New sidewalk planters brighten up downtown Ensley

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Members of Young Pioneers and Ensley Merchants Association joined forces Saturday, January 13, to help create a more inviting atmosphere in downtown Ensley.
Group members met in Ensley’s Police and Court Building to pot shrubs and build planters with wood recycled from pallets. The volunteers installed the six new planters along the 600 block of 19th Street in historic downtown Ensley.

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