Fall brings cooler temperatures, falling leaves and once again this year, the annual Friends of Covington Beautification Awards, which will be presented Wednesday, Oct. 11, in an event that is open to the public at the Behringer-Crawford Museum in Covington’s Devou Park.
This year marks the 26th year that the Friends of Covington will honor homeowners, businesses and organizations that have invested their time, energy and money into a wide range of projects that help make the City of Covington a more attractive place to live, work and play.
In addition to 17 awards that will be presented to homeowners in 17 neighborhoods, this year’s 19 winners also include the Covington Business Council and Renaissance Covington for the planting project in downtown Covington and the Friends of Historic Linden Grove Cemetery & Arboretum for all of the hard work that has been completed in an effort to restore and renovate the historic cemetery.
A winner last year: Andrew Hargis garden in Mainstrasse
Like those who have been honored in the past, the 2017 winners are located in a long list of neighborhoods that stretch from a home that is a stone’s throw from the Ohio River in the Historic Licking-Riverside neighborhood to a home at the opposite end of the city in South Covington.
“Once again, the winners include some high-profile properties that most people have passed dozens of times as well as some hidden gems that are tucked away in the secluded corners of some of our neighborhoods that don’t get a lot of through traffic,” said Ginger Dawson, president of the Friends of Covington board.
“Another important thing to remember is that it’s not tough for us to find award winners year after year. This city has some great people who take great pride in the appearance of their property.”
As is often the case, this year’s winners encompass complete restorations/renovations that had six-figure pricetags to projects that may have called for no more than a couple of gallons of paint and a few hours of sweat equity.
The Oct. 11 event is free and open to the public at the museum, which is located at 1600 Montague Road in Devou Park. A reception will be held at 5:30 p.m. and the awards will be presented at 6:30.
The Friends of Covington meets on the second Monday of each month at 6 p.m. at the Center for Great Neighborhoods in Covington.
