Community members are invited to an Earth Day event at 9 a.m. on Friday, April 22, at Founders Square, Ninth and Main streets. The Hopkinsville Beautification Commission will organize plantings in the downtown district.
The Beautification Commission is a branch of city government that promotes several efforts to keep Hopkinsville clean and attractive. Some of its programs include the holiday decorations contest, Trash for Cash collections and the Tree-Membrance program.
Earth Day was established in 1970 and marked that start of the modern environmental movement.
Jennifer P. Brown is co-founder, publisher and editor of Hoptown Chronicle. You can reach her at editor@hoptownchronicle.org. Brown was a reporter and editor at the Kentucky New Era, where she worked for 30 years. She is a co-chair of the national advisory board to the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, governing board past president for the Kentucky Historical Society, and co-founder of the Kentucky Open Government Coalition. She serves on the Hopkinsville History Foundation's board.
