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March, 2007 Students from the Sullivan County BOCES Votech Culinary Program prepared the food for the first annual Pasta Dinner at the Hurleyville firehouse. Young people participated in a special Community Visioning Workshop for Youth at the Hurleyville firehouse.

April, 2007 The 2nd Annual Bowling for Flowers Bowl-a-Thon

May, 2007 Young people in Hurleyville joined our meeting with Darlene Fedun and Ryan Burns from Liberty Team Skate. We sent an update on our projects to everyone in Hurleyville. The crew from Evergreen Landscape Design prepared for the curbing to be poured at the parking lot. The crew from Evergreen Landscape Design continued to prepare for the curbing to be poured. The curbing was poured at the parking lot. We got our barrels and planters ready for planting. Young people joined us at a work session at the Hurleyville Firemen's Park. We hung our Sullivan Renaissance banner. The crew from Evergreen Landscape Design prepared the sidewalk area for the pavers. The pavers for the sidewalk were delivered. The edge of the road along the curb was paved.

June, 2007 The paving of the sidewalk began. We planted the barrrels on Main Street and worked in the Hurleyville Firemen's Park. The Hurleyville Fire Department worked on the banners on Main Street. The installation of the pavers was completed. Paving was completed at the parking lot. The Hurleyville Fire Department waters the barrels and planters. Topsoil was delivered for the flower beds at the parking lot. Hurleyville-Sullivan First meets monthly with the Sullivan County Historical Society, Legislator Jodi Goodman, and staff from Sullivan County DPW to plan the restoration of St. Mary's and to create a beautification plan for the Sullivan County Museum. Planting began at the new flower beds at the parking lot. Workers from the Town of Fallsburg installed new posts for the "Rails to Trails" sign. Young people distributed flyers advertising their car wash/bake sale/yard sale scheduled for July 1st. Our "Rails to Trails" sign is home again at the entrance to the parking lot and the "Rails to Trails".

July, 2007 Young people held a car wash/bake sale/yard sale at the Hurleyville Firehouse. The event was a fundraiser for the Hurleyville-Sullivan First 2007 Youth Project. Hurleyville-Sullivan First worked on the landscaping project at the Sullivan Museum. Hurleyville-Sullivan First is working with the Hurleyville Complex Committee to beautify the Sullivan County Museum and to save the St. Mary's Church building. Laurie Kilgore and Tobi Magnetico unveiled three of the eight panels they painted. The panels, depicting Sullivan County history and seasons, will be hung on the boarded-up windows on the ground floor of the museum. Volunteers from Daytop scraped and painted the fire escape and the stair railings at the museum. A work day at the Hurleyville Firemen's Park and the entrance to the Rails to Trails... Members of the Hurleyville Fire Department worked on improving the drainage at the Hurleyville Firemen's Park. A new mural was hung on the doorway of the St. Mary's Church building. It will be there while we work to restore the building.

August, 2007 Members of Hurleyville-Sullivan First met with the judges from Sullivan Renaissance at the CVI building in Liberty. The judges from Sullivan Renaissance came to Hurleyville and took part in a tour of our wonderful projects and our beautiful hamlet. The awards ceremony was held at the Bethel Woods Center for the Performing Arts. Hurleyville-Sullivan First received its 2007 completion award. Hurleyville-Sullivan First also received the 2007 Sullivan Renaissance Environmental Impact award. We held the second annual "Books in the Park" fair at the Hurleyville Firemen's Park.

September, 2007 Sandra Gerry and Glenn Pontier, along with other members of Sullivan Renaissance, visited Hurleyville and toured our projects. Sullivan Renaissance presented Hurleyville-Sullivan First with a bench to commemorate Hurleyville's 3-year participation in Category C of the Sullivan Renaissance Grant Program.

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