East Alabama Recycling Partnership will host an Electronics Recycling & Document Shredding Event this Saturday from 9am-1pm at 100 Orr Avenue, Opelika (old Qantegy parking lot, 1 mile off 1-85)

East Alabama Recycling Partnership will host an Electronics Recycling & Document Shredding Event this Saturday from 9am-1pm at 100 Orr Avenue, Opelika (old Qantegy parking lot, 1 mile off 1-85)

All businesses & residents of Lee County are invited! *3 box limit on documents.  * Contact Keep Opelika Beautiful (749-4970 or email) if you need directions Or have any questions

Opelika Main Street gets new Director.  Pam Powers-Smith, co-owner of Flip Flop Foto was selected from about a dozen candidates for the position recently vacated by Velinda Wheels.   Pam has been active with the group, serving as secretary from 2001-2003 and president from 2004-2007.  Along with being one of the inaugural members of the “20 Under 40 Leaders” in 2006, Pam credentials read like a Who’s Who when it comes to community events and organizations.  On The Tracks, the Food & Wine event that draws hundreds to downtown Opelika was founded organized and funded thru fundraising efforts by Pam, along with Richard Patton in 2004.   She has worked with the Lee County Chapter of the American Red Cross as a Heroes Volunteer, Envision Opelika on the Downtown Redevelopment Empty Buildings Task Force, Lee County Literacy Coalition, Lee County Boys and Girls Club to mention a few.  Pam is a 2001 Graduate of Auburn University, working with the Auburn/Opelika Tourism Bureau as Communications Coordinator from 1998 to 2002.  Congrats goes to Pam from the Opelika Daily News, she been a good friend and we know she’ll bring many great things to the group.

Pam had this to say to the Opelika Daily News. “I look forward to the ever changing future of Mainstreet and am glad that I’ll be a part of it! I care so much for this downtown and want to see it become everything that it can be. And I hope that merchants and other downtown players never hesitate to stop me with comments and suggestion.  Stacy Money a member of the board had this to say, “We are excited about the future of Opelika Main Street with Pam Powers-Smith serving as our director.  She has a passion for Downtown Opelika and is a great fit for our organization”.  

Keep Opelika Beautiful is proud to announce an addition to the Adopt-A-Mile program. Afni, located at 1000 Jeter Avenue, has adopted the mile along Jeter Avenue in front of their business.

Opening in January 2001, Afni employs over 500 employees, making it a top employer in Opelika. Afni’s Human Resource Manager, Kirstin Willis says “Through community involvement, we are able to give back to the area we all live and work, build a trust and partnership amongst our neighboring businesses and leadership and hope to maintain a lasting foundation to continue and grow our own organization.” The company is also invovled in March of Dimes, Red Cross, LifeSouth and assist with toy drives and food drives during the holiday season.

Afni joins several other civic clubs and organizations in the Adopt-A-Mile program.  It is a litter prevention program sponsored by Keep Opelika Beautiful, Inc. in the City of Opelika to attract public involvement in picking up litter along the streets. Sponsors of the program agree to a minimum of four cleanups over a period of one year, with one of them coinciding with Keep Opelika Beautiful’s Citywide Cleanup.

For more information on Keep Opelika Beautiful’s Adopt-A-Mile program, please call (334) 749-4970.

It was a little cool and breezy, which probably kept the kids away from Opelika’s celebration of Arbor day. Mayor Fuller join KOB Director Shirley Flora and others at the event this morning.

Well, when you’re ready to take the tree down this year you’ve got a couple of choices. You can haul it over to the Opelika Chamber of Commerce Parking lot now, or wait for Saturday Morning, when you can swap it for a tree seedling. Keep Opelika Beautiful and the Opelika Tree Commission along with other volunteers will gather the trees on Saturday.  Some will be ground to mulch, while others will become feeding areas in local lakes. The official project time is Saturday, 9AM til 2PM.  

<Blockquote> In the final count, it was a big success as over 400 trees were collected even with rain in the area! </blockquote>