Martin Woman’s Club Working on Town Cleanup

The Martin Woman’s Club is leading a beautification and improvement effort in the heart of downtown Martin.

Club Vice-President Diane Cole said that work has been taking place throughout the downtown area in a number of different areas.

“We have already planted 24 plants in the park and ordered two benches to go in the park and they will be in anytime now,” said Cole. “We have our Spring Festival on Saturday. Then, we are going to paint all the fronts, the window trim and the doors that are now various colors, those are all going to be painted back white like it was originally. We are trying to make the town look nice, but somewhat like it did look when all the store buildings were built in the late 1800s.”

Also, the Woman’s Club is purchasing another of the Historic Martin signs to be installed at one of the exits from the new, four-lane Highway 17, planting new shrubbery at the Community Center sign, pressure washing the storefront awnings and signs, and tuning the piano and replacing the piano stool at the Martin Community Center.

In addition to all of this, Cole said that the Martin Woman’s Club will be hosting a community wide cleanup next week in Martin.

She said arrangements have been made for two dumpsters to be set up through May 7 to encourage property owners living in the town limits of Martin to clean up their properties and dispose of trash and unsightly items at no cost to them.

“Friday, we have a dumpster for anybody who lives in the city limits of Martin to use and it will be down at the Martin Community Center,” said Cole. “After the festival, which is Saturday, on the following Monday, May 2, the other dumpster will be brought in where the caution light is right in the middle of town.”

According to Cole, the only items that cannot go in the dumpsters are liquids and tires.

She went on to say that the work is being paid for completely with proceeds from the sale of the book “Martin Historic Ramblings” that the Woman’s Club had been selling.

“We are providing the paint, the pressure washing,” said Cole. “Nobody is being charged anything for anything. It is all free. Like I said, that is what our money was go to, the downtown improvements, to make it look as nice on one side as it does when we put all the Christmas lights up.”

The Martin Woman’s Club said future plans also include possibly putting up some decorative flags in the downtown Martin area.