Local realtor Michael Edlen and Coldwell Banker Southern California have once again donated $6,500 each to the Palisades Chamber of Commerce in support of the street/sidewalk maintenance program in the Village. Residents and merchants donated nearly $30,000 to the Chrysalis fund last fall, enabling the program to continue all through 2006 with the Edlen/Coldwell donations. Since February 2003, the Chamber has contracted with Chrysalis Works, a nonprofit back-to-work program, to conduct twice-weekly street cleaning and maintenance in what was becoming an increasingly garbage-strewn business district. In 2004, Edlen asked Coldwell Banker to match his donation “dollar for dollar, and they did. I feel that since we’re in the middle of the Village, it’s an opportunity to give back to the community in a tangible way. I know that everyone appreciates that the Village looks so much more appealing these days with Chrysalis on the job.” Edlen also hopes that his donation and the Coldwell Banker donation “will get more of our community involved in other community-based projects that enhance everyone’s quality of life. We all share responsibility for investing in our town at the grassroots level.”
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