FLOWERS FESTOON CITY THANKS TO ROTARY!

Neither orange traffic cones nor missing street surfaces stopped the Rotary Club of Steamboat Springs from making their rounds once again this year with hefty barrels festooned with brightly colored spring flowers.  187 barrels were delivered by about fifty Rotary volunteers in less than two hours.

Merchants were thrilled to have the flowers delivered this year.  Many feared that Rotary would not come through for the first time in more than ten years.  “The Rotary flower barrels have become a real tradition in Steamboat Springs and we were not about to disappoint,” Lori Elliott, Rotary chair of the event

Rotarians Jeff Steinke and Greg Stetman move one of the heavy flower barrels onto a flatbed trailer for delivery to downtown Steamboat Springs.

said.  Rotary volunteers fill the barrels with fresh flowers, deliver them early in June and pick them up in mid-September.

The City of Steamboat Springs waters the barrels in downtown locations with a small motorized vehicle that also is used to water hanging flower baskets.  “It’s a real community effort to beautify our downtown,” Elliott said.