PPG Begins COLORFUL COMMUNITIES Project at Alabama Constitution Village in Huntsville
Toyota team members to join PPG employees as volunteers March 25
PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
PPG (NYSE:PPG) today announced the start of a COLORFUL COMMUNITIES™
project in Huntsville, Alabama, to help renovate and beautify
Constitution Hall and the site at Alabama Constitution Village, which is
considered to be the birthplace of Alabama. As part of the effort, on
Saturday, March 25, about 50 volunteers will serve as volunteer
painters, gardeners and landscapers on the Constitution Hall grounds.
The volunteers include PPG employees and family members, team members of
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Alabama, and employees of the EarlyWorks
Family of Museums that operates Alabama Constitution Village.
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PPG is marking the start of a COLORFUL COMMUNITIES™ project to refurbish and beautify the exterior of Constitution Hall at Alabama Constitution Village in Huntsville with a volunteer event on Saturday, March 25. Employees of PPG, Toyota and the EarlyWorks Family of Museums will contribute their time to help with painting, gardening and landscaping activities at the site. Restoration of the building (shown here), which is a reproduction of the vacant cabinet shop in which the Alabama state constitution was signed, is underway and scheduled to be completed in June in preparation for Alabama’s bicentennial celebration. (Photo: Business Wire)
The Colorful Communities program provides PPG volunteers and
products along with financial contributions to bring color and vitality
to communities where the company operates around the world, such as in
Huntsville, where PPG operates an aerospace transparencies facility and
has two area PPG PAINTS™ stores.
In addition to the volunteers, PPG is providing $61,000 as well as 250
gallons of its products – SEAL GRIP® universal alkyd primer and
color-matched FORTIS® 450 exterior paint – to restore the exterior
aesthetic of Constitution Hall. When the project is completed in June,
PPG employees will volunteer again at the site, serving as docents,
activity leaders and community open-house hosts during a special “PPG
Week” of events.
Constitution Hall is a reproduction of the vacant cabinet shop in which
44 delegates of Alabama’s first constitutional convention met on July 5,
1819, to organize Alabama as the 22nd state. It is built on the original
shop’s foundation, and it is the first building at Alabama Constitution
Village to be restored in preparation for Alabama’s bicentennial. A
nonprofit agency of the City of Huntsville, Alabama Constitution Village
is one of three museums comprising the EarlyWorks Family of Museums.
Programming at the village serves north Alabama schoolchildren and
families, and thousands of visitors are expected in 2018 and 2019 as
Alabama celebrates its bicentennial.
“PPG is pleased to support the restoration of Constitution Hall by
providing funding, volunteers and products for a project that is
important to Huntsville, the state of Alabama and our country,” said Tom
Meyer, PPG plant manager at the Huntsville aerospace facility. “Helping
ensure that future generations can glimpse an important moment from
history at Constitution Hall will be a source of pride for all of us at
PPG. We are especially grateful to be joined by team members from
Toyota, which is a customer of PPG’s automotive coatings business.”
Toyota is contributing funding for restoration of the replica of Sheriff
Stephen Neal’s house at Constitution Village.
“We want to build more than just great cars,” said Kim Ogle, Toyota
Alabama corporate communications analyst. “We also want to build great
communities where our team members and customers live and work. We are
thrilled to partner with PPG on this project to improve Constitution
Village and applaud their efforts to organize a partnership opportunity
that will benefit our community for generations to come.”
Bart Williams, executive director, EarlyWorks Family of Museums, said,
“We have been amazed by the support this community is showing Alabama
Constitution Village in preparation for Alabama’s bicentennial in 2019.
It’s these community partnerships that will ensure the success of
Alabama Constitution Village during the bicentennial celebration and
also leave a lasting legacy for the future.”
Preparation work and painting of the exterior of Constitution Hall are
being done by professionals with Jason Howard Painting of Huntsville.
The Colorful Communities program is PPG’s signature initiative
for community engagement efforts, with the aim to enhance, protect and
beautify neighborhoods where PPG operates around the world. The program
increases PPG’s commitment to invest in communities and supports
projects that transform community spaces, providing PPG volunteers and
donated PPG products. In 2015 and 2016 combined, PPG completed nearly 60 Colorful
Communities projects, and it expects to complete about 75 more this
year.
PPG and the PPG Foundation aim to bring color and brightness to PPG
communities around the world. We donated nearly $9.8 million in 2016,
supporting hundreds of community organizations across 25 countries. By
investing in educational opportunities, we help grow today’s skilled
workforce and develop tomorrow’s innovators in fields related to
coatings and manufacturing. Plus, we empower PPG employees to multiply
their impact for causes that are important to them by supporting their
volunteer efforts and charitable giving. Learn more at www.ppgcommunities.com
and follow @PPG_Communities
on Twitter.
About the EarlyWorks Family of Museums
The EarlyWorks Family of Museums is a group of three history-based
museums located in downtown Huntsville, Alabama, whose mission is to
interpret history in a manner that educates, motivates and entertains
visitors: Alabama Constitution Village, a living history village and
birthplace of Alabama; the EarlyWorks Children’s Museum, a
50,000-square-foot hands-on history museum; and The Historic Huntsville
Depot and antebellum train depot and rail yard. Forty-four delegates of
Alabama’s first constitutional convention gathered on the Village site
in a vacant cabinet shop on July 5, 1819, to organize Alabama as the
22nd state. For more information, visit www.EarlyWorks.com.
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