The annual “Yard of the Year” contest put on by the Beautification Commission in Port Huron, has selected this year’s winners. The contest awards residential and commercial participants for maintaining beautiful homes and yards. Residential winners receive the coveted wooden yellow tulip, and business owners receive a plaque that they can display.
This year’s commercial winner was 2401 North Blvd. in Port Huron, home of the community garden put into place by Seed & Soul Society, the Southside Initiative, and the landowner. Seed and Soul Society is a nonprofit that empowers local communities towards sustainable agriculture and mutual growth, and the Southside Initiative is a community group committed to social and economic issues in the South End of the City of Port Huron.
“We are grateful to all who have supported us and we thank you for the opportunity to grow in this neighborhood,” says Heather Fagan, President and Co-Founder of Seed and Soul.
Categories are broken into central, north, and south. The residential winners of the central category are: Micheal and Melanie Belleman, Douglas Bishop, and Michaelene Dye.
Winners of the north category are Paul and LuAnn Carpo, George and Deborah Moss, and Scott and Nancy Nelson.
Winners of the south category include Scott and Karen Harris, Catherine Lammertz, and Noel Suarez.
Reporting for WGRT – Choze Powell
