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Solidarity, volunteers and residents credited for relighting effort; block parties planned
Summary
Solidarity leaders and volunteers were credited for outreach, logistics and canvassing that enabled the pilot installations; organizers announced upcoming block parties at installation sites and directed residents to solidarity.org/events for details.
Ken, introduced in the transcript as the chair of Solidarity and a former city councilman, described the group's vision to help remake Highland Park and thanked residents, canvassers and volunteers who supported the streetlight effort.
"Losing all those lights, 1,400 or so, and being in perpetual darkness," Ken said, framing the project's work as a public-safety and neighborhood-revitalization priority. Max Boyd, a Solidarity volunteer who helped organize the project, thanked residents and volunteers who went door-to-door in challenging conditions and said the group will host neighborhood parties at the new installation sites; he pointed listeners to solidarity.org/events for more information.
Organizers stressed that community engagement and volunteer logistics—such as coordinating construction around parked cars and canvassing to build support—were central to getting permits and council approval for the pilot.
