By Jessica Jones and Jessica Overstreet
Staff Writers

DAPHNE, Ala. — The Daphne Beautification Comm-ittee has released a list of the top 10 areas in the city that members feel need improvement.

“As a committee, we were asked to provide places we saw that we could help beautify,” DBC member Tomasina Werner said.

The committee has a few suggestions as to what could be done — most falling under landscaping, project Chairwoman Selena Vaughn said.

Projects will include adding grass and flowers to open spots, and adding artwork around town, DBC member Dorothy Morrison said.

The committee will focus on the following areas:

•“Malfunction Junction” (across from Thomas Hospital Medical Center where Main Street meets U.S. Highway 98)

•Gator Alley (near the Jubilee Square Shopping Center)

•In front of Kentucky Fried Chicken on U.S. 98

•Fastime (near Santa Rosa Avenue)

•Alabama Highway 181 medians

•Utility boxes throughout Daphne

•“Welcome to Daphne” signs

At Gator Alley, a fence will be put up at the parking lot, down to the walkway, according to Morrison, who serves as the area’s chairwoman.

The west side of the fence will have about 16 uprights, atop which indigenous animals will be carved, Morrison said.

While logistics are unclear, the DBC is looking for scaled animals, such as fish, crabs and butterflies.

“Hopefully there will be a different animal on each pole,” Morrison said.

Animals can be one-dimensional or three-dimensional, she said. The sculptures will be made from weather-resistant materials like wood or metal.

The fence should be completed by the end of the year and the DBC hopes to complete the sculpture project by May, according to Morrison.

Another project at Gator Alley is ongoing cleanup, Morrison said.

To determine which projects took priority for the problems list, each DBC member made a list of the areas they felt needed improvement. Vaughn then combined lists, using the most common locations for the final draft, Werner said.

“The list comprises general public areas that we want to work on and where our priorities lie,” Vaughn said.

The improvements will be done by city departments and come out of the appropriate budgets, such as public works and the recreation department, according to Vaughn.

The DBC will review the list at the monthly meetings. As things are taken care of, they will be removed, Vaughn said.

“The issue with any city is that a list is constantly re-prioritized. We’re looking at what their priorities are and what the DBC is looking at to keep certain things and places on the list,” Vaughn said of the DBC list.

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