Orchard Hill volunteers made their area cleaner and healthier with successful spring and fall clean-ups. . The Alley Cats Neighborhood Watch sold pop and recruited new members. Residents unable to afford to haul items to the dump were able to clean up their properties. Belvedere residents also ran a citizen patrol for crime prevention. This year, they worked with the Omaha Chamber of Commerce, their State Senator and owners of the old Dial Soap Plant to successfully recruit an active magazine business into the vacant building.
Renovations are underway.
It also continued its monthly newsletter and weekly neighborhood patrol. In Benson, the association and local merchants support each other. About 200 flower baskets were hung from street lights. Its Community Flower Garden continues to unify locals. Many residents adopted Mission-style arbors designed by UNL Architecture students as a new common theme.