Article: Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Chamber Teams with Transportation Agency on Plant Project.

By Marques G. Harper, The Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Jun. 1--WILKES-BARRE, Pa. -- In eight days, flower power is coming to Interstate 81 Exit 46, near First Union Arena.

Volunteers will be planting 4,500 plants and flowers, including black-eyed Susans and butterfly weeds, along the entrance and exit to the interstate.

The gardening project is a joint effort between the Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Business and Industry and the state Department of Transportation.

"I really do feel it makes an impact on visitors," said Thomas Lawson, one of the chamber volunteers organizing the project. "It is ...

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