New Artificial Shrubs Placed In Lawrence Avenue Planters

The Borough of Ellwood City and the Ellwood City Revitalization have combined efforts to bring some new beautification to downtown.

In June, the Borough of Ellwood City received a $2,000.00 2023 National Pennsylvania Day Mini Grant that was used to assist with costs to replace planter boxes along Lawrence Avenue. The Ellwood City Revitalization matched the grant last month and presented a check to the Ellwood City Borough for $2,000.00 (pictured).

George Celli (EC Borough Council President, ECR Director), Kevin Swogger (Borough Manager), Brad Ovial (ECR President, Borough Council Member), Ryan McCandless (ECR Director), and Sam Teolis (ECR Director) are pictured presenting the check.

The combined money helped with costs of the stone planter boxes and the topiary trees planted inside each planter box along Lawrence Avenue. The topiary tree planting was a volunteer project that took place Thursday morning with a group of about 40 volunteers helping with the planting and cleaning up of trash and debris on Lawrence Avenue.