DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) - Working to make Decatur a more welcoming place.Â
The Beautify Decatur Coalition is starting a new "Adopt a Median" program.
The program is similar to the "Adopt a Highway" initiative and will involve taking care of a median to help make the city look better.
Adoptees will have to sign a contract with the city before adopting, and can maintain it through landscaping it themselves or by contracting a company.Â
Adopt a Median Coordinator Jason White said initiatives like these will give the city a better outlook for job seekers.Â
"We just want it to look really welcoming when people are coming into town for the first time, or returning and they notice a difference. Just companies when they're trying to recruit employees here, and we're giving them tours and trying to convince them to come here and take a job and live here. We want it to look really nice," White said.Â
More Coverage:
Person dies after being found unresponsive in Shelby Co. jail cell
Semi truck catches fire on I-72 near Decatur
Lanphier HS assistant principal arrested for battering student resigns
Mattoon man who threatened to 'kill everyone in the police department' gets probation
Copyright 2025. WAND TV. All rights reserved.
