Communities Dig to Improve their Environments ( Press Release )
PRESS RELEASE 
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Communities dig in to improve their environments
9th February 2010
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The Yorkshire in Bloom campaign has been officially launched for 2010, with thousands of volunteers in almost 100 communities registering to take part in this county-wide contest.
Lord Mayor of Leeds, Councillor Judith Elliott (MBI Morley South) and Councillor John Procter, Executive Member for Leisure and Chief Whip of the Conservative Group attended the event, which was held on 2nd February in the prestigious setting of ‘The Mansion House’ in Roundhay Park in Leeds. They marked the occasion by cutting a celebration cake specially made to mark the start of the new Yorkshire in Bloom year.
Officially opening the event, Lord Mayor of Leeds, Councillor Judith Elliott said: “It’s a great pleasure to be involved in this year’s launch. In Bloom is particularly significant for me as I am Chair of Morley in Bloom, so I have first hand knowledge of the great benefits of the Bloom work. There are 40 In Bloom groups in Leeds city alone, and this multiplies across the county, with 1,000s of volunteers working to improve their local area. What a duller and lesser place Yorkshire would be without the Bloom work.”
Chris Beard, Chair of Yorkshire in Bloom, said: “We wish all of the entrants a very successful In Bloom season. Their efforts in ‘cleaning up and greening up’ their local area improves the environment for each and every one of us. Our county will also be well represented in this year’s national Britain in Bloom campaign, with Leeds, Wetherby, Cayton, Beighton, Scarborough and Harrogate all going for gold”
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left to right: Councillor John Procter, Executive Member for Leisure and Chief Whip of the Conservative Group, Chris Beard, Chair of Yorkshire in Bloom, and the Lord Mayor of Leeds, Councillor Judith Elliott, cutting the cake made to mark the start of the new Yorkshire in Bloom year.
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Note to editors:
For more information about this press release or Yorkshire in Bloom, please contact Marie Louise Robinson, Promotions Officer, by email: m.robinson@arkimedianet.com or tel: 01964 550551.
About Yorkshire in Bloom:
More than100 communities take part in Yorkshire in Bloom each year, the biggest number of entries of any British region. There are over 250 special category awards given every year, with almost 80 Judges to assess the entries across the region in both spring and summer judging.
Yorkshire in Bloom is a charitable organisation that represents the Royal Horticultural Society’s Britain in Bloom campaign across the Yorkshire region. The ‘in Bloom’ campaign is a horticultural and environmental campaign that involves communities working together to make a positive and lasting improvement to their local environment, for the benefit of local people.
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