SCRANTON — Several local volunteers representing The AZEK Company took to the Lackawanna River Heritage Trail recently to beautify the popular Broadway Street Trailhead.

As part of their efforts to adopt a section of the Lackawanna River Heritage Trail, running from Broadway Street through Elm Street in Scranton, AZEK employees put their gloves on and got to work transforming the Broadway Street Trailhead. More than an estimated 120,000 residents and visitors pass through this trailhead annually.

When volunteers first visited the site, they noticed overgrown flowerbeds and an unkempt landscape, but quickly saw the potential in such a heavily utilized section of the trail system. They enlisted the expertise of local landscaping professional, Chris Cantner, owner of Commercial Lawn and Landscape Maintenance, Inc.

Cantner and the AZEK employees donated flowers, shrubbery, mulch and materials to transform the aesthetics of the trailhead into a place fit for trail-users and local families to gather. The team cleared out the overgrowth and debris, cut the grass and trimmed the surrounding trees and shrubs before marking out the footprint of two, kidney-shaped new flowerbeds.

After laying new plastic edging into place, the volunteers planted mums and greenery that help to highlight the newly cleared area, before adding in the mulch and final touches. Officials from Lackawanna Heritage Valley, who oversee the Lackawanna River Heritage Trail, are thankful for groups like AZEK who pitch in to help maintain this public recreational asset.

Volunteers from The AZEK Company gather alongside their transformation of the Broadway Street Trailhead in Scranton. From left, are Edward Yasinskas; Chris Cantner, landscaper; Greg Ewasko; Tressa Schwartz and James Leidel.
https://www.theabingtonjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/web1_AZEK-Group-Photo.jpg.optimal.jpgVolunteers from The AZEK Company gather alongside their transformation of the Broadway Street Trailhead in Scranton. From left, are Edward Yasinskas; Chris Cantner, landscaper; Greg Ewasko; Tressa Schwartz and James Leidel. Submitted photo