Facebook contest awards $10K to city park

February 15th, 2012, 10:37 am · 10 Comments · posted by Daniel Chacon

Nate Nicoll of Vladimir Jones/Photo by Daniel J. Chacon

Freedom Honda is holding a contest in which a Colorado Springs park with the most votes will receive $10,000 for improvements.

The rules are easy:

First, go to Freedom Honda’s Facebook page by searching for FreedomHondaCS.

Second, hit “like.”

Then click on the “10K Park Makeover” tab.

Finally, vote for one of 15 pre-selected parks.

The park with the most votes will get the $10,000 makeover.

The contest starts today and runs through March 15.

The winner will be announced on Facebook on March 16.

Freedom Honda, which opened in early October 2011 and has 53 employees, is part of the Piercey Automotive Group family of dealerships. The 40,000-square-foot car dealership is located at 4955 New Car Drive in Powers Auto Park.

“They’ve come here not only to help our community with some really fine automobiles, but also they want to be a corporate citizen, and they certainly are that,” Mayor Steve Bach said Wednesday morning during a press conference at America the Beautiful Park.

“This really sets the pace for the business community,” Bach said. “I hope other businesses will look at this as an example of how companies can partner with the city of Colorado Springs and do great things.”

Amy Triandiflou of PR agency Vladimir Jones said Freedom Honda worked with the city’s Parks and Recreation Department to identify parks that needed some “TLC.”

“It’s based on traffic and need at the park,” she said. “As a pilot program, we launched this using their recommendation. And who knows? It will hopefully evolve in the future.”

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Bruce Johnson says:

February 15, 2012 at 11:44 am

Even though I would never every buy another Honda, I have new respect for Freedom.

It’s too bad other local companies haven’t yet learned to reinvest in our community in this manner.

Angela Joslyn says:

February 15, 2012 at 11:45 am

I have started taking my car to Freedom Honda and so far their staff have been unbelievably helpful and unbelievably affordable. Knowing now that they also are supporting my community, they are creating a very loyal customer.
Last November, my Honda Civic hybrid was going to need a new battery-for a hybrid user-that is more expensive than it sounds. I had brought it into other places and hadn’t gotten the support I needed. However, they worked with American Honda and had it covered for 90% of the cost.
I am not the type to endorse but I also believe you should celebrate a company that provides good service.

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