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Awards

2006 VECA Margaret Dichtel Award Winner

On January 22, 2007 Jan Kirby received VECA's Margaret Dichtel Award, presented to a "Vollintine-Evergreen resident and VECA member who embodies the principles of neighboring and community action.   Jan has been an area resident the past 37 years.  She has been on the Greenline board since its inception, helping to organize special events such as the bridge and station house dedications; assists with Greenline cleanups; coordinates the annual yard sale; among other duties.  She frequently walks the Greenline with her husband, Mike, and dog, Sunny.  Jan is pictured with all award winners for the night. 

On the same evening, the chair-person of Greenline Committee, Renate Rosenthal, was awarded The Martha Heinemann Award, given to the a "board member who has rendered exceptional service to either the VECA Board or VECA CDC Board."    

 Pictured are the nights winners:  Renate Rosenthal, Andre Glenn, Marci Hendrix, and Jan Kirby.

2004 VECA Margaret Dichtel Award Winner

Craig Jordan and  Len Cobb received the prestigious Dichtel Award at the annual 2004 VECA meeting for their work on the maintenance of the V&E Greenline. 

Len Cobb is often seen on the Cut section of the V&E Greenline mowing the trail with a commercial lawn mower.  He then heads to the "pie" lot at McLean Boulevard to finish the job. He worked closely with an Eagle Scout project to landscape the lot so the lot could be better maintained. Craig Jordan is seen on the Springs section of the V&E Greenline, maintaining and mowing. His work includes leading groups of volunteers, including the Kappa Sigma Fraternity, in periodic cleanups of this section. He also worked with the fraternity to rebuild the retaining wall that has suffered significant erosion.

Previous Greenline Winners of the Margaret Dichtel Award Winner

Bill Rehberg and Pete & Charlotte Swailes are previous Dichtel award winners for their work on the V&E Greenline.

Recognizing Contributors

The V&E Greenline depends upon funds received from a variety of contributors--users, residents, members of various organizations, and others. The Contribution Campaign is one of the primary sources of income for the V&E Greenline. The Greenline could not exist without this support.

Recognizing the Volunteers

Our volunteers would be happy to share their work with you!!!!

Matt Johnston is mowing the section of the V&E Greenline between Evergreen Street which is adjacent to his home. Matt is also a regular on Spruce Up events, prepared a grant proposal to the City to add crosswalks to the Greenline, and is a member of the Greenline Committee.

Chris Morton has been mowing the Greenline between Avalon Street and Stonewall Ave with the tractor. Chris has a difficult job since he mows the Johnson grass in the drainage ditch, a precarious job. Chris also takes on many of the difficult jobs on the Greenline. He sawed up the large log at the entrance to the V&E Greenline at North Parkway/Watkins.  In doing so, he saved the Greenline $600 in contractors fees. 

Hands on Memphis volunteers are regulars at Spruce Up the Greenline events. A special thanks to Natalie Jones of Hands on Memphis in helping create the linkage with Hands on Memphis.

Tom Kirby does the mowing and maintenance of the Gardens section of the V&E Greenline. He mows every two weeks using the green Sears riding lawn mower.  Betsy Kirby joins him to pick up debris and trim the trees and Chuck Fox and Chris and Brian Floyd help with weed eating. You will find all three of these great volunteers at Spruce Up the Greenline events.

Kent Overturf can be seen maintaining the Greenline at the Arbors located adjacent to Auburndale Street. Kent has been especially active on the entire Greenline, clipping and pulling vines of the trees.  He is a regular at Spruce Up the Greenline events.
Mike Kennedy has been mowing and weed eating along Mignon and the Greenline, next to McLean Blvd.  His work gives the area a "cared for" look, while at the same time preserving the natural area next to the V&E Greenline. 

Bradford Sterling has been caring for the terraced garden at Stonewall Street and the V&E Greenline. He has planted hostas and azaleas, both shade-loving plats; the garden is now a more attractive entrance to the West End section of the V&E Greenline.

Len Cobb is responsible for mowing the cut section, using a commercial lawn mower.  Craig Jordan uses the same mower for his section, the springs.

Our volunteers are happy to share their work duties, so please email us if you are interested in assisting in any of these duties. 

The Springs Section of the V&E Greenline has been adopted by the Rhodes College Chapter of Kappa Sigma Fraternity. An appropriate sign is being designed to recognize this thoughtful and important contribution. 

A picture of the fraternity members at work and an article about tree planting appeared in  the Commercial Appeal Neighbors section on November 27, 2003.

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