It’s a community where the people are as resilient and vibrant as the natural features that surround their home; a place where life-long residents and visitors alike feel they are part of the same tight-knit family.
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