The Standard Beautification Group has been hard at work again this year and have added plants and new planters to different spots throughout town, as well as at Standard’s two welcome signs. A local farmer donated a huge water tank that the group is able to use for their plant care. When summer is over, the group plans to use the planters for Christmas decorations.
The Village of Standard has a few projects it will be working on over the course of the summer.
Chief Administrative Officer for the village Leah Jensen listed one of the projects as road work identified last year.
The road work will be in the industrial area, where there are soft spots and areas that are causing issues for the taxpayers, she notes.
Also on the village’s work schedule are some water and sewer lines that were on their infrastructure list.
Those are being replaced on 2 Street West from Frederick Avenue West to Elsinore Avenue.
A major project in itself, Jensen said, will be the dredging of one of the sewage lagoons.
The work involves draining down one of the smaller lagoons and dredging out the muck from it.
Jensen also said the Standard Beautification Group has been hard at work adding more planters and pots around town.
The group has added two planters, one at the north welcome sign and one at the south.
They’ve also added a number of planters in various locations throughout the town, including on Broadway, the main street in Standard.
Jensen said the beautification group puts out the plants every year, which is made possible through donations by local residents and businesses.
Carol McKay of the beautification group said they also received funding through a County of Wheatland grant, which covered all of the group’s costs for this year.
Jensen wants to send out a reminder that the Standard village council will be having its annual residents appreciation barbecue on Friday, September 12.
